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Cracking the whip on the Indian cricket team’s “star culture”, the BCCI on Thursday unveiled a 10-point policy to promote “discipline and unity”, making domestic cricket mandatory, imposing restriction on the presence of families and personal staff on tours and banning individual commercial endorsements during ongoing series. It is learnt that the restrictions were sought

“Who wouldn’t want it, Bhaiyya?”. It was all that a shy Akash Deep could blurt out when Virat Kohli asked if he would like to own one of his bats that ultimately scripted a rare happy memory in an otherwise devastating tour of Australia for Team India. The newest pace bowling workhorse in the Indian

World Cup winner James Vince is to stand down as captain of Hampshire after a decade in charge and move to Dubai following attacks on his family home, the English cricket county announced Wednesday. Although he will miss the 2025 English domestic first-class County Championship or red-ball season, Vince will continue to play white-ball (limited-overs)

Harsha Bhogle feels the BCCI should prohibit players from having personal PR agencies.© X (Twitter) In the aftermath of India’s loss to Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy last week, reports have been rampant on social media, claiming that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to implement stricter protocols during tours.

File photo of Pratika Rawal.© BCCI Indian women’s cricket team opener Pratika Rawal lit up Rajkot with a scintillating century in the third and final ODI against Ireland on Wednesday. Playing her sixth ODI, Pratika slammed a maiden international century and made 154 from 129 balls. She reached a run-a-ball hundred before shifting gears with

Star India batter Virat Kohli returned to Mumbai from his holiday home in Alibaug on Tuesday morning. The former India captain was spotted by the paparazzi at the Gateway Of India jetty. This comes a day after his wife and Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma had returned to Mumbai from their lavish holiday home in Alibaug.

With just over a week left for the start of their T20I series against India, England have been dealt a huge blow as pacer Saqib Mahmood is yet to receive his visa for the tour. Mahmood, who is of Pakistani origin, is yet to make his T20I debut for England, but has played nine ODIs

Delhi wicketkeeper-batter Anuj Rawat has landed himself in hot water after skipping his side’s preparation camp for the upcoming round of Ranji Trophy match to attend his Indian Premier League (IPL) side Gujarat Titans (GT)’s training camp in Surat. Rawat was bought by GT for Rs 30 lakh at the IPL 2025 mega auction last

India’s Test captain Rohit Sharma has set the perfect example for others to follow by deciding to join Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy team for a nets session. As per reports, Rohit will be part of the Mumbai team that will be practicing in the nets at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday morning. Rohit didn’t wait for

File photo of Rohit Sharma.© AFP Team India’s Test and ODI captain, Rohit Sharma has been under the spotlight since the 1-3 defeat to Australia in the 2024/25 Border Gavaskar Trophy series. The opening batter’s struggles continued in Australia which saw him recuse himself from the playing XI for the final Test at Sydney Cricket

File photo of Ambati Rayudu and Virat Kohli© AFP Former India star Robin Uthappa has attempted a fresh jab at current Team India star Virat Kohli, suggesting he cherry-picked players in the team during his captaincy reign on the basis of likes and dislikes. Uthappa, who has been making headlines of late with some bold

Exploiting his rich vein of form, Karun Nair slammed his fourth successive hundred, fifth in total of this edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, as Vidarbha outclassed Rajasthan by nine wickets to move into the semifinals of the premier domestic 50-over tournament in Vadodara on Sunday. Vidarbha will face Maharashtra in the semifinal on Thursday

The 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 will begin on March 23, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice President Rajeev Shukla confirmed on Sunday. All 10 franchises have already picked the squad of their liking during the mega auction, which was held in Jeddah on November 24 and

India’s disastrous tour of Australia was reviewed by the BCCI in an over two-hour long meeting with under-fire skipper Rohit Sharma and head coach Gautam Gambhir on Sunday but the Board decided against any knee-jerk response to the debacle that was largely blamed on the poor form of senior players. The meeting was held at

As South Africa prepares for its World Test Championship final against Australia at Lord’s, legendary cricketer Jonty Rhodes says the Proteas’ pace battery is unlikely to give a big advantage to the side as Pat Cummins’ team too is equally adept at handling the quick bowlers. The one-off Test will be played from June 11

File photo of Mayank Yadav Team India is likely to be without the services of express pacer Mayank Yadav for the upcoming white-ball assignment against England. Mayank, who made his T20I debut against Bangladesh last year, is widely seen as one of the hottest pace bowling prospects in the country. His ability to bowl around

Bangladesh cricket stalwart Tamim Iqbal has announced his retirement from international cricket, marking the second time he has stepped away from the game. His first retirement came in July 2023 during an emotional press conference, a decision he reversed within 24 hours after an intervention by Bangladesh’s then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Tamim made his latest

Former Australia cricket team skipper David Warner found himself involved in a bizarre incident during a Big Bash League (BBL) encounter on Friday. During the match between Sydney Thunder and Hobert Hurricanes, Warner broke his bat while playing a shot and ended up hitting himself on the back of the head in a scene that