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News The clearing of payments coincides with the start of the new Ranji Trophy season from January 13 to March 17 across seven venues In a move best described by a domestic player as a “Christmas gift”, the BCCI has disbursed match fees it owes hundreds of domestic cricketers – male and female – in

Big picture India spent a large chunk of 2021 breaching fortresses around the world. They now begin 2022 at a venue that’s been something of an away fortress for them. India have never lost a Test match at the Wanderers. They have two wins and three draws here, and one of those draws – in

News India Test captain lauds the quick after his eight-wicket match haul Shami’s five-for was instrumental in India bowling out South Africa for 197 in the first innings, especially when they didn’t have the services of Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah was off the field for close to two hours after twisting his ankle. Then he had

News The BCCI president will remain in home isolation for the time being, with a team of doctors monitoring his health status Sourav Ganguly has been discharged from Kolkata’s Woodlands Hospital, where he had been admitted following a positive Covid-19 test, with the hospital declaring him “clinically stable”. Dr Rupali Basu, the MD and CEO

News Team also fined 20% of match fee for the offence India have been docked a point on the World Test Championship (WTC) points table for falling short of their required over rate during the Centurion Test against South Africa. They were deemed to be one over short of their target, after allowing for unavoidable

News Most of the regulars who missed the Sri Lanka tour in July are back in the mix Rohit Sharma, who has failed to recover from the hamstring injury that kept him out of the Test series in South Africa, doesn’t figure in the squad for the three-match ODI series in South Africa either. In

Everyone present in the meeting had asked Virat Kohli to reconsider stepping down as India’s T20I captain on the eve of the T20 World Cup, chief selector Chetan Sharma said on Friday. Breaking from the recent norm of announcing squads via press releases, Chetan featured in a press conference today to name the ODI squad

News She became the first woman to lead an Indian state cricket association in 2019 Rupa Gurunath has resigned from her post as Tamil Nadu Cricket Association president. The daughter of former BCCI chief N Srinivasan became the first woman to lead an Indian state cricket association in 2019 but has now given up the

News Since being dropped from the Indian Test side after a poor run, the opener has stormed back to form KL Rahul has learned to enjoy the defensive side of batting all over again. Having been dropped from the Test team after a lean run through 2018 and 2019 – he averaged 22.23 over 15

News The primary reason for the postponement is because “participants are still not vaccinated and as such, are vulnerable” to the virus The Under-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy, which was scheduled to begin in January 2022, has been postponed following a fresh surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in India and the growing threat of

Report South Africa are under the pump on a pitch offering plenty of help South Africa 197 and 94 for 4 (Elgar 52*, Bumrah 2-22, Siraj 1-25) need a further 211 runs to beat India 327 and 174 (Pant 34, Rabada 4-42, Jansen 4-55) India’s irresistible seam attack worked their way around a stubborn Dean

News Fast bowler says India’s Test success is the “result of the work we’ve put in over the last 6-7 years” Mohammed Shami has credited his father and his brother for the success he has enjoyed as a Test cricketer. Shami hails from Sahaspur Ali Nagar, a village in the Amroha district of Uttar Pradesh,

Report Mohammed Shami’s five-for negates India collapse to Lungi Ngidi on full day of cricket Stumps India 327 (Rahul 123, Agarwal 60, Ngidi 6-71, Rabada 3-72) and 16 for 1 (Rahul 5*, Thakur 4*) lead South Africa 197 (Bavuma 52, de Kock 34, Shami 5-44, Bumrah 2-16) by 146 runs With the whole second day

News BCCI president had a mild fever on Sunday, and got the positive report on Monday evening Sourav Ganguly has tested positive for Covid-19, and has been admitted to Kolkata’s Woodlands Hospital. He had a mild fever on Sunday, and was tested for the virus soon after. Following the emergence of a positive report, on

Report Clearer weather is expected on days three and four, but there is more rain forecast for day five India 272 for 3 (Rahul 122*, Rahane 40*, Ngidi 3-45) vs South Africa Persistent rain washed out day two at Centurion, with the umpires calling off play at 1.55pm local time. There had been overnight rain

