Category: Sports

India’s search for a head coach neared completion here on Tuesday, with the high profile selection panel interacting with several candidates, including a few foreigners and two former India captains. The panel, consisting of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, V.V.S. Laxman and coordinator Sanjay Jagdale, interviewed legendary spinner Anil Kumble and former team director Ravi Shastri, among others, and saw presentations […]

Mignon du Preez, the South African batswoman, has stepped down as the side’s skipper across all formats with immediate effect. Du Preez wants to focus more on her game after relinquishing captaincy. Dane van Niekerk, the 23-year-old opener, has been named as her successor by Cricket South Africa. “This was an incredibly difficult decision and took a lot of introspection, […]

Spin great and India coach aspirant Anil Kumble may face some of his former India teammates in an interview for the coveted job on Tuesday (June 21). The process of selecting India’s next cricket coach has gathered speed. On Saturday, the Board’s high-profile Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), which includes batting legends Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, with former […]

Faruque Ahmed, the former Bangladesh cricketer, stepped down as the country’s chief selector on Sunday (June 19) after the Bangladesh Cricket Board approved changes to the selection process. As per the change, Faruque was supposed to head a three-member panel that would pick the team which would then be forwarded to a six-member committee. BCB cricket operations chairman Akram Khan […]

Ishant Sharma is no longer an eligible bachelor. The 27-year-old Indian pacer joined a select list of cricketers to have recently exchanged rings with their lady love. The Indian pacer got engaged to Pratima Singh, a basketball player, in New Delhi on Sunday. Ishant Sharma is part of a five-man Indian pace attack for the four-Test series in the West […]