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Mudgal report: BCCI backs N Srinivasan; ...

Mudgal report: BCCI backs N Srinivasan; Meiyappan, Kundra to fend for thems...

Chennai: The BCCI today decided to hold its much-delayed Annual General Meeting on December 17 even as it stood firmly behind embattled President-in-exile N Srinivasan after he was cleared of IPL fixing charges by the Supreme Court-appointed probe committee. The decision was taken at an Emergent... read more »

Virat Kohli can be the best player in th...

Virat Kohli can be the best player in the world, says Adam Gilchrist

ASSUMING the Test captaincy against Australia will prove the making of Virat Kohli but cricket’s fragile fabric is threatened if India liquidates a faltering West Indies board, warns legend Adam Gilchrist. Former Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Gilchrist is an ardent admirer of Indian skipper MS... read more »

Saina Nehwal wins after successive defeats in World Superseries Finals
Saina Nehwal in China Open semifinals; K...

Saina Nehwal in China Open semifinals; Kashyap out

HYDERABAD: Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal recovered after losing the second game to beat Chinese qualifier Suo Di 21-13, 17-21, 21-5 in the quarterfinals of the China Open Super Series Premier in Fuzhou on Friday. Saina’s former training partner Parupalli Kashyap went down fighting... read more »

Mudgal report: Don’t blame Sriniva...

Mudgal report: Don’t blame Srinivasan only, BCCI should face the musi...

Now we know for sure. The fig leaf covering N Srinivasan has been removed. He is the target of an investigation, under the supervision of India’s Supreme Court no less. This is no small thing. As Firstpost sports editor Ashish Magotra has detailed, the playbook for Srinivasan and the BCCI has... read more »

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Cook hopes Jonathan Trott will resume England’s No.3 position

Cook hopes Jonathan Trott will resume England’s No.3 position

London – England batsman Alastair Cook has expressed hopes that Johanthan Trott will return to his No. 3 position despite his abrupt departure from the Ashes tour with a stress-related... read more »

AB de Villiers says `proud` to beat No.1 ODI team India

AB de Villiers says `Proteas not underdogs`

Johannesburg – Proteas captain AB de Villiers has reportedly said that his team is by no means underdogs, as they prepare to bat it out against... read more »

Fletcher says Indian team arriving in SA with `no menta...

Fletcher says Indian team arriving in SA with `no mental scars`

Johannesburg – Indian cricket coach Duncan Fletcher has said his young and inexperienced team will arrive in South Africa without any mental scar and... read more »

De Villiers confident of team’s skills to counter `batt...

AB de Villiers says `proud` to beat No.1 ODI team India

Johannesburg – Proteas captain, AB de Villiers is confident that his team has the skill to counter India’s hitters in the ODI series in Wanderers... read more »

Bollinger, Coulter-Nile named as standby Oz bowlers for...

Bollinger, Coulter-Nile named as standby Oz bowlers for third Ashes Test in Perth

Sydney –  Cricket Australia confirmed on Wednesday night that Bollinger and Western Australia’s Nathan Coulter-Nile had been placed on standby for the... read more »

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