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Alvin Kallicharan to mentor Puducherry in the domestic season

unnikrishnan g | Wednesday, August 21, 2019, 17:40 [IST]

Chennai: Legendary West Indies cricketer Alvin Kallicharan will be the mentor of the Puducherry team for the upcoming domestic season while out-of-favour India bowler R Vinay Kumar will be part of the squad as a guest player. Former Karnataka ...

India vs West Indies: 1st Test: Preview, where to watch, live stream, timing, head to head, probable XI

unnikrishnan g | Wednesday, August 21, 2019, 16:25 [IST]

Antigua, August 21: India look set to extend their decade-long dominance over West Indies when the first match of a two-Test series starts at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here Thursday (August 22). Having swept the T20 series 3-0 ...

India vs West Indies: 1st Test: India probable XI for the Antigua Test

unnikrishnan g | Wednesday, August 21, 2019, 15:23 [IST]

Antigua, August 21: India will face West Indies in the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, from Thursday (August 22). India is playing the red-ball format first time since their victorious Test series against Australia ...

Sreesanth says he is happy and relieved after ban to end in August 2020

unnikrishnan g | Tuesday, August 20, 2019, 17:20 [IST]

Bengaluru, August 20: S Sreesanth said on Tuