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Guha questions ‘superstar culture’ in BCCI

New Delhi, June 2 : Indian cricket’s “superstar culture”, unaddressed conflict of interest issues and BCCI’s “insensitive” handling of coach Anil Kumble are the issues noted historian Ramachandra Guha touched upon in his resignation letter to the Committee of Administrators. Guha spared no one and questioned skipper Virat Kohli’s role in selection of coach, besides alleging […]

India’s slower GDP nasty surprise, self-goal: Chinese media

Beijing, June 2 : A state-run Chinese daily said on Friday that India had suffered a setback and a “nasty surprise” in the “elephant versus dragon” race as its GDP growth slowed down in the January-April quarter helping China re-emerge as the fastest growing major economy. Calling it a “self-goal” by the government of Prime […]

BCCI gets a few applications for Kumble’s job

New Delhi : The Indian cricket board (BCCI) received a few applications late on Wednesday evening for the post of India’s head coach. Though the BCCI office-bearers remained tight lipped about the identity of the applicants, it has been learnt that Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid and Ravi Shastri – their names were doing the rounds […]

Google marks ICC Champions Trophy with its addictive doodle

New Delhi : Don’t try the new Google Doodle, if you have some important work to do. Today marks the start of 2017 ICC Champions Trophy cricket tournament and to get you in the mood, Google has made an interactive cricket game, which is insanely addictive. The game features a match between crickets and snails, which […]