World Cup winner Roger Binny was yesterday elected as the 36th President of the BCCI, taking over from Sourav Ganguly, to run the world’s richest Cricket Board. Binny, 67, was elected unopposed at its AGM (Annual General Meeting) here alongside Jay Shah, who was re-elected as the Secretary for a second successive term. The other…
Jay Shah to continue as the Board Secretary Roger Binny, the former India all-rounder, is set to become the new BCCI President, replacing Sourav Ganguly, who is not expected to have a position in the board any longer. Binny will assume charge on Oct. 18, when the BCCI annual general meeting will be held in…
Four others from Karnataka have also cleared the qualifying exam of KSCA Mysore/Mysuru: Cricket is admired by most of the Indians and it is mostly due to the players involved in the sport. However, Umpires are an inseparable part of conduct of any cricket match and it not only takes a lot of knowledge about…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) yesterday announced the squads for the upcoming Women’s T20 Challenge. Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma have been named as the Captains of Supernovas, Trailblazers and Velocity, respectively. The three teams will compete in the upcoming Women’s T20 Challenge to be played from May 23-28…
The Indian cricket team’s tour of South Africa will get underway with the first Test from Dec. 26 and with the cloud of COVID-19 variant Omicron looming large, the tourists have been guaranteed a return passage to home should the need arise if borders are closed to prevent to control the spread of infection. The…
New Delhi: Rahul Dravid was yesterday appointed the new Head Coach of the Indian men’s cricket team by the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) Cricket Advisory Committee. Dravid will take charge of the team from the upcoming home series against New Zealand, which begins on Nov. 17. Current Coach Ravi Shastri’s tenure…
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Treasurer Arun Dhumal yesterday rubbished reports of Virat Kohli stepping down as India’s limited-overs skipper after the T20 World Cup, saying that the Board has not discussed anything on this matter and that he will continue to captain the team in all formats. “This is all rubbish….
The BCCI on Saturday announced cash rewards for India’s medal winners at the Tokyo Olympics with Rs. 1 crore reserved for Neeraj Chopra, who became country’s first track and field athlete to win a gold medal. In a tweet, BCCI secretary Jay Shah also announced that Rs. 50 lakh each will be given to silver…
By V.N. Prasad BCCI sending Team 1 to England for traditional Test Series and Team 2 to Sri Lanka for limited overs cricket seemingly lacked maturity. Yes, benevolent disposition of BCCI towards the ailing economy of Cricket Sri Lanka was in good taste; but it boomeranged in terms of quality of cricket played. Our boys…
The T20 World Cup 2021 will be held from October 17 to November 14 in UAE and Oman, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Tuesday. “The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will be staged in the UAE and Oman due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation in India,” the ICC said in its official…
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