Report Agarwal chips in with half-century as well as visitors take control of the Boxing Day Test India 272 for 3 (Rahul 122*, Agarwal 60, Ngidi 3-45) vs South Africa With his fifth Test century outside Asia, KL Rahul led India to a position of dominance in the first Test of the series. On an

News “In many ways, I had already retired as a cricketer, but hadn’t been able to make a formal announcement” Harbhajan Singh has announced his retirement from all formats of the game. In a video message on Twitter, the former India offspinner said that “in many ways, I had already retired”, but because of his

News “I think the workload also becomes slightly easier to manage with five bowlers, and when you have that kind of quality, you might as well use it” KL Rahul has hinted that India are inclined towards playing five bowlers in the Boxing Day Test in Centurion, leaving them with a “very, very difficult decision”

News “Their strength at the moment lies in their bowling. We are extremely aware of that as well” South Africa captain Dean Elgar believes his side holds the edge in the upcoming three Tests against India by dint of playing on home conditions, even though they are “wary” of how well India have fared in

News The full player list for the auction is expected to be finalised by mid-January The IPL mega-auction will be a two-day affair, on February 12 and 13, and will be held in Bengaluru ahead of the 2022 season, ESPNcricinfo has learnt. The full player list for the auction is expected to be finalised by

News “If it made him do something different, I’m glad because the way he was bowling in 2019 and the way he bowled in 2021 was chalk and cheese” Former India coach Ravi Shastri is pleased that his statement about Kuldeep Yadav becoming India’s No.1 overseas spinner spurred R Ashwin to “do something different.” Ashwin

News The four-time champions have named a 17-member squad, with five additional players on stand-by Batter Yash Dhull will lead a 17-member India squad at the next edition of the Under-19 World Cup, to be played across four countries in the Caribbean from January 14 to February 5 next year. The Delhi man’s deputy is

News CSA and BCCI took a joint decision, prioritising the safety of players and integrity of bio-bubble Spectators will not be allowed into stadiums for South Africa’s home series against India, despite regulations in the country allowing for a maximum of 2000 fully-vaccinated fans in sports venues. Cricket South Africa and the BCCI took a joint decision

News Earlier, the franchise named Andy Flower as the head coach Former India opener and two-time IPL winning captain Gautam Gambhir has been named mentor of the Lucknow IPL team that shall debut in 2022. The yet-to-be-named franchise is one of two new IPL teams, along with the Ahmedabad franchise, who will join the competition

News The BCCI, meanwhile, has named KL Rahul vice-captain for the Test series Cheteshwar Pujara feels this could be India’s chance to win their maiden Test series in South Africa. For that, he backed India’s fast bowlers to be the point of difference and pick up “20 wickets in every Test” on the tour. “Our

News Dr Abhijit Salvi was in-charge of verifying players’ age for Under-16 tournament that begins on January 9 Age fudging could potentially rear its ugly head during the forthcoming Vijay Merchant Trophy with the BCCI’s medical expert, who verifies players’ age eligibility, stepping down nearly a month before the tournament. ESPNcricinfo has learned that Dr.

News “I know the areas of my game I need to get better at and one of them is playing the short ball” Two years into international cricket, 17-year-old Shafali Verma is fully aware of the need to improve constantly and her immediate focus is on tweaking her short-ball game against fast bowlers. Having made

News BCCI president Ganguly had said the board asked Virat Kohli to reconsider stepping down as T20I captain, before Kohli said it was not so Edited PTI copy Sunil Gavaskar feels BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is the best person to clear the air on Virat Kohli‘s statement that he was not asked by the Indian

News India’s Test skipper contradicts Sourav Ganguly, says he “wasn’t told to reconsider” decision on T20I captaincy Virat Kohli was informed of his removal as India’s ODI captain just one-and-a-half hours before the selection meeting to pick the Test squad for South Africa, he said at a press interaction on Wednesday. Kohli also said that

News Acknowledges that India’s failure to win a global event under him could have led to his removal as short-format captain Virat Kohli has said that Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid would have his “absolute support and contribution” in whatever vision they set for India’s white-ball teams going forward. “My responsibility is to push the