The Feroz Shah Kotla is slated to host several World Twenty20 matches, including a semifinal. © AFP New Delhi: There was some positive news for the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) as they got ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) from the central government’s Land and Development Office (L&DO) on Thursday. (ICC World Twenty20: Feroz Shah Kotla in Danger of Not Hosting Matches) Earlier, the Board of Control for Cricket in…
IPL Auction 2016: Yuvraj Singh, Shane Watson, Kevin Pietersen Among Hot Picks – Five Things to Know
Ashish Nehra, Yuvraj Singh, Kevin Pietersen and Shane Watson will be the marquee buys in the 2016 IPL Auction. © NDTV Indian Premier League veterans Yuvraj Singh, Shane Watson and Kevin Pietersen will lead a galaxy of Twenty20 specialists as eight teams pick their squads for the 2016 edition of the tournament that will be played between April 9 and May 29. (IPL Auction: Yuvraj Singh, Kevin Pietersen in Rs.2…
BCCI not shying away from Lodha report – Thakur
BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur has said that it is justified for the board to take the time that it has in responding to the Lodha panel recommendations © PTI The Supreme Court of India’s ruling on Thursday might have suggested its annoyance with a perceived lack of seriousness on the BCCI’s part in implementing the Lodha committee recommendations, but Anurag Thakur, the BCCI secretary, has insisted the board is following…
Ravichandran Ashwin Feels India Need to Adjust Quickly to Home Conditions
Ravichandran Ashwin is Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led India’s spin spearhead. © Reuters Gurgaon: Ravichandran Ashwin believes India, which has recorded a historic Twenty20 series win in the recently-concluded tour to Australia, will need to adjust to the home conditions quickly if they desire to win the ICC World Twenty20 for a second time. (2016 World Twenty20: Pawan Negi, Mohammed Shami Included in India Squad, Mahendra Singh Dhoni to Lead) “Now we…
Unadkat's nine helps Saurashtra stroll into semis
Saurashtra 375 (Jogiyani 130, Jackson 122, Yadav 5-81) beat Vidarbha 151 (Unadkat 5-70) and 139 (Jaffer 48, Unadkar 4-35) by an innings and 85 runsScorecard Jaydev Unadkat’s nine-wicket haul helped Saurashtra wrap up a one-sided contest inside three days in Valsad © Getty Images Saurashtra thrashed Vidarbha by an innings and 85 runs to book their place in the Ranji Trophy semifinal for the first time in three seasons. Jaydev…
Zakir, Mehedi fifties guide Bangladesh U-19s to semi-finals
Play 03:45 WATCH – Bangladesh survive Nepal scare A splendid 113-run fifth-wicket stand between captain Mehedi Hasan and Zakir Hasan steered Bangladesh Under-19s to the semi-finals after completing a six-wicket win against Nepal Under-19s in Dhaka. The pressure steadily built on the pair after Joyraz Sheikh was dismissed for a patient 38. However, they found the boundary, rotated the strike and compiled fifties in the process as Bangladesh reached the…
Australia Women ace 253 chase to seal series
Australia Women 4 for 253 (Bolton 77, Lanning 61) beat India Women 8 for 252 (Mandhana 102, Raj 58, Perry 3-54) by six wicketsScorecard Nicole Bolton’s 77 laid a strong platform for Australia’s chase © Getty Images Half-centuries from Meg Lanning and Nicole Bolton trumped a maiden hundred from Smriti Mandhana, as Australia Women gunned down 253 against India Women to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ODI series….
India Women retain Australia series-winning squad for World T20
India Women won their first bilateral series against Australia Women last month © Cricket Australia/Getty Images India Women have retained the squad that won a historic T20I series against Australia recently for the Women’s World Twenty20 which starts in India from March 15. The team will be captained by Mithali Raj. In January, the 15-member squad, led by Raj, had achieved their first bilateral series win over Australia Women in…
Quinton de Kock Capitalises on Purple Patch in Second Coming
Quinton de Kock smashed his ninth century and third in four innings as South Africa were thwarted by rain in Johannesburg. © AFP Quinton de Kock is in the midst of a purple patch with the bat. In his last four one-day international innings, he has hit three centuries. In the fourth Test against England in Centurion, he finally broke his drought by registering his first century. (Jos Buttler Leads…
Zakir, Mehedi fifties guide Bangladesh U-19 to semi-finals
A splendid 113-run fifth-wicket stand between captain Mehedi Hasan and Zakir Hasan steered Bangladesh Under-19s to the semi-finals after completing a six-wicket win against Nepal Under-19s in Dhaka. The pressure steadily built on the pair after Joyraz Sheikh was dismissed for a patient 38. However, they found the boundary, rotated the strike and compiled fifties in the process as Bangladesh reached the target with 10 balls to spare. Earlier in…