Sourav Ganguly said Thursday it would be “a bit too early” to rank Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men as world’s number one team as it still needs to prove itself overseas. The former captain said India had a very good team but the “real test” would come when they play well abroad where the conditions are [...]
BCCI and ECB would sign a “ground-breaking” agreement later this month with provision for an Ashes-like series, media reports claimed on Thursday. According to a report in ‘The Guardian’, the new agreement would see Indian Premier League authorities budging from their rigid stance that the English cricketers would be allowed in the second edition of [...]
Mike Procter, who had banned Harbhajan Singh for allegedly hurling racial abuse at Andrew Symonds, said he had no grudge over the incident though he quit the job of match referee after the controversy. Procter returns to Sydney Cricket Ground, a year after he found himself in the midst of a raging controversy that had [...]
Four Indians, including Sachin Tendulkar and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, were included in the world team of the year 2008 chosen by Australian newspaper ‘Herald Sun’. Dhoni, whom the newspaper compared with retired Australian great Adam Gilchrist, was made deputy to skipper of the team South African Graeme Smith, while “impossible to drop” Tendulkar bats [...]
Indian Premier League (IPL) side Kolkata Knight Riders has called former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin’s son Mohammad Asaduddin for a three-day trial at the Eden Gardens from January 5. “He has been recommended by one of our talent scouters. We will see how he shapes up during the trial,” Kolkata Knight Riders team director Joy [...]
Pakistan’s hasty home series against Sri Lanka has fallen into scheduling problems because of Indian cricket board’s interference, according to media reports here. A report in the daily Jang claimed Thursday that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has forced the Sri Lankan Cricket (SLC) to make tough demands regarding the tour. [...]
Pakistan Hockey Federation on Thursday said although it’s keen to send the national team to India for a four-nation tournament later this month, a final decision on the tour would be taken by the Foreign Ministry. PHF President Qasim Zia today met sports ministry officials in Islamabad before announcing that the government and foreign office [...]