Showing no signs of repentance, Indian captain Rahul Dravid today said that he was not worried by the Cricket Board's stand to seek an explanation from him for his outburst against the team manager for the South African tour. Dravid said controversies had become a part and parcel of Indian

Jumping to the defence of Chetan Desai, the Cricket Board today said it would seek an explanation from captain Rahul Dravid for his outburst against the team manager for the South African tour. Desai had come under a scathing attack from the Indian skipper for his tour report which criti

The International Cricket Council today decided to send a special team to Nagpur to investigate Marlon Samuels alleged links with a bookie. The team, mainly comprising of ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit officials, will be in Nagpur by Monday and will have detailed discussions with the Nagpur

Concerned by the fallout of a long-drawn telecast dispute, the BCCI today appointed a four-member committee to amicably resolve the vexed issue of sharing the live feed of cricket matches between rights owner Nimbus and public broadcaster Prasar Bharti. The decision to form the committee,

The issues of telecast rights and contract system for cricketers are likely to feature in the BCCI 's working committee meet today. The meeting assumes importance in the wake of the ordinance which has made it mandatory for television rights owner to share the live feed with public

The national selectors today announced Indian squad for the forthcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka beginning on February 8 . Out of form opener Virender Sehwag and Munaf Patel have been recalled for the first two one dayers. Gautam Gambhir, Mohammad Kaif, Suresh Raina and Romesh Powar wer

A very busy schedule waits for the Indian cricket team following the World Cup in March-April, with a short tour of Bangladesh setting off a gruelling programme right up to the summer of next year, sources said. Talking to scribes, BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said: "The tour to the

The Indian squad for the upcoming cricket World Cup in the Caribbean would be chosen on February 11 or 12. "The selectors, who are to meet in Mumbai on February 3 to pick the team for the Sri Lanka series, will decide on the date and the venue, either Rajkot or Mumbai," the BC

Paceman Munaf Patel was today ruled out of the first two one-day internationals against West Indies after being advised two weeks of rest for a sore ankle. Patel has hurt the ankle early on the tour of South Africa and had sat out of three ODIs and the first two Tests. He was brought in f

The fourth and final one-day international between India and the West Indies would be held at Vadodara on January 31 instead of January 30, the BCCI said today. "The West Indies Cricket Board has agreed to our request to put off the match by a day as the police had told the B

Indian speedster Irfan Pathan returned here early this morning from South Africa, sources said. The left arm pace bowler was sent back by the Indian team management before the conclusion of the ongoing test series against the host to rediscover his bowling form in domestic cricket.

Speedster Irfan Pathan would be returning home from South Africa to play in the Ranji Trophy games for Baroda, BCCI sources said today. BCCI administrative head Prof. Ratnakar Shetty told reporters here that the decision to call back the struggling paceman was taken by chief s

BCCI today ruled out participation in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi stating a busy schedule of the Indian team under the ICC's Future Tours Programme. The BCCI Working Committee also formed a sub-committee to deal with players' contract but there was no discussion on nominating its