New Delhi: The three playoffs of IPL-10 will not have any reserve days. The first Qualifier is scheduled for May 16 in Mumbai while the second Qualifier will be played on May 19 in Bengaluru. Bengaluru will also host the Eliminator on May 19. The final, to be played on May 21 in Hyderabad, has […]
LONDON : The time is right for cricket to return to the Olympics and a decision on applying for inclusion in 2024 will have to be made within months, International Cricket Council’s (ICC) chief executive Dave Richardson said on Thursday. The founder of the modern Olympics, Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin, was enthusiastic about cricket, a […]
Karachi : Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq and senior player Shahid Afridi today contradicted limited-overs skipper Sarfraz Ahmed’s claims that India were scared of playing against Pakistan and that was the reason why an Indo-Pak bilateral series was not happening. The two stalwarts refused to believe that the Indian team was not prepared or was afraid […]
New Delhi : Virat Kohli seems to have realised that, irrespective of the provocations during the bitterly-fought series, his unfriending the whole Australian team was a bit extreme. In two Twitter posts today, Kohli said that his comment about the Australian cricketers not being his friends anymore was “blown out of proportion”. After winning the […]
Dharamsala : The series against Australia, which ended the long, 13-Test home season, was the toughest challenge India faced this winter. India had eight wins from nine Tests — against New Zealand, England and Bangladesh — before Australia arrived. A 4-0 whitewash of the Aussies was forecast; but India had to fight very hard against […]