Category: Cricket

Australia named uncapped fast bowlers Scott Boland and Joel Paris on Monday to a 13-man squad for the first three one-day internationals against India this month. Boland has been on the periphery of the Test team for the current series against the West Indies, while West Australian Paris has been named for the first time in the national ODI squad. […]

Pakistan on Friday named Mohammad Amir in its squads for three Twenty20 internationals and three one-day internationals in New Zealand next month, four months after the left-arm paceman completed his five-year ban for spot-fixing. Chief selector Haroon Rasheed said Amir’s inclusion was contingent on the fast bowler — who has a criminal record for his role in arranging no-balls to […]

Punjab’s young left-arm seamer Brainder Sran and Baroda all-rounder Hardik Pandya were the new faces while Ravindra Jadeja and Yuvraj Singh were on Saturday recalled in India’s ODI and Twenty20 squads for the upcoming Australia tour. Pacers Ishant Sharma and Ashish Nehra were among the veterans, who were recalled in the squads while Suresh Raina was left out to give […]

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is likely to be reunited with his former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) coach Stephen Fleming. It has been learnt that the Pune franchise, owned by Sanjeev Goenka’s New Rising, is likely to be appoint Fleming as their head coach.A formal declaration is expected in the next few days. In Tuesday’s first IPL draft, the Pune franchise had […]

Ravichandran Ashwin held on to his top spot, while Ravindra Jadeja rose a rung to be fifth in the all-rounders’ chart of the latest ICC Test rankings issued on Tuesday. However, no Indian found a place in the top-10 of batsmen’s rankings even though Ashwin (2nd) and Jadeja (8th) represented the country in the bowlers’ list. Elsewhere, Kane Williamson stood […]

India’s limited-overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday emerged the top draw in the IPL draft with the Sanjeev Goenka-owned new franchise Pune opting to pick him first for the stipulated price of Rs. 12.5 crore. Dhoni’s India teammate Suresh Raina was picked to play for the Rajkot team. “Excited to play for the beautiful vibrant city- Rajkot in @IPL. […]