The Cricket Board today brushed aside suggestions that Gary Kirsten is apprehensive about taking up the Indian coach's job because of a possible opposition from the senior players. BCCI vice president Rajiv Shukla dismissed reports that Kirsten has written to the Board, saying that he could

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

The Indian cricket team, which has been far from impressive in the ongoing one-day series against England, found a novel way to draw inspiration ahead of the crucial fourth game -- by watching the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Chak De India'. The cricketers watched the Bollywood hit movie with ent

The Cricket Board today issued an ambiguous statement on the contentious issue of Indian Cricket League, saying that anyone associating himself with "any other organisation" will not be connected with the activities of the BCCI. The BCCI office bearers, who met at President Sharad

The Cricket Board (BCCI) today appointed India under-19 coach Lalchand Rajput as interim Cricket Manager of the senior team for the Twenty20 World Championship after deciding to advertise for the coach's post within a week. Former Test player Rajput, 45, will take over from Chandu Borde who

Jharkhand Director General of Police J B Mahapatra today denied reports that cricket star Mahendra Singh Dhoni faced any naxal threat. "There is no danger or threat to Dhoni," said Jharkhand's top police officer. Mahapatra was responding to a query as to whether Dhoni had bec

The Indian Cricket Board today said that it has received the report of the Nagpur Police on West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels' links with a bookie and has forwarded it to the International Cricket Council. "We have received the report today and have forwarded it to the ICC for ne

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,