Month: June 2017

It has been a dramatic turnaround in Shastri’s fortunes, which finds him as the favourite to succeed Kumble as Team India coach. The Indian Express traces the timeline and what lies ahead. When Shastri was left high and dryLast year, when Ravi Shastri was interviewed by the Cricket Advisory Committee – comprising Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, and VVS Laxman – there was no unanimity among the three wise men about…

Industrialist Harsh Goenka, who has earlier trained his guns on MS Dhoni, said that being obedient to the BCCI and Virat Kohli is one of the qualifications for becoming coach of the Indain team apart from organising travel schedule and fixing hotel rooms Industrialist Harsh Goenka has trained his guns on India captain Virat Kohli on his Twitter handle. Goenka, who has earlier tweeted on MS Dhoni being “overshadowed” by…

Lasith Malinga received a suspended one-year cricket ban after the fast bowler pleaded guilty to a charge of speaking to the media without permission, Sri Lanka’s cricket board said Tuesday. The sanction is suspended for 6 months and he will also be fined 50 percent of the match fee from his next ODI. Lasith Malinga received a suspended one-year cricket ban after the fast bowler pleaded guilty to a charge…

“After resignation of legendary cricketer Mr Anil Kumble I decided to apply (sic) the post of head coach of Indian Cricket team (men’s) as I feel captain of the team India (sic), Mr Kohli doesn’t need a legend as a coach,” he wrote. A very interesting development in hunt for India’s coach as a mechanical engineer has applied for the vacant position. According to a PTI report, Upendra Nath Bramhachari,…

Sourav Ganguly, member of the Cricket Advisory Committee, felt that the matter between Anil Kumble and Virat Kohli could have been handled a lot better. Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly said that the issue between coach Anil Kumble and captain Virat Kohli’s should have been handled maturely. Ganguly is also a member of Cricket Advisory Committee. Regarding Kumble-Kohli matter he said, “The matter between Kumble and Kohli should have been…

Pakistan’s captain Sarfraz Ahmed is going through a wonderful phase of his cricketing career. Talking about the India-Pakistan rivalry, Pakistan was the better side in the final clash whereas India had won the game in the group stage. However apart from cricket a couple of incidents show that the relationships between the players of the two teams have got better. MS Dhoni clicked a picture with opposition captain’s toddler son…

Essex 106 for 0 (Cook 64*) trail Middlesex 246 (Eskinazi 66, Malan 60, Stirling 77, Harmer 5-77) by 140 runsScorecard Essex’s season has slipped down a treat for Chris Silverwood © Getty Images There are days when cricket slams a door in the face of its most devoted admirers and there are days when that same door is kept ajar, tantalising folk with the possibility of play. And so they…

Yorkshire 27 for 1 trail Surrey 517 for 6 dec (Sangakkara 180*, Burns 90, Roy 87) by 490 runsScorecard Kumar Sangakkara passed another landmark at Headingley © Getty Images Kumar Sangakkara became the first batsman to reach 1,000 runs in the Specsavers County Championship this season as his sixth hundred propelled Surrey to 516 for seven declared during a heavily rain affected day two at Headingley. Retiring Sangakkara advanced from…