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An office bearer of the all-powerful BCCI will now be paid a daily allowance of USD 1000 on foreign tours and will fly first-class. The increase in allowances doled out to the BCCI office bearers was tabled in the Apex Council meeting on Sunday but came into effect last October. The per diem (daily allowance)

IPL 2023: Rohit Sharma was caught by the cameras hiding his face with his cap.© Instagram Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma looked visibly shattered after his team suffered a defeat against Chennai Super Kings in an IPL 2023 match at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. It was MI’s second successive defeat of the season, having

Lucknow: Veteran Lucknow Super Giants spinner Amit Mishra credited his success in the five-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad here to making careful assessment of the wicket and taking mental notes of the shots that batters are likely to employ against his bowling. The 40-year-old, who has been playing in the Indian Premier League since the

Battered and bruised by raw pace in back-to-back matches, Delhi Capitals’ batting unit is likely to find some breathing space on a featherbed when the side takes on Rajasthan Royals in an afternoon IPL match, on Saturday. Mark Wood and Alzarri Joseph have scarred the likes of Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan in DC’s line-up in

One-Off Test, Day 3 Live: Bangladesh in control as Ireland’s top-order crumbles.© AFP BAN vs IRE, One-Off Test, Day 3 Live Updates: Lorcan Tucker is solid but Ireland are six wickets down against Bangladesh on Day 3 of their one-off Test in Dhaka. Harry Tector was dismissed at the score of 56. Ireland have taken the

Bangladesh vs Ireland one-off Test© AFP After restricting Ireland to a score of 214 runs in the first innings, Bangladesh got off to a poor start on Day 1 that saw them losing two wickets for just 34 runs by the time stumps were called. Tamim Iqbal and Najmul Hossain Shanto were both sent packing

Axar Patel‘s promotion in Delhi Capitals batting order is being seriously contemplated by the management, team Director Sourav Ganguly said on the eve of IPL game against Gujarat Titans on Tuesday. Ganguly, however, expects DC vice captain to bowl a better line after getting some hammering from Kyle Mayers and Nicholas Pooran. “Yeah that’s (batting)

Virat Kohli started his IPL 2023 campaign on a superb note on Sunday.© BCCI Virat Kohli was at his best on Sunday night as he along with Faf du Plessis dished out a chasing master-class with a 148-run opening partnership as Royal Challengers Bangalore outplayed Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2023 campaign opener. RCB won

2nd ODI Live: South Africa look to seal automatic qualification for the ODI World Cup.© BCCI SA vs NED, 3rd ODI Live Score Updates: South Africa take on Netherlands in the third and final ODI at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. A win for the hosts will seal automatic qualification for the ODI World Cup, which will be

A video of Ravi Kishan praising MS Dhoni in Bhojpuri has been doing rounds on social media.© Twitter The 16th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) got off to a grand start on Friday. In the opening match of the tournament, defending champions Gujarat Titans defeated Chennai Super Kings by five wickets at the

MS Dhoni first led Chennai Super Kings in 2008© BCCI/Sportzpics One of the finest cricketers of all time, MS Dhoni has done wonders in the Indian Premier League, both as a captain and a player. It was in 2008 that Dhoni first led the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team, having been bought as the franchise’s

The video of the viral delivery has been doing rounds on social media.© Twitter During a National T20 Cup match in 2019, Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Ilyas served up a strong contender for the worst wicket-taking delivery in the history of the sport. Ilyas dragged a delivery way down the leg-side and the unfortunate batter, Zain

Rohit Sharma (L) and MS Dhoni© AFP The reports of MS Dhoni‘s possible retirement from the Indian Premier League (IPL) have been making headlines for quite some time. While Dhoni is busy practicing with Chennai Super Kings ahead of IPL 2023, various experts have already said that he will not be playing in the competition

File photo of Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers© BCCI/Sportzpics A misunderstood character, at least for the initial part of his career, Virat Kohli turned things around in his career in a way that not many could even imagine. The batter emerged as one of the finest the game has ever seen. But, during his early

Ban vs Ire, 1st T20I, Live: Bangladesh aim for winning start© AFP Bangladesh vs Ireland, 1st T20I, Live Updates: Bangladesh will be squaring off against Ireland in the first T20I of the three-match series on Monday at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram. Ireland skipper Andrew Balbirnie has been rested for the T20Is against Bangladesh and replaced

