New Delhi: As BCCI President N Srinivasan refuses to step aside over the IPL scandal, the board seems to be in damage control mode. Reports say that strict measures are being taken for the Champions Trophy.
Reports say that Team India manager Ranjib Biswal has been asked not to permit players to leave their hotel without prior permission, even if they are going out for dinner. Phone calls from outside too will not be allowed.
This comes a day after Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was publicly stopped by the team manager from responding to media questions. Dhoni has come under fire for his ignorance of the media's questions on spot-fixing.
"I am terribly disappointed with Dhoni. Now if Dhoni had even moderately expressed his opinion on what happened, do you think they were going to sack him? Do you think the cricket loving public of India would have stood for it. I am very disappointed with the Indian captain as well as the others. The time has come to ask the BCCI President to resign. The time has come to break through the silence and the issue must be forced," said N Ram, the former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu....
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01:24 PM, May 29, 2013
While some fans say Team India and Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is justified in not commenting on the IPL fixing scandal, many say he should hold a separate press conference to speak out on the row. ...
01:03 PM, May 29, 2013
New Delhi: Team India and Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has come under fire for his ignorance of the media's questions on spot-fixing. Dhoni, in a press conference on Tuesday evening, didn't say a word every time there was a question regarding the latest spot-fixing row that has rocked Indian cricket. Dhoni's silence has come under criticism. "I am terribly disappointed with Dhoni. Now if Dhoni had even...
07:46 AM, May 29, 2013
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11:41 PM, May 28, 2013
New Delhi: The big betting controversy of the Indian Premier League has reached the Chennai Super Kings with arrested actor Vindoo Dara Singh revealing links with senior people in the franchise. In fact, Vindoo Dara Singh has also been spotted watching IPL matches with CSK captain MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi. Sakshi has taken to Twitter to react to the ongoing betting controversy. In an apparent dig on the recent reports,...
01:35 PM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is voted as the most "Most Desirable Man" by a survey conducted by online matrimonial site Shaadi.com. With season six of Indian Premier League underway, Shaadi.com recently conducted a survey to find out whom do Indian women consider to be the "Most Desirable Man" duirng the series. A whopping 61 percent Indian women voted for Dhoni followed by master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who...
11:59 AM, Apr 24, 2013
New Delhi: Days after a Wikipedia entry described cricketer Ravindra Jadeja as a philanthropist and a Nobel laureate, his mates from the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings - Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravichandran Ashwin - had a field day pulling his leg with their own versions of the viral 'Sir Ravindra Jadeja' jokes that have been doing the rounds of social networking sites for some time...
12:24 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Mohali: Chennai Super Kings might have lost their opening IPL match at home, but the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side were not a demoralised lot, said all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja here on Tuesday. "We (CSK) are not demoralised by the last defeat. It's T20 where things can change quickly. So, we will give our best in the match against Kings XI Punjab," Jadeja told reporters after his team's practice session here. Jadeja...
10:28 PM, Apr 09, 2013
During the launch, Sachin said that he was scared of breaking down in front of Yuvraj Singh when he met him in London. ...
09:07 AM, Mar 20, 2013
Clarke admitted that Dhoni's innings had the most impact on the match, but did not forget to praise off-spinner Ashwin. ...
03:33 PM, Feb 26, 2013
The 15-member Indian squad will start their three-day training camp at NCA ahead of the first Test against Australia at Chennai, starting on February 22. ...
10:17 AM, Feb 16, 2013
The BCCI Corporate Trophy will be played from February 1-8. ...
11:27 PM, Jan 29, 2013
Kohli feels that one quality that he wishes to imbibe from Dhoni is the art of 'staying calm' in pressure situations. ...
09:35 PM, Jan 29, 2013
"There was lot of moisture but very well played by Dhoni. He single- handedly took the game away from us but in the end Jamshed played brilliantly for us," the Pak skipper said after winning the first ODI. ...
07:29 PM, Dec 30, 2012
Moin Khan and Inzamam have criticised Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for arguing with umpire Aleem Dar. ...
10:15 AM, Dec 07, 2012
Nari Contractor disapproved Dhoni's continued insistence on a rank turner from Day 1. ...
05:38 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Dilip Vengsarkar hopes that the home team would pay back England with a 4-0 drubbing. ...
08:15 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Coach Duncan Fletcher is expected to arrive tonight from abroad to oversee the sessions. ...
04:37 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: John Abraham, who showcased his biking skills in 'Dhoom', says modestly that close friend Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a better biker than him. "Whenever Mahi is in Mumbai, we ride bikes together. I think he is a better biker than me. He is my closest friend whether it is from the cricketing world or from Bollywood," John said on BIG CBS PRIME's 'India's Prime Icon'. John says that...
12:50 PM, Nov 06, 2012
