Rohit Sharma named as captain of India’s ODI & T20I teams

Rohit Sharma will replace Virat Kohli as captain of India’s One Day International (ODI) and T20I teams. This was announced by the BCCI yesterday. “The All-India Senior Selection Committee also decided to name Mr Rohit Sharma as the Captain of the ODI & T20I teams going forward,” BCCI tweeted. Rohit Sharma also replaces Ajinkya Rahane […]

IPL 2021 postponed; BCCI to arrange for safe, secure passage for all participants

The Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday, in an emergency meeting unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021 season, with immediate effect. The BCCI does not want to compromise on the safety of the players, support staff, and the other participants involved in organising […]

Sunil Gavaskar felicitated on 50th anniversary of Test debut

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar was on Saturday felicitated by the BCCI on the 50th anniversary of his Test debut with Board President Sourav Ganguly saying that the batting legend and his then teammates played a key role in making “the game as strong as it is today”. The 71-year-old former skipper received a commemorative […]

BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly undergoes second round of angioplasty, two stents inserted

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly underwent a second round of angioplasty on Thursday and two stents were inserted in coronary arteries. Speaking to ANI, sources close to the former India skipper confirmed that he underwent a successful angioplasty. “Two stents have been fitted and the angioplasty is successful,” the source […]

National Cricket Academy to be set up in Sikkim: CM Prem Singh Tamang

Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Wednesday said that BCCI secretary Jay Shah assured him that a National Cricket Academy will be established in the Himalayan state to provide a platform to the youths. Shah, the BCCI in-charge of Sikkim, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, called on Tamang at his Mintokgang residence here during […]

MS Dhoni left out of BCCI’s new Annual Player Contracts for 2019-20 season

Former Indian skipper MS Dhoni has been left out of the BCCI’s Annual Player Contracts list for the 2019-20 season announced on Thursday. Indian captain Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit Sharma were played in Grade A+, the highest grade in the contract but MS Dhoni’s name was surprisingly missing from the list of 27 […]

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly takes over as BCCI president

Former cricketer Sourav Ganguly took over as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) here on Wednesday. Ganguly was elected as the president during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) which is being conducted at the BCCI headquarters. Ganguly was the only candidate to file his nomination for the post and […]

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly set to be next BCCI president

Former India cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly is all set to be the next BCCI President, after former India and Karnataka cricketer Brijesh Patel was projected as the only presidential candidate but following a dramatic turn of events, Ganguly emerged as the frontrunner. The BCCI elections were scheduled to be held on October 23 but with […]

ATS arrests youth from Assam over death threat to Indian cricket team

The Anti-Terrorism Squad of the Mumbai Police has arrested a youth from Dharamtul in Assam’s Morigaon district, on charges of sending a death threat mail to the BCCI against the Indian Cricket team. The arrested youth identified as Braj Mohan Das had sent the mail to the BCCI, threatening to kill players of the cricket […]