Under fire after Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi pulled them up over alleged illegal stadium construction, the Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP) management on Saturday decided to temporarily suspend the Siechem Pondicherry T20 tournament. The CAP took the decision based on the report submitted by A.G.Shanmugavel, Estate Manager-cum-Facility In-charge, according to a release issued by them.
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With Sydney Sixers having set a 167-run target for Melbourne Renegades in the ongoing match of the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL), Courtney Webb pulled off one of the best catches of the tournament with a tremendous effort to send Ellyse Perry back to the pavilion. Cricket Australia’s Twitter handle retweeted a video from the
Sourav Ganguly finished the two-match series with 131 runs at 43.66.© AFP Inzaman-ul-Haq made a revelation about the 1999 Test between India and Pakistan in Chennai, saying the dismissal of Sourav Ganguly, who was given out caught by wicket-keeper Moin Khan, in India’s second innings was “a doubtful one.” Inzaman was speaking on India off-spinner
“An MNC cannot have two CEOs”, said former India skipper Kapil Dev on Friday, making his stance clear on the raging debate over whether the national cricket team should go for split captaincy. Ever since Rohit Sharma guided Mumbai Indians to a fifth IPL title, a debate on split captaincy has gathered momentum with several
Rohit Sharma’s absence from the upcoming white-ball series is a big “positive” for Australia, but KL Rahul is as good a player to fill in the void, feels dashing batsman Glenn Maxwell. Rahul will be Virat Kohli‘s deputy in the white-ball leg since regular vice-captain Rohit is recuperating from a hamstring injury sustained during IPL.
MS Dhoni can be seen wearing a black t-shirt, with Sakshi comfortable in a silver-coloured dress.© Instagram MS Dhoni’s wife Sakshi, who celebrated her 32nd birthday on Thursday, posted an adorable picture with her husband, with both of them sporting a big smile. Sakshi posted the picture on her Instagram account with Dhoni seen wearing
Former England batsman Ian Bell took to Twitter to share a video of his son Joseph completely amazed while listening to his birthday messages from some of the biggest names in world cricket — Indian skipper Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and England all-rounder Ben Stokes. All the three cricketers, with their kind words, made
Sakshi Dhoni celebrates her 32nd birthday on Thursday, November 19.© Sakshi Dhoni/Instagram MS Dhoni, his wife Sakshi and their daughter Ziva were spotted at Sakshi’s 32nd birthday celebrations late last night. Sakshi posted a picture in her Instagram stories that showed her husband cradling Ziva in his arms and the Dhonis surrounded by their friends.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali wants to give his all in the game and is desperate to feature in The Ashes next year after admitting that he had earlier ”lost a lot of hunger”. The all-rounder has acknowledged he hasn’t ”got that long left in international cricket” and wants to give whatever he has got to
Ishant Sharma is recovering from left internal oblique muscle tear.© Instagram India’s senior-most fast bowler Ishant Sharma on Wednesday bowled full tilt at the National Cricket Academy with an aim to get fit for India’s four-match Test series in Australia, starting December 17. Ishant was ruled out of the Indian Premier League after playing just
One of the world’s leading batsman, Babar Azam knocked a commanding half century to help the Karachi Kings win their first Pakistan Super League title with a five-wicket win over the Lahore Qalandars Tuesday. Azam smashed seven boundaries in his 49-ball 63, but it was skipper Imad Wasim who hit the winning boundary to help
Afghanistan will play three ODIs against Ireland in January 2021.© ICC/Twitter Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Tuesday announced that they will host Ireland for a three-match ODI series in January next year. The three-match ODI series will begin on January 18 with the second and third game set to be played on January 21 and
Cricket Australia on Tuesday airlifted players, including Test skipper Tim Paine and star batsman Marnus Labuschagne, to New South Wales from Adelaide in an attempt to save the series against India as a coronavirus outbreak in South Australia threatened the upcoming summer. As Western Australia, Queensland and Tasmania closed their borders to South Australia on
The ICC’s annual quarterly meeting began on Monday.© AFP The ICC’s Board of Directors could be involved in a three-round voting process to elect the next independent chairman between Greg Barclay and Imran Khwaja in case the magic figure of 11 is not reached at the first count. The ICC’s annual quarterly meeting began on
Chris Gayle celebrated his father’s birthday on Monday, November 16.© Chris Gayle/Instagram Chris Gayle on Monday posted a heart-warming tribute to this father on the latter’s birthday. “Sir Gayle…The Real Gayle…Happy Birthday Dad! Love You non stop,” wrote Gayle on Instagram, adding, “You batting well…Keep pressing. Wish you many more” as he posted pictures with
Irfan Pathan played 29 Tests, 120 ODIs, and 24 T20Is for India.© Irfan Pathan/Twitter Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan has arrived in Sri Lanka ahead of the inaugural edition of Lanka Premier League. Pathan has signed a contract to play in the LPL for the Kandy Tuskers franchise. Taking to Twitter he wrote, “In Srilanka
Paul van Meekeren came up with a funny tweet about the T20 World Cup final.© Instagram Sunday was supposed to see the final of the 2020 T20 World Cup being played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. But due to the coronavirus pandemic, the tournament has been postponed by two years to 2022, with India staying
The curtailed Indian domestic season may see Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament ahead of Ranji Trophy.© AFP The BCCI, in all likelihood, will organise the National T20 Championship for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in early January to kickstart the COVID-19-curtailed domestic season keeping the IPL 2021 auctions in mind. It has been learnt that the BCCI