Category: Cricket

Former seam bowler Venkatesh Prasad has also thrown his hat into the ring by applying for the high profile head coach’s job with the Indian cricket team. “I have applied this morning,” Prasad confirmed on Wednesday. Prasad, who is currently the chairman of the BCCI junior selecting committee, is keen to get back to a coaching role. He has also been […]

Ravi Shastri, the outgoing director of the Indian cricket team, has applied for the post of the team’s head coach, reports revealed on Monday (June 6), four days shy of the deadline. “Yes, I have applied for the chief coach’s post today morning. I have e-mailed all the requisite documents that were asked for in the advertisement,” the former Indian […]

Aaqib Javed, the former Pakistan fast bowler, who was contacted by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) with a proposal to take over as the bowling coach of the national side, has reportedly turned down the offer. Javed joined Lahore Qalandars, the Pakistan Super League franchise, as the director of their cricket operations, and wants to focus on the same without […]

Pakistan Cricket Board has announced a 15-member squad for the Women’s upcoming limited-overs tour of England, on Saturday (June 4). Sana Mir, who stepped down from captaincy after Pakistan’s failed 2016 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 campaign, will be replaced by her deputy Bismah Maroof in the shortest format, though she will continue as a player. Javeria Wadood has been appointed […]

Charges have been filed against Chetan Dessai, the president of Goa Cricket Association (GCA), Vinod Phadke, the secretary of the association and Akbar Mulla, the treasurer, by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Goa Police in connection with a fraud of INR 3.13 crore in two different cases. The First Information Report (FIR) was filed based on the complaints made […]