Former Test wicketkeeper David Richardson is set to succeed fellow South African Haroon Lorgat as the new chief executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the global governing body announced today.
The Pune Warriors management in all likelihood will have a brainstorming team meeting on the eve of their 14th round IPL clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore in order to decide Sourav Ganguly's fate during the remainder of the tournament.
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar says his 11-year-old son Arjun is in "love" with cricket, which 'starts from heart and then travels up to the brain when you grow up'.
If the IPL were to hand out awards for the most aggressive and angry players, Gautam Gambhir and Munaf Patel would perhaps win it hands down.
Subhash Rajta reports.
Of their four foreigners who played on Wednesday, Chris Gayle averaged 48.11, AB de Villiers' 48.66 and Tillakaratne Dilshan 50.66 going into the game.
Sanjjeev Karan Samyal reports.
Australia left-arm quick Mitchell Starc has been deported from Britain with visa problems preventing him from making his debut for English county Yorkshire.
Delhi Daredevils would look to reclaim the top spot when they take on a floundering Deccan Chargers in their Indian Premier League clash, on Thursday.
James Franklin was out facing the gentle medium pace from Robin Singh and Aiden Blizzard. But all the hard work put in by the left-handed batsman was undone, an over into the game against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Wednesday.
Anand Sachar reports.
Scorecard
Till a year back, Suresh Raina was an option to fill the boots of ageing seniors in the Test team. Now, things have changed so much that Raina was not even picked for next month's A team tour of the West Indies.
Khurram Habib reports.
Face off
The general consensus is that Twenty20 cricket is a batsman's game. After all, how can one forget Yuvraj Singh hitting Stuart Broad for six sixes or Chris Gayle smashing Prasanth Parameswaran for 37 runs in one IPL over last year?
Sharmistha Chaudhuri reports.
Face offLast year, Sri Lanka's plans to put in place a Twenty20 league on the lines of the Indian Premier League hit an insurmountable barricade. The board was forced to postpone it after the influential Indian board refused to permit its players to feature in the tournament.
HT reports.
Recall
Mandeep Singh, the 20-year-old opening batsman from Jalandhar, who enjoyed a good domestic season with Punjab, proved to the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium crowd on Tuesday why his choice of sport was spot on.
Sharmistha Chaudhuri reports.
But for AB de Villiers' brilliance on Sunday, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) wouldn't have been in a position to overhaul the target set by the Deccan Chaargers, who had capitalised on some loose bowling to score a massive 181.
Anand Sachar reports.
Face off
Once Ashok Dinda admitted he had rushed his injury rehabilitation to help revive Pune Warriors India's flagging campaign and he was a "doubtful starter" for Tuesday's Rajasthan Royals clash, it was clear the Bengal speedster had aggravated his side strain.
HT reports.