Category: Sports

Karachi Pakistan pacer Mohammad Irfan was today slapped with a one-year ban and fined $ 1,000 after he admitted to have failed in reporting a spot-fixing approach by bookmakers during the Pakistan Super League. “You are aware that on March 14th the board called in and suspended me on the basis of two allegations, out of which I accept that […]

India have beaten Australia 2-1 with an eight-wicket win on day 4 at Dharamsala. KL Rahul led the chase of a modest 106 with an unbeaten 51. India have won all four Test series of their 2016-17 home season. India have regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Brief scores: India 332 & 106/2 (Rahul 51*, Rahane 38*: Cummins 1/42) beat Australia (300 […]

Ajinkya Rahane became India’s 33rd Test captain after injured Virat Kohli was ruled out of the fourth and deciding Test against Australia. Kohli suffered a shoulder injury while fielding in the Ranchi Test match. Left-arm chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav will be making his debut as India go back to five bowler theory with Bhuvneshwar Kumar replacing Ishant Sharma. Yesterday Kohli […]

Shashank Manohar has agreed to stay on as chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) at least until the ongoing process relating to governance and financial restructuring are completed. Mr. Manohar, who had quit his post on March 15 citing personal reasons, was asked to postpone his resignation following an ICC board resolution that requested him to stay with “overwhelming […]

Former Australia captain Michael Clarke has said that India skipper Virat Kohli should not be “bothered” by a couple of Australian journalists who are trying to “tarnish his image”. Australia’s ‘Daily Telegraph’ in its report had compared Kohli to the US President Donald Trump. “Just like President Trump, Kohli decided to blame the media as a means of trying to […]

Ravindra Jadeja has been rewarded for his all-round show in the ongoing home season as BCCI elevated him to Grade A in the annual contracts for the 2017-18 season announced on Wednesday. Along with Jadeja, Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay also jumped to the top category. The Committee of Administrators (COA) met earlier in the day to decide on the […]