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Several Bengal Ranji players, assistant coach returns positive for Covid-19

Several Bengal Ranji players, assistant coach returns positive for Covid-19

Several Bengal Ranji players and the team’s assistant coach have reportedly returned positive for Covid-19 following which the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has been forced to cancel the training sessions and review the team’s…

Cricket Australia CEO tests positive for Covid-19

Cricket Australia CEO tests positive for Covid-19

Cricket Australia (CA) on Monday announced that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Nick Hockley had returned positive for Covid-19 and clarified that he “has had no direct contact with the Test players”. Issuing a statement,…

BCCI Chief Sourav Ganguly tests positive for Covid-19, admitted to hospital

BCCI Chief Sourav Ganguly tests positive for Covid-19, admitted to hospital

Former India skipper and current Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly has tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently admitted in a Kolkata hospital. As per reports, Ganguly had mild…

KL Rahul expected to lead India in ODIs vs SA if Rohit fails to recover in time: Report

KL Rahul expected to lead India in ODIs vs SA if Rohit fails to recover in time: Report

Opener KL Rahul is likely to lead Team India in the upcoming three-match ODI series against South Africa if newly appointed skipper Rohit Sharma fails to recover in time, a report in Sports Today has…

Slightly better prepared than last time: KL Rahul on upcoming SA series

Slightly better prepared than last time: KL Rahul on upcoming SA series

India opener and newly-appointed vice-captain KL Rahul feels that his team is better prepared than their last tour of South Africa in 2018 and said that coming in early for the Test series has helped…

Harbhajan Singh bids adieu to all forms of cricket

Harbhajan Singh bids adieu to all forms of cricket

India off-spinner Harbjahan Singh on Friday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. In his career, Harbhajan, 41, picked up 417 wickets in 103 Tests, 269 wickets in 236 ODIs and 25 scalps in…

ICC should come down heavily on slow over rates: Nick Hockley

ICC should come down heavily on slow over rates: Nick Hockley

Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley wants a “firm stance” on the issue of slow over rates in the ongoing five-Test Ashes series and said that such issues was coming in the way of entertaining cricket…

Sydney Sixers sign Shadab Khan for BBL 2021-22 remainder

Sydney Sixers sign Shadab Khan for BBL 2021-22 remainder

Big Bash League (BBL) franchise Sydney Sixers have signed ace Pakistan leg-spinner Shadab Khan for the remainder of the ongoing 2021-22 season of the T20 tournament. Despite being placed second in the BBL points-table, the…

PSL TV broadcast rights witnesses rise of 50 percent

PSL TV broadcast rights witnesses rise of 50 percent

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced to sign a two-year Pakistan Super League’s (PSL) broadcast deal worth USD 24 million with local sports channels A Sports and PTV Sports. Issuing a statement, the PCB…

SRH rope in Brian Lara, Simon Katich as support staffs ahead of IPL 2022

SRH rope in Brian Lara, Simon Katich as support staffs ahead of IPL 2022

Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Thursday appointed legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara as its strategic advisor and batting coach while former Australia batter Simon Katich as an assistant coach. Katich…