New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) earned Rs.1,666.84 crore in 2010-11 as compared to Rs.1,387 crore in the previous fiscal, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday. Gross receipt disclosed by BCCI in its tax returns for the assessment years 2007-08 to 2010-11, are Rs.651.82 crore, Rs.1,000.40 crore, Rs.1,387.02 crore and Rs.1,666.84 crore respectively, Mukherjee said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. In...
03:56 AM, Feb 26, 2008
If the proposed Bill becomes a law, it will bring the BCCI under the control of Indian government. ...
01:01 AM, Feb 26, 2008
Leicester: With little improvement in his agonising condition in the last 10 days, India's opener Gautam Gambhir could be packing his bags to return home. In what could be a big blow to the campaign of the defending world champions in the forthcoming one-day series, Gambhir is likely to suffer the fate of the likes of Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and Virender Sehwag who came or joined the...
09:29 PM, Feb 25, 2008
Lahore: Pakistan's outgoing coach Waqar Younis says his team will have to guard against complacency and put up a disciplined performance to beat Zimbabwe in their own backyard in the coming Test and limited-overs series for which the side left for Harare on Thursday. Pakistan squad that includes former captain Shoaib Malik -- back after a one-year gap -- and some new faces left this morning for a tour during...
08:25 AM, Feb 25, 2008
Karachi: Former Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson has suggested that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) should replace outgoing Waqar Younis with a foreign coach since only an influence-free character could take the team forward. Younis has decided to step down after the Zimbabwe tour. Lawson, who was sacked by PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt before his contract ended in late 2008, said that only a foreign coach was the answer to Pakistan...
11:55 PM, Feb 24, 2008
London: Returning to Test cricket after a gap of more than three years, India medium-pacer RP Singh on Thursday said he was initially nervous and struggled against England early this morning. I was initially nervous, that's why the first over I bowled here and there but gradually I got my line and length, said RP Singh, who bowled ten overs for 24 runs and didn't look a part either in...
01:21 PM, Feb 22, 2008
London: India's nearly 20-month reign as world number one Test side will formally come to an end when England captain Andrew Strauss is handed the ICC Mace after the end of the fourth and final Test of the series here. Strauss will receive the ICC Mace in recognition of England's new status as the world's leading Test team. The mace will not be presented at The Oval, the venue of...
01:52 PM, Feb 21, 2008
Durban: Australia fast bowler Shaun Tait has joined South African provincial team the Dolphins for the 2011-2012 Twenty20 season. The Dolphins said on Thursday that Tait will join the Durban-based team in February 2012 for the domestic Twenty20 competition. Tait, who plays for South Australia back home, retired from one-day internationals after this year's World Cup to focus on Twenty20s. He says in a Dolphins statement: "I am genuinely excited...
09:03 AM, Feb 20, 2008
Mumbai: Will Dilip Vengsarkar be able to snap the near two-decade-old stranglehold of politicians over the Mumbai Cricket Association, is the big question as the former cricketer goes into a toe-to-toe contest with Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh in the elections on Friday. MCA had been led by political biggies Manohar Joshi and outgoing president Sharad Pawar since 1992 and its going to be a tough task for former India captain...
12:04 PM, Feb 12, 2008
London: No sooner had Sri Lanka captain Tillakaratne Dilshan been named man-of-the-match in the drawn second Test against England at Lord's here on Tuesday he was doubting his prospects of playing in the series climax. Opening batsman Dilshan made 193 in Sri Lanka's first innings but was twice hit on the right thumb by fast bowler Chris Tremlett, causing a hairline fracture which has left a huge question mark over...
10:07 AM, Feb 02, 2008
Port of Spain: Indian captain Suresh Raina on Friday rubbished the report of link with any bookmaker after the news broke out on Indian television channels this morning. There are so many people who get clicked with me, Raina said, I can't really be knowing about them. The issue cropped up after television channels claimed that the Indian captain was seen in company of people, who were involved with the...
08:50 AM, Feb 01, 2008
Port of Spain: Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has warned his young team-mates not to take the West Indies lightly in the limited overs series starting tomorrow, saying that the Caribbeans still have some quality players in their ranks. We don't want to take them lightly because they have some quality players, said Harbhajan, who is the seniormost player in the touring side. He said the absence of senior players in...
08:11 AM, Feb 01, 2008
Also, Sachin Tendulkar won the Polly Umrigar award at the annual BCCI Awards held at Mumbai. ...
01:20 PM, Jan 31, 2008
Chennai: Overwhelmed by the adulation of the fans during the IPL, West Indies batsman Chris Gayle today said the love and respect he has got during the Twenty20 event here eludes him back home. Its amazing I can score no runs and still be love & appreciated round the World!! Never get these sort of luv an respect in West Indies!!!, the Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman wrote on his twitter...
08:42 PM, Jan 30, 2008
CNN-IBN's panel of cricket experts talks about the battle between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. ...
02:55 PM, Jan 30, 2008
Gautam Gambhir who is supposed to lead the Indian team to the West Indies has been advised six weeks rest for his shoulder injury. ...
08:53 AM, Jan 30, 2008
Gautam Gambhir had complained of a shoulder problem before the beginning of the IPL-4. ...
10:17 PM, Jan 29, 2008
New Delhi: A Volkswagen Passat car sporting signatures of all captains of the 10 IPL teams has fetched a record over Rs 30 lakh in a charity auction that would benefit WWF India. The signature German luxury car has been snapped up by Banglore cricket enthusiast Saidas Malladi whose winning bid of Rs 30.13 lakh topped a total of 26 bids from across India in the auction that is said...
12:35 PM, Jan 29, 2008
New Delhi: Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram feels that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has committed a big mistake by sacking Shahid Afridi as the One-day captain. Akram said the 36-year-old Misbah-ul-Haq, who replaced Afridi, has no future and he doesn't see him in charge for more than six-to-eight months. "It was wrong to sack Afridi, who has recently brought glory to the country against all odds," Akram was quoted...
10:54 AM, Jan 28, 2008
CNN-IBN's cricket experts discuss Kings XI Punjab's emphatic victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore. ...
02:49 PM, Jan 26, 2008
