The sudden resignations in Sri Lanka cricket continued on Wednesday, a day after Kumar Sangakkara stepped down as captain of the team in the wake of the World Cup final defeat.
Sutirtho Patranobis reports.
The fall
Students from the Indian Institute of Techn-ology-Bombay (IIT-B) fell prey to what could be termed as one of the most successful mass pranks played on April Fool's Day, this year.
Kiran Wadhwa reports.
They would have probably preferred to sleep off the disappointment and fatigue with only a couple of days remaining for the punishing IPL schedule to begin.
Effigy of ICC president and union minister Sharad Pawar was on Monday burnt by cricket fans following reports that the trophy given to the Indian team after they won the World Cup was fake.
The ICC has decided to go ahead with 10 full members for the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The executive board of the ICC that met here on Monday confirmed the decision, taken in October, that the 2015 World Cup and 2019 World Cup in England will be a 10-team event.
It's in the fitness of things that the British foreign minister has been employing a cricketing phrase in the context of that other breaking news story - Libya.
The ICC has decided to launch a “full investigation” into allegations of black marketing of tickets and review the process of ticket sales.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday evening held a reception for the World Cup runners up Sri Lankan cricket team who had returned to a fairly warm welcome to Colombo on Sunday.
Americans may have little knowledge about cricket but a message of congratulations on behalf of President Barack Obama was on Monday conveyed to Sachin Tendulkar and M S Dhoni for India's "historic" and "spectacular" World Cup victory.
As awards continue to rain on the World Champion Indian cricket team, state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on Monday announced cash price and out of turn promotion for three members of the victorious team, who are its employees.
Iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar will be the first to receive 'Sai Ratna' award instituted by the famous Saibaba temple trust at Shirdi in Maharashtra.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has honoured two cricketers from the state, Suresh Raina and Piyush Chawla, with the Kanshi Ram International Sports Award which carries a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh.
It turns out that Yuvraj Singh had played the World Cup matches with bats blessed by his guru in Punjab and the star cricketer will not forget to pay obeisance to the man, Sant Ajit Singh Hansaliwala, after his spectacular performance that got him the Player of the Tournament award.
The Australian media raised a toast to Mahendra Singh Dhoni's "bold" leadership as it declared India the worthy world champions who defied history and intense pressure to come out triumphant in the summit showdown against Sri Lanka.
After the astounding World Cup victory, a huge boost for the cricket lovers of India would be that the little master might not be hanging up his boots as of yet.