Dhaka: India's business giant Sahara Group is set to become the new sponsor of the Bangladesh cricket team after offering $9.4 million over four years in a tender process that ended on Wednesday, officials said. We are delighted to announce that Sahara has appeared the highest bidder to become new sponsor of our national team, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president AHM Mustafa Kamal told reporters. They have offered $9.4 million...
12:07 PM, May 28, 2008
Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided in principle to conduct the upcoming ODI series against Australia in the United Arab Emirates, immediately after Eid which will be celebrated around August 22. Intikhab Alam, the PCB director (operation international cricket), said he would soon visit the UAE to finalise the venues. Alam was of the view that the series should be converted into a Twenty20 series of five or seven...
12:07 PM, May 28, 2008
New Delhi: The entire Kolkata might be talking about the two boundaries that Manoj Tiwary hit off Dwayne Bravo's bowling but the 26-year-old feels that his maiden ODI hundred against West Indies at the Chepauk last year was the best moment of his career. I know people will remember those two boundaries but my ODI century against West Indies was the best moment of my career. I played through pain...
10:53 AM, May 28, 2008
New Delhi: An Indian engineer will learn on Thursday whether his challenge to the Duckworth/Lewis method – a controversial but common system used for determining the winner of rain-affected matches – has been successful. The system, developed by Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis, was first introduced at the international level in 1996. It uses mathematical formula to calculate the winning target for the batting team, when rain reduces playing time...
10:39 AM, May 28, 2008
New Delhi: Cricketing relations between India and Pakistan could be heading for a thaw with reports that Pakistan will visit India for the first time since 2007, for a short limited-overs series in December-January. According to sources within the BCCI, India could host Pakistan for three ODIs and one Twenty20 during the short span of time that the England cricket team goes home for Christmas and before it returns for...
09:22 AM, May 28, 2008
New Delhi: Australian speedster Brett Lee is impressed with the leadership skills of his Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Gautam Gambhir and praised him for the way he lived up to the challenge of captaining a side with players from different countries. Lee praised Gambhir for his fighting qualities and also for his ability to make the dressing room light with banters. I am impressed. He is a very structured player,...
01:52 AM, May 28, 2008
The Chennai Super Kings won their second successive IPL title by crushing Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final. ...
08:47 PM, Jan 30, 2008
CJ Neelam makes sure that cases like the Uphaar tragedy are not repeated. ...
03:47 AM, Nov 18, 2007
In a new twist to the Nitish Katara murder case, the main accused Vikas Yadav on Friday denied ever knowing Nitish. ...
06:44 PM, Apr 28, 2007
Cricketer Yuvraj Singh & his mother were summoned by a Delhi Court in connection with a brawl that took place last year. ...
10:22 PM, Mar 24, 2007
In five long years, the Nitish Katara case has gone through ups and downs but his mother refuses to give up. ...
01:25 PM, Feb 17, 2007
The prosecution got a boost as bank officials confirmed that Bharti Yadav used money from Nitish Katara's account to open an account. ...
06:32 PM, Feb 01, 2007
HDFC bank has confirmed that Bharti Yadav had opened a bank account with a cheque from Nitish Katara's account. ...
04:18 PM, Feb 01, 2007
Jessica Lall’s family has got justice after a long wait, says Neelam Katara, mother of Nitish Katara. ...
05:40 PM, Dec 20, 2006
The verdict in the Jessica Lall murder case has reinstated the common man’s faith in the judicial system. ...
08:02 PM, Dec 18, 2006
SC demands explanation from the duo as to why they filed a defamation case against public prosecutor B S Joon. ...
03:02 PM, Dec 04, 2006
Speculation ends, Bharti’s 33-page testimony proves that she had a special relationship with Nitish. ...
08:32 PM, Dec 01, 2006
On Friday, Bharti said she shared a special relationship with Nitish, but that there was no proposal for marriage. ...
01:35 PM, Dec 01, 2006
Vikas Yadav had said he was entitled to bail in view of key witness Bharti Yadav's deposition before a trial judge. ...
11:47 AM, Dec 01, 2006
Nitish Katara’s mother says Bharti’s deposition proves that she had a relationship with her son. ...
09:52 PM, Nov 30, 2006
