New Delhi: The Indian cricket team will have its hands full with non-stop cricket for nearly nine months, starting this December, which hardly leaves them with any time away from the game. After months of uncertainty, the tour to New Zealand next year is back on track, leaving virtually no rest period for MS Dhoni's men.
CNN-IBN has learnt that after prolonged negotiations between the respective cricket boards ended months of uncertainty with the emergence of a small window of a little over three weeks that allows New Zealand to host India early in 2014.
Highly informed sources close to the development said that the Indian team will be in New Zealand for 24 days after the conclusion of their tour to South Africa. CNN-IBN understands that New Zealand will host India from January 29 to February 22. The teams will face each other in two Tests, three ODIs and one T20 international, the dates for which will be announced shortly.
While the tour is expected to boost revenues for the New Zealand cricket board by means of TV rights, the packed itinerary for India is cause for concern keeping in mind player fatigue. India's tour to South Africa stretches from the first week of December 2013 to January 22, 2014 after which the team will travel to New Zealand. ...
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05:15 PM, May 10, 2013
Sydney: Australia's Ten Network television has offered Cricket Australia Aus$500 million (US$505 million) in cash for coverage rights over the next five years, sparking a legal battle, reports said on Friday. The bid is well above the $45 million Nine Network has paid annually over the last seven years for international matches and the $12.5 million FoxSports Australia has paid for the Big Bash T20 tournament and other domestic games....
08:12 AM, May 10, 2013
Mumbai: Sources say that actor and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) owner Shah Rukh Khan will not be attending his team's match against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday night. Shah Rukh reportedly wants to avoid any distractions ahead of the crucial game. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Congress unit earlier in the day wrote to the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) asking them to allow Shah Rukh into the Wankhede Stadium for...
01:36 PM, May 07, 2013
How are the IPL 6 play-offs shaping up? Who are the players to watch out for as the league enters its decisive phase? Cricketnext and IBNLive sports editor Jamie Alter joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the matter. Q. Don't you think KKR have been very unlucky this time? I do admit.. they not playing upto the mark.. but.. unlucky because... there are injury problems... most of their matches...
05:06 PM, May 01, 2013
Karachi: Recent rule changes in limited-overs cricket and the increasing popularity of the Twenty20 format have made the job of pace bowling a much tougher assignment, former Pakistan fast bowler and captain Wasim Akram said on Saturday. Akram, 46, started a 10-day training camp in Karachi for 19 of Pakistan's top fast bowlers, including members of the national team and some raw talent. The camp was set up ahead of...
03:46 PM, Apr 20, 2013
New Delhi: The Champions League Twenty20 will be played for the third time in India from September 17 to October 6 this year, the Governing Council of the tournament confirmed that on Friday. The tournament will follow a similar format to the two previous editions with a group stage preceded by a qualifier. A total of 29 matches will be played in the tournament by the best domestic T20 teams...
12:31 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Poonam Raut and Thirush Kamini scored contrasting half-centuries in a 130-run opening stand as India Women thrashed Bangladesh by 49 runs in the first Twenty20 international on Tuesday to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. ...
02:43 PM, Apr 02, 2013
Gujarat clinched the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 Championship title after registering a thumping six-wicket victory over Punjab. ...
05:41 PM, Mar 31, 2013
In the team rankings, India are placed third behind Sri Lanka and the T20 champions West Indies. ...
04:49 PM, Mar 29, 2013
After scoring 176/2 in their 20 overs, Bengal restricted UP to 162/9 to emerge winner by 14 runs. ...
05:35 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Birthday boy Unmukt Chand's brilliant century went in vain as minnows Kerala thrashed Delhi by six wickets. ...
05:31 PM, Mar 26, 2013
Gilchrist joins Ricky Ponting as the latest international high-profile star to link up with the Caribbean Premier T20 League. ...
12:39 PM, Mar 22, 2013
A 109-run 2nd wicket stand between Rayudu (47) and Waghmode (66*) guided Baroda to a comprehensive 7-wicket win. ...
06:10 AM, Mar 22, 2013
Gujarat will be bolstered by the presence of Manpreet Juneja, who was a part of the West Zone team that won the Deodhar Trophy recently. ...
10:25 PM, Mar 15, 2013
The T20 tournament that will be played in Ahmedabad commences on March 17 and will conclude on March 21. ...
11:11 PM, Mar 14, 2013
Pollard (45 off 24) slammed three fours and three sixes to lift the West Indies to 158 for 7 off 20 overs. ...
02:52 AM, Mar 04, 2013
West Indies crush Zimbabwe by 41 runs and clinched Twenty 20 series 2-0 at Antigua. ...
11:30 PM, Mar 03, 2013
Following a 0-3 defeat in the ODIs, Zimbabwe's challenges grow bigger as they face the ICC World Twenty20 winners West Indies. ...
01:32 PM, Mar 01, 2013
