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Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, known as 'Captain Cool', looks very calm on the field even in a tense situation. He revealed in a media release that even he sometimes feel angry and frustrated on the field, but has learned to control his emotions to help his side...

The opening batsman of South Africa Aiden Markram has been ruled out of the third and final Test against India, which will take place in Ranchi from October 19, (Saturday). Markram suffered from an injury during the Pune Test on his right wrist. The unavailability of Markram has put...

The Indian PM Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina may witness the second Test in Kolkata between India and Bangladesh which is scheduled to be played from November 22 to 26. According to IANS, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has sent invites to both the Prime Ministers...

BCCI president-elect Sourav Ganguly has said that resumption of bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan is subject to approval from India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Imran Khan. Asked about the resumption of India-Pakistan bilateral ties during a media briefing In Kolkata, Ganguly said, “You have to ask...

Right-arm leg-spin bowler Anil Kumble was on born 17 October 1970 in Bangalore. A mechanical engineering graduate, he completed his schooling from National High School and B.E. from Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering (RVCE) in Bengaluru. He pursued his cricketing interests seriously from the age of 13 when he joined a...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) charged three United Arab Emirates (UAE) players, including its captain Mohammad Naveed, under its anti-corruption code. Besides Naveed, another pacer Qadeer Khan and batsman Shaiman Anwar were suspended from the squad of the UAE for the T20 World Cup Qualifier, which is scheduled to be...

Following in the footsteps of his former opening partner and Gautam Gambhir, currently a politician, who is renowned for his charity, Virender Sehwag has decided to train the children of two Indian soldiers, martyred in a suicide attack in Pulwama in early February, at his academy. The former Indian opener...

Youngest and a teenager cricketer smashed his way into record books on Wednesday. At 17 years and 292 days, Yashasvi Jaiswal became the youngest in the world to score a double hundred in 50-overs cricket including List A and ODIs. He broke the record by almost 3 years in the...

An India-Pakistan match always draws the biggest crowds in the cricketing arena. But because of strained relations between the two neighboring countries, they have faced each other only five times since 2011. Interestingly, all of them were only in the ICC tournaments. According to the Times of India, although the ICC’s...

Sachin Tendulkar commended the International Cricket Council (ICC) for amending the rule in case of a tie in knockout games of tournaments such as the World Cup. The ICC scrapped the boundary count rule that was used in the World Cup 2019 final to adjudge the winners, leading to...

South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis was born on 16 October 1975 in Cape Town. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, Kallis is considered to be one of the greatest all-round cricketers of all time. To date, he is the only international cricketer to score more than 10,000 runs...

Sourav Ganguly, the former India captain, who will take over as the new president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on October 23, shared a picture with all the men who will hold key positions in the board. In the picture, Ganguly can be seen with...

Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly is all set to become the next chief of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after the affiliated units of the cricket board unanimously selected his name for the top post. On Tuesday, former Indian opener Virender Sehwag congratulated Ganguly and said...

Mitchell Marsh, the Australian all-rounder, broke his hand after punching a dressing-room wall in frustration during Western Australia's Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania on Sunday. In the bargain, the son of former Australian opener, Geoff Marsh, fractured his right hand, ruling him out of cricket for six weeks. The Western...

The former all-rounder of West Indies Phil Simmons, who was the coach of the team, was controversially removed from his position for three years. But, now he is back as a coach with a new contract which is valid for four years. He was competing with two other shortlisted...

Sachin Tendulkar, Brain Lara, and Jonty Rhodes, among others, will participate in the Road Safety World Series in India during February 2-16, 2020. Being planned as an annual T20 tournament, this World Series will feature retired cricketers from five countries of Australia, India, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and West...

ICC faced severe criticism about the Super Over's controversial rule during the Cricket World Cup 2019. The rule stated that if a Super Over ends in a tie, then the team that scores more boundaries throughout the match will be declared as the winner. It was the same rule which...

A scheduled meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in Dubai on Monday has irked BCCI after the former has been advocating a new Future Tours Program (FTP). If it is passed, the ODI World Cup will be held once every three years and every alternate year, there will...

After Pakistan successfully hosted a part of the Sri Lankan series on its grounds, it will do so too for the remaining test matches in December. Now, Bangladesh Women's team is set to tour Pakistan from October 23 to play three T20Is and two ODIs. But, the Bangladesh Cricket Board...

Despite retiring from international cricket, Shane Watson, a former Australian cricketer who represented his country in all formats of the game, he has been going great guns in the T20 formats. He has been on a roll in the IPL editions of 2018 and 2019. He scored an unbeaten 117...

On Monday, the ICC stated in a release that it would do away with boundary count for deciding the result of a semi-final or final at an ICC event if the Super Over is tied. It added, "Instead, the Super Over will be repeated - for as many times as...

Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan is all set to debut in a major role in the forthcoming Tamil film of Vikram. Titled tentatively “Vikram 58”, Ajay Gnanamuthu will direct the movie, which will be produced by Seven Screen Studio of Lalith Kumar. According to a press release, the film,...

A sad story of a Pakistani player came out into the open. It revealed the first-class cricketer Fazal Subhan's struggles after the abolishment of departmental cricket in the South Asian country. Subhan, who once played for the Pakistan U-19 side, now drives a mini pickup truck to earn a living....

Gautam Gambhir was born on 14 October 1981 to Deepak Gambhir in New Delhi. A student of the prestigious Modern School in New Delhi, he took to cricket at the age of 10. An alumnus of Hindu College, University of Delhi, he stayed with his maternal uncle Pawan Gulati,...

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is set to be appointed as the new President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Ganguly, who is currently the head of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), will be resigning from his post in September 2020. "Yes, Brijesh was running...

Steve Smith's ban on leading Australia will end in March, but Coach Justin Langer says that he doesn't want to make a comeback to the Test captaincy. Smith led the team until his suspension for 12 months for the ball-tampering controversy with sandpaper in Cape Town last year. As a...