Month: January 2016

Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended for two years from the Indian Premier League. © BCCI Madras High Court dismissed a petition by owner of Chennai Super Kings challenging Justice Lodha Committee’s order suspending the Indian Premier League team for two years over the 2013 betting scam involving its top official Gurunath Meiyappan. (IPL Scandal: Purity of Cricket at Stake, Ex-Judges Suspend Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals for…

Shaun Tait will aim for a spot in the Australian Squad for the ICC World Twenty20 in India. © AFP Adelaide: Shaun Tait terms his Australia T20 call-up as a “privilege” and is not thinking in the lines of how many matches he will get to play in the series for Australia. “I feel pretty privileged to be called in at this stage of my career. With a few injuries…

The former chief curator of the Galle stadium in Sri Lanka, Jayananda Warnaweera, has been suspended for three years by the ICC for failing to cooperate with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) in an ongoing investigation. He had already been suspended from all cricket activities for two years by Sri Lanka Cricket on the same charge in November last year. Warnaweera had failed to attend scheduled interviews with the ACU on…

Ishan Kishan said that Mahendra Singh Dhoni had given him tips on how to handle pressure situations. © Facebook Mumbai: India Under-19 cricket team’s captain Ishan Kishan on Tuesday said he received valuable advice from the senior team’s limited overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni recently on how to tackle things during pressure situations. Jharkhand wicketkeeper-batsman Kishan played alongside Dhoni in the recent Vijay Hazare Trophy in the domestic season for…

India’s crushing defeats in the first three One-day Internationals against Australia, has once again put Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s captaincy in the limelight. The Indian skipper along with his under-fire team will be looking for redemption in the fourth ODI in Canberra. Catch all live score and updates here. (LIVE SCORECARD | NEWS | PHOTOS | VIDEOS) India have lost the first three ODIs in Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne and they…

Otago racked up 362 for 8 and then dismissed Wellington for 141 in 23.3 overs to record a 221-run victory in Invercargill. Having chosen to bat, Otago rode on 91 off 94 balls from Michael Bracewell, and Hamish Rutherford smacked 126 off 90 balls with seven sixes and ten fours. There were cameos from the other batsmen too – James Neesham made 39 and Derek de Boorder 30 – as…

Toss Australia chose to bat v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Play 04:37 Agarkar: A chance to test new players Australia’s captain Steven Smith won the toss and chose to bat first against India in the fourth ODI at Manuka Oval. The hosts included Nathan Lyon for his first ODI appearance since he faced Pakistan in Dubai in late 2014, while David Warner returns in place of Shaun Marsh at…