
A limited edition Sachin Tendulkar gold coins, with the senior cricketer's face and signature embossed on them, were launched today on the auspicious day of 'Akshaya Tritiya'.
Late on Saturday night, an email was sent out by Kolkata Knight Riders which said they expected an Eden Gardens like experience at their new home ground today, reports Somshuvra Laha.

A look at the Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad squads reveals a stark contrast. Unlike Mumbai, who have many international stars, Hyderabad have few big names.
Kushal Phatarpekar reports.

Around the world: More and more players are cashing in on the mushrooming of T20 leagues all across the world.
MVL Manikantan reports.

The top brass of the Indian cricket board, it was learnt, is clearly not happy with FICA objecting to its candidate L Sivaramakrishnan being elected to ICC Cricket Committee as players’ representative.
HT reports.

Graeme Swann and Tim Bresnan were both recalled by England in the 12-man squad announced today for next week's first Test against New Zealand at Lord's following their respective recoveries from elbow surgery.

Russell Domingo will take over as coach of South Africa's cricket team from Gary Kirsten, Cricket South Africa announced today.
Batting has always been Mumbai Indians’ strength ever since the Indian domestic T20 league began in 2008, writes Firoz Mirza.

Not one batsman or a bowler from among the top five Ranji Trophy performers in each category made it to the India team for the upcoming Champions Trophy, writes
Subhash Rajta.

While a lot of his contemporaries are still wielding their bats in the Indian T20 League, VVS Laxman is mentoring one of the teams. He said on Friday that it takes some effort to resist the temptation of playing again.

Gary Kirsten will not renew his contract as South Africa coach when it expires at the end of July, the South African national cricket body said today.
At first, it was dubbed madness; method was added to it as the expert and layman alike searched for words to explain Virender Sehwag’s astounding success when everything about his all-or-nothing style pointed to failure. That was well over a decade ago, reports N Ananthanarayanan.

Delhi mediumpacer Siddharth Kaul today pointed out that even Gayle is a "human being who can make mistakes" and said he will not try anything extra against him in their Indian T20 League in New Delhi tomorrow.

To force their way back into the national side, the axed trio of Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag should keep the fighting spirit alive and get back through good performances in domestic cricket, former captain and chairman of selector Kris Srikkanth said today.
Architects have studied 81-year-old footage of Don Bradman at his childhood home to complete an award-winning restoration of the property.