File photo of MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja© BCCI/Sportzpics Four-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions, Chennai Super Kings head into the 2023 edition of the T20 league, having bolstered their squad with some of the finest players in the world. Ben Stokes, unarguably one of the finest all-rounders in the game, was bought by the

File image of Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni with Suresh Raina.© Twitter When they played together, Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni were one of the best Indian pairs. Be it for the Indian cricket team or the Chennai Super Kings, the partnerships two have forged while wearing the Blues or Yellows is now part

Delhi Capitals in action during the IPL© Twitter Mitchell Marsh has been in devastating form for Australia in the recently concluded ODI series against India and he was instrumental in guiding the visitors to a 2-1 win. Marsh finished the series with 191 runs from 3 matches with the help of two half-centuries and former

India’s star batter Suryakumar Kumar suffered his third consecutive golden duck on Wednesday in a thrilling third and final one-day international against Australia. The 360-degree player — who is the number one T20I batter — is yet to establish himself in the 50-over format. In the first game against Australia, Suryakumar was caught plumb in

Dropped from the Indian Test team following his failures in the first two matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, KL Rahul marked his return in the ODI series against the same opponents. The batter spearheaded India’s chase of 189 runs, scoring an unbeaten 75-run knock. Rahul was also named the ‘player of the match’ for

ZIM vs NED, 1st ODI, Live: Zimbabwe aim to have winning start© AFP Zimbabwe vs Netherlands, 1st ODI, Live: Zimbabwe will be squaring off against Netherlands in the first ODI of the three-match series, at the Harare Sports Club in Harare on Tuesday. Zimbabwe will be boosted by the return of key players Sikandar Raza and Ryan

Royal Challengers Bangalore are still not out of knockouts race© Twitter Despite a horrible start to the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2023 campaign, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) aren’t all out of the playoffs race. The franchise lost its first five matches of the inaugural season of the WPL before registering two back-to-back wins. The situation

Shaheen Afridi became the first captain ever to win back-to-back PSL titles.© Twitter Lahore Qalandars pulled off a stunning last-ball win over Multan Sultans to claim their second consecutive Pakistan Super League (PSL) title in Lahore on Saturday. In the process, Shaheen Afridi became the first captain ever to win back-to-back PSL titles and celebrations

PSL: Babar Azam, who scored 42 off 36 balls,was criticial of his performance.© AFP Star batter Babar Azam expressed disappointment after Peshawar Zalmi failed to reach the final of the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL). Lahore Qalandars made it to the final of the PSL for the third time in the last four years, after

File photo of Harbhajan Singh Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh believes that India should not travel to Pakistan for Asia Cup 2023. According to him, there are a lot of risks involved which have to be considered before making any decision. While speaking to ANI Harbhajan said, “India shouldn’t travel to Pakistan as it isn’t

Indian cricket team star Virat Kohli gave a pep talk to the Royal Challengers Bangalore women’s team after a horrible start to the Women’s Premier League (WPL) season. RCB lost their first five matches in the tournament with their first win coming against UP Warriorz. In a video released by the franchise on social media,

Harleen Deol produced one of the moments of the match to remove Harmanpreet Kaur.© Twitter Mumbai Indians on Tuesday became the first team to qualify for the Women’s Premier League play-offs after thrashing Gujarat Giants by 55 runs at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Riding on captain Harmanpreet Kaur‘s half-century, Mumbai Indians posted a challenging

Pat Cummins to stay home, Steve Smith named captain of Australian team for ODI series against India, Cricket Australia has confirmed. Cummins had returned home after the first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India to be with his ailing mother who was in palliative care. A few days later, Cummins’ mother sadly passed

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 5 Live: Kane Williamson is at the crease.© AFP New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 5 Live Score Updates: New Zealand have lost five wickets on Day 5 of the first Test against Sri Lanka, while chasing 285. Kane Williamson and Michael Bracewell are standing unbeaten at

Virat Kohli and Nathan Lyon were involved in a funny interaction on Day 3.© Twitter Virat Kohli reached his first Test half-century since January 2022 during Day 3 of the ongoing fourth Test against Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. On Saturday, Kohli hit an unbeaten 59 after Shubman Gill had scored his