Sourav Ganguly, former India captain and current president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), took to Twitter on Friday to share a video from his 100th Test that was played at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2007. Ganguly, ahead of the second Test between India and Australia, said playing at the
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The opening day of the Boxing Day Test between India and Australia on Saturday will witness a special tribute to former Australia batsman Dean Jones, who died in September in Mumbai. Ahead of a planned commemoration of Jones’ life during the tea break at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Jane Jones has confirmed the cause
Australia captain Tim Paine on Friday said a “proud” cricketing nation like India is not going to roll over in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and singled out KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant as potential threats. India go into the second Test, starting at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) from Saturday, on the back
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday held their 89th Annual General Meeting. After the meeting, the board’s General Body has asked its office bearers to decide the venues for T20 World Cup 2021, slated to be played in India. The T20 World Cup 2021 is slated to be held in India
The Indian cricket team on Thursday tried a hitherto unseen training drill that vaguely resembled a wrestling bout, with a pair of two players each seemingly striving to outdo each other. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was the first to arrive at the nets for the training session and he was put through a fitness test as
The Melbourne Cricket Ground has been confirmed as a back-up venue for the third Test between India and Australia, which is slated to be held in Sydney. Amid a COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney’s northern beaches, Cricket Australia announced the MCG as a back-up venue for the third Test from January 7, even as they work
Mumbai Indians established themselves as the most engaging IPL franchise for the 3rd consecutive season.© BCCI/IPL Mumbai Indians has once again reinforced its dominance as one of the most successful sports clubs in India, and a fast emerging Indian sports brand globally. The IPL 2020 winners have established themselves as the most engaging (cumulative engagement
The International Cricket Council (ICC) took to Twitter on Wednesday to share a video from 2014 T20 World Cup, highlighting former India captain MS Dhoni’s “sweet gesture” for Virat Kohli from the semi-final clash against South Africa. In that match, MS Dhoni defended the final ball of the 19th over to give Virat Kohli, who
AUS vs IND: David Warner picked up the groin injury during the ODI series against India.© AFP Star Australian batsman David Warner will miss the Boxing Day Test against India after failing to shake off the groin injury that kept him out of the opening fixture, Cricket Australia said Wednesday. The governing body said Warner
Cricket South Africa on Tuesday announced that the entire Proteas team was negative in results from COVID-19 tests that were conducted this morning. This was the third round of scheduled testing ahead of the first Test match of the two-match series against Sri Lanka, starting on Boxing Day (December 26). As a result, the proteas
Australia vs India: Ravindra Jadeja will be hoping to make his return from injury in MCG.© Instagram Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav took to Instagram to keep their fans updated about their whereabouts as they posted selfies from the airport ahead of India‘s departure for Melbourne for the second Test against Australia. India lost the
Waqar Younis will regroup with the Pakistan squad ahead of the Test series against South Africa.© AFP Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday said that the bowling coach Waqar Younis will return to Pakistan after the first Test against New Zealand. “Bowling coach Waqar Younis will return to Pakistan after the first Test against New
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Monday confirmed that spinner Mitchell Santner has been retained in the squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against Pakistan, beginning December 26. New Zealand will push for a spot in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final which is set to be played in June next year. The
Jacques Kallis was inducted into ICC Hall of Fame earlier this year.© Twitter The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday announced the appointment of former South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis as the batting consultant for the upcoming two-match Test series against Sri Lanka. Carl Hopkinson has been named as fielding coach, while former
Australian opener Joe Burns, who played a career-saving knock in the second innings of the day-night Test, on Monday said his next aim is to smash big match-winning hundreds in the upcoming games. Burns was dismissed by Jasprit Bumrah in the first innings after the opening batsman managed to score just eight runs off 41
Veteran wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha and young opener Prithvi Shaw are unlikely to be picked for the remaining Tests in Australia as India look to ring in wholesale changes after the batting debacle in Adelaide. It is understood that young Shubman Gill, after a couple of impressive knocks in the warm-up games, is seen as a
DDCA have appointed Rajkumar Sharma as their chief coach for the senior side.© Twitter Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) on Sunday appointed Rajkumar Sharma as the chief coach of its senior side while Gursharam Singh has been named as the assistant coach. Ashu Dani has been appointed as the chairperson of DDCA‘s selection committee
Days after announcing his decision to retire from international cricket, Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir opened up on the reason as to why he chose to take this decision at the age of 28. Earlier this week, a video went viral in which Amir was seen saying that he has chosen to retire from international cricket