Category: Cricket

Indian Premier League(IPL) Chairman, Rajiv Shukla has said that Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to push forward their player auctions by a year, and hold a full fledged auction in the year 2017. Shulka, according to tweets by Indian Express journalist Devendra Pandey, also said that the board will make all the necessary decisions regarding […]

On a thrilling third day that turned out to be the last of the Mohali Test, India secured a 1-0 lead over South Africa with their spinners picking the batsmen off like plastic ducks at a shooting range. An alarming 18 wickets fell on day three at the PCA Stadium, 16 of them to spin, and none more significant than […]

Ace offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin scripted history on Friday when he became the fastest Indian bowler to reach 150-Test wicket landmark – in his 29th Test – against South Africa in day two of the opening Test at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. Ashwin, who finished with figures of 24-5-51-5, bamboozled the South African batsmen on a rank turner to give […]

Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara, widely considered the two best batsmen of their generation, were drawn on the same team for the first edition of the Cricket All Stars on Thursday (November 5). The draw, conducted in Times Square New York, saw 27 players assigned randomly to the two teams Sachin’s Blasters and Warne’s Warriors for the three-match series. Besides […]

The Misbah-ul-Haq-led Pakistan side has moved up to the second spot in the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings for Tests following their comprehensive 127-run victory in Sharjah that helped them wrap up the three-Test series 2-0 against England on Thursday (November 5). England have dropped down to the sixth spot. Pakistan are tied on rating points (106) with third-placed Australia […]

Inzamam ul Haq, the former Pakistan captain, has been roped in as the Afghanistan coach for a two-year period. This comes after the side created history by defeating Zimbabwe in their ODI and T20I series. Inzamam had agreed to be the batting consultant for the Asian side during the recent tour of Zimbabwe. Kabir Khan, the former coach of the […]