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

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 Finance Committee of the Cricket Board today recommended a substantial increase in match fees to its domestic cricketers on the back of a net profit of around Rs 232 crore secured by the BCCI in the last fiscal. The panel, which met here today under the chairmanship of Sudhir Nanavati,

Mohammad Kaif today continued with his mockery of the national selectors as he hammered an unbeaten 151 to guide Uttar Pradesh to a 197-run win against Rajasthan in the Central Zone Ranji Trophy one day cricket tournament here today. Kaif's powerful knock, which included 10 boundaries and f

Dashing batsman Virender Sehwag will play for Delhi in their North Zone Ranji Trophy one day encounter against the Services in Chandigarh. Sehwag reached here yesterday and he would be playing, sources in the Delhi team said. The swashbuckling batsman's presence in the team is likely to

Assam was crowned the East Zone Ranji Trophy one day cricket champions when they demolished Tripura by eight wickets at the Barabati Stadium here today. Assam pipped Bengal to take the title by snatching a bonus point from their last tie as they reached the winning target of 195 runs in

Injured and out-of-form speedster Irfan Pathan will have one more opportunity to prove his fitness and form before the World Cup as he plays for the West Zone against Central Zone in the Deodhar Trophy limited overs cricket league tie. Pathan was today chosen to play for the West Zone

Sachin Tendulkar today joined India's list of fitness concerns with a stiff back and would be "rested" for the fourth and final cricket one-dayer against Sri Lanka. "Tendulkar has a stiff back and the team management has decided to rest him for the final ODI against Sri

Team India is hit by injury blues on the eve of their opening match of the four-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. Ajit Agarkar, Irfan Pathan and Yuvraj Singh are uncertain for tomorrow's match. The Indian skipper Rahul Dravid told reporters during the practice session that in view

Sri Lanka batsman Sanath Jayasuriya today dismissed suggestions of retirement and said that he was working hard on his fitness and enjoying the game. "I am enjoying the game and working hard on the physical aspect of my game. I am working hard on my fitness. I am planning to play in t

Mumbai today won their 37th Ranji Trophy title by registering a 132-run win over Bengal at the Wankhede Stadium here today. Chasing a stiff target of 472 runs for victory by the home team, Bengal made a strong effort to reach the target before folding up for 339 in their second innings a

Zaheer Khan produced a devastative spell of fast bowling to put Mumbai in a position of strength against Bengal on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Super League cricket final at the Wankhede Stadium here today. Playing his first match for Mumbai, Zaheer claimed five for 40 to dismiss the

Sachin Tendulkar and opener Wasim Jaffer hit contrasting century knocks to help hosts Mumbai manage a respectable score against Bengal on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy cricket final here today. Resting on the duo's efforts, Mumbai recovered from a poor start to end the day at 281

Continuing his brilliant form, batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar slammed his 60th first-class century in the final of the Ranji Trophy against Bengal in Mumbai on Friday. Mumbai are favourites to regain the national championship, with the inclusion of several seasoned players making it ev

Mumbai will today take on Bengal in the Ranji Trophy super league final starting here at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai are favourites to regain the national championship, with the inclusion of several seasoned players- Sachin Tendulkar, Ajit Agarkar, Ramesh Powar and Zaheer Khan comin

Indian cricket team's biomechanical expert Ian Fraser today expressed satisfaction over Irfan Pathan's current form, saying the left-handed paceman had found his natural rhythm back. "Irfan seems to have got his bowling rhythm back. The break from international cricket and th

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

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

Indian cricket star Mohammad Kaif, who is in Kanpur for a Ranji trophy match, has been provided round-the-clock security by the police in view of recent incidents of fans venting their ire on him and his family for his poor performance. Kaif has been put up in a three-star hotel separately f

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to prepare fast pitches in every state for Ranji Trophy matches so that our players get used to playing on fast tracks outside the country. According to the sources, at least two fast pitches will be prepared in each state for