Kolkata: In his first press conference as BCCI interim president, Jagmohan Dalmiya showed his ambitious side saying he is not averse to representing the board in the International Cricket Council (ICC). "As of now I am entitled to represent India in the ICC. I will decide who will represent the BCCI in the ICC," Dalmiya told reporters here on Monday. Dalmiya, who was chosen as interim president on Sunday after...
07:05 PM, Jun 03, 2013
The IPL spot-fixing saga has brought out the muck that runs through cricket administration in India, the franchise owners, etc. Cricketnext founder Sanjay Jha joined IBNLive readers in an interaction on whether the time has come to take Indian cricket out of the hands of BCCI. Q. Hi Sanjay, why this only now? It was ruled Mumbai club..then Kolkata took over..now its Chennai's turn..but in this case, Srinivasan is yet...
06:07 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: After a report in the Economic Times that said Team India captain MS Dhoni owns a 5 per cent stake in a sports marketing firm - Rhiti Sports - that manages him and four other current cricketers, the firm issued a statement on Monday in which it denied Dhoni is a shareholder of the company. Rhiti said Dhoni has no shares as on April 26. It said it...
05:21 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Mumbai: Alleged bookie Kishore Badlani was on Monday arrested by the Mumbai police in the IPL betting scandal and remanded in police custody till June 6 by a local court. Badlani alias Kishore Pune was detained this morning by the police's crime branch at the international airport and later arrested and produced before a metropolitan magistrate this afternoon. Kesu Pune alias Kishore Badlani is believed to be one of the...
04:45 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: Jagmohan Dalmiya, who returned to the BCCI corridors of power on Sunday by taking over the duties of the cricketing body's president, will also handle the duties of the treasurer and the secretary, sources said on Monday. The two posts were vacated by Ajay Shirke and Sanjay Jagdale, who rejected the requests of BCCI board members to come back and are unlikely to return. In effect, Dalmiya will...
04:13 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Monday refuted claims by Indian cricket administrator IS Bindra that a BCCI official had arm-twisted them to withdraw a report which had mentioned an Indian player allegedly violating the anti-corruption regulations during the Indian tour in 2010. "Sri Lanka Cricket read with surprise, an account of an incident that supposedly lead to the filing of an anti-corruption report during the Indian tour of Sri...
03:31 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Click here for the live updates from the fourth warm-up game featuring Pakistan and South Africa from Kennigton Oval, London. Pakistan would be hoping to rebuild their lost reputation while South Africa will be eyeing to pick their best eleven before the start of ICC Champions Trophy. Both the captains - Misbah-ul-Haq and AB de Villiers - have a lot to prove in the final edition of the Champions Trophy....
02:04 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Mumbai: Former India skipper Krishnamachari Srikkanth is deeply saddened by the IPL spot fixing scandal and hopes that the mess will be sorted out soon. "I am sad, hurt and shocked. Everybody loves and is passionate about cricket. It is very unfortunate that because of a few cricketers who did this stupid mistake, the whole thing turned out to be so sad," Srikkanth told PTI. The Special Cell of Delhi...
01:49 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: With Sanjay Jagdale opting out from the three-man inquiry commission formed to look into allegations against Gurunath Meiyappan, one of the other members of the panel Justice T Jayaram Chouta has said the committee cannot probe after Jagdale's resignation. On Monday, Chouta told CNN-IBN: "The Terms of reference have yet to come from [the] BCCI. It's up to the BCCI to reconstitute the committee. With Jagdale resigning, the...
12:09 PM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: Questions are now being raised on Team India captain MS Dhoni's business links. The Economic Times has reported that Dhoni has a 15 per cent stake in a sports marketing firm - Rhiti Sports - that manages him and four other current cricketers - Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha and RP Singh. This puts Dhoni in a conflicting position during team selection meetings, where he is expected...
11:24 AM, Jun 03, 2013
Southampton: New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum said his side had showed how "good a team we can be" after wrapping up a one-day series win over England. Martin Guptill's New Zealand record 189 not out - the opener's second successive unbeaten hundred - was the cornerstone of the Black Caps' total of 359 for 3 that was behind an 86-run win at Southampton on Sunday. That gave them an unbeatable...
09:30 AM, Jun 03, 2013
Watch experts like Harsha Bhogle and Kirti Azad speak on measures to clean up India's most loved sports - cricket. ...
08:49 AM, Jun 03, 2013
London: Last time Pakistan were in England in 2010, a major spot-fixing scandal marred their tour leading to the ban of then-captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir as well as jail terms for the trio. Three years on, Pakistan have rebuilt and will start off their ICC Champions Trophy campaign playing a warm-up game against South Africa at the Kennington Oval, London on Monday after their first warm-up...
08:18 AM, Jun 03, 2013
CNN-IBN and its experts discuss the outcomes from a BCCI meeting in Chennai on Sunday. The most important development was the Indian board's appointment of Jagmohan Dalmiya as interim president. ...
11:27 PM, Jun 02, 2013
New Delhi: Jagmohan Dalmiya, who was on Sunday asked to take over BCCI's day to day activities by its members after its current chief stepped N Srinivasan stepped aside in the wake of the IPL scandal, told CNN-IBN that he is "confident of winning back the trust of the fans". Dalmiya was chosen to take over the BCCI's workings after a long meeting of the cricketing body's board members in...
11:25 PM, Jun 02, 2013
CNN-IBN profiles Jagmohan Dalmiya who was chosen interim BCCI president in Chennai on Sunday. ...
10:18 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Interim president Jagmohan Dalmiya speaks to CNN-IBN about what led to his return to the BCCI's administration. ...
09:28 PM, Jun 02, 2013
London: Australia all-rounder Shane Watson says the team's last tour of India, where it was whitewashed 0-4, was the lowest point of his cricket career. "Whatever happened throughout India, certainly for me personally, was the lowest point in my cricket career, there's no doubt about that." he said. "The decisions that were made were made for a reason and we certainly have to move forward as a team because we've...
05:19 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Sources say N Srinivasan has told the board members at the meeting in Chennai that he's ready to step aside but not resign as the BCCI President. ...
03:59 PM, Jun 02, 2013
