The selectors have named Rahul Dravid in the 15-member squad to go to South Africa to play in the Champions Trophy apart from resting Virender Sehwag for the prestigious mini-version of the World Cup to be played in South Africa in September. Dravid had last featured in an ODI in 2007 and desp

The Pakistan Cricket Board has not attended a meeting that was organised by the organising committee of the 2011 world cup which ruled that the original ruling on Pakistan not hosting the tournament will stand. The ruling also said that the matches will now be redistributed amongst the other t

Former Indian great, Sunil Gavaskar has exhorted the Indian youngsters to place more importance to the Indian cap than the lucrative tournaments like the Indian Premier League. Gavaskar has not been the only known face to have spoken about this issue, with former cricketers like Gary Kirstein

Chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar feels the combined failure of the experienced Indian middle order batting in Sri Lanka was a one-off thing and expects the batsmen to put it firmly behind them and start afresh in the upcoming four-Test series against Australia. Vengsarkar also feels that th

The Indian team management may be keen to have Munaf Patel in the squad, but the BCCI is not too happy with the paceman's attitude and appears to have second thoughts about sending him to Australia. The BCCI, it is learnt, has taken strong exception to Munaf's decision to skip the Ra

Following the rift between chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar and Cricket Board over compensation, BCCI today announced a hike in the allowances of selectors. BCCI Finance Committee which met here today decided to hike the allowances of board members and selectors. Board secretary Nir

Chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar would be able to watch the third and deciding Test match between India and Pakistan at Bangalore on all five days following the rescheduling of his meeting with Cricket Board chief Sharad Pawar to next week. "Vengsarkar is expected to meet Pawar next we

The stand-off between Dilip Vengsarkar and BCCI reached a point of no return with the Cricket Board today making it clear that the chief selector was free to quit and ruling out amending the guidelines relating to the selectors' conduct. Further hardening its stand, BCCI today said Ven

The stand-off between the Cricket Board and chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar reached a flash point today with the BCCI issuing a show cause notice to the former skipper for continuing to defy its gag order. The BCCI also bluntly told Vengsarkar that he could quit the post of chief selector

Determined to ensure that its gag order was not defied, The Cricket Board has sent a reminder to the national selectors asking them not to write columns in newspapers as per its constitutional provisions. "Yes, a message has been sent to the selectors not to write columns," said B

In a gag order, Chief Selector Dilip Vengsarkar has been asked by the BCCI not to interact with the media, a few days after he was banned from writing syndicated columns. Vengsarkar, a former India captain who has often found himself in trouble for his comments in the media on selection ma

Chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar may be drawing criticism for being too harsh to Rahul Dravid by dropping him from the squad for the first two ODIs against Pakistan, but the man on the hot seat insisted that he picked the team "purely on merit". "You cannot make everybody hap

BCCI has taken exception to selection committee Chairman Dilip Vengsarkar and Indian team manager Lalchand Rajput's statements to media over senior players' performance. "If selectors are not happy with the performance of seniors, then selection committe can drop then. But the

Victorious Indian cricketers arrived here this morning to a tumultuous welcome following their triumph in the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in Johannesburg. Thousands of cricket fans braved rain and waited for their heroes outside the CSI airport. Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh,

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was today named skipper of the Indian cricket team for the ensuing one day series against Australia and Pakistan but the selectors held back their decision on Test captaincy. The 26-year-old Dhoni, who is currently leading the Indian team in the Twenty20 World Cup, suc

Out-of-favour batsman Virender Sehwag and spin bowler Harbhajan Singh are expected to be included in the list of 30 Indian probables for the inaugural World Twenty20 championship when the national selectors meet here tomorrow. Sehwag lost his spot in the one-day team after the Bangladesh tou

Mantaining their hold over the prestigious Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), BCCI chief Sharad Pawar and his supporters swept the elections for the organisation held today, with their group winning all the 16 positions up for grabs. While Pawar, who is also the head of the NCP and the Unio

Revealing that Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly were rested and not dropped from the team for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh, the chairman of BCCI's national selection committee, Dilip Vengsarkar, has said that every cricketer playing for the nation has to be rested at one point on the oth

The Cricket Board today ruled out issuing any directive to the selectors to drop or select any particular player for the Bangladesh tour as has been reported in the media. "I totally deny having written to Dilip Vengsarkar (selection panel chief) to choose or drop any player," s

Former Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly today came in support of seamer Irfan Pathan and hoped that the Baroda all-rounder will prove his fitness, Sahara Samay sources said. Addressing a press conference here, Ganguly said that Pathan’s selection for the World Cup beginning on

Ending the suspense over his fitness, left-arm seamer Irfan Pathan today got the green signal to play in the ICC cricket World Cup beginning in the West Indies next month. "There are no alteration in the 15-member World Cup squad. Pathan will go to West Indies for the Workd Cup,&quo

Keen to prove his match fitness, left-arm bowler Irfan Pathan, who arrived here this evening along with the rest of the West Zone team to play against Central Zone in a Deodhar Trophy tie, hit the nets under the watchful eyes of selection panel chief Dilip Vengsarkar. Irfan who was sternly

Indian speedster Irfan Pathan will miss the bus to the West Indies if found unfit. Chairman of the national selectors Dilip Vengsarkar, who is going to be present during a Deodhar Trophy match on Saturday, has indicated that Pathan would be dropped if found unfit. Pathan would represe

A quartet of India`s golden generation of cricketers will aim for glory in West Indies in what is expected to be their last World Cup. The game`s ultimate prize is still missing from the trophy cabinets of stalwarts Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly and Anil Kumble. Leg-

Team India's batting fulcrum Yuvraj Singh has said that the players are aware that they need to improve over their fielding standards and are working harder in that department to give themselves a strong chance of winning the World Cup. "Fielding, obviously, is a key area of the game

Chief Selector Dilip Vengsarkar today said the Indian team picked for the Cricket World Cup was capable of winning cricket's biggest prize in the West Indies. "This is the best available team that we have selected and it has the potential to win the Cricket world cup," the former I

Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid will lead India against Sri Lanka in a four-match ODI series that kicks off here today. The spotlight will be on Sourav Ganguly and dashing batsman Virender Sehwag who is hoping to make a comeback. Indian chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar has said unambig

Team India members today attended the opening of a jewellery store by Dilip Vengsarkar wife. Manali Vengsarkar today launched her retail shop in Mumbai. "Most are bachelors, but after they get girlfriends and wives, they'll buy," said Manali Vengsarkar, Jewellery designer. "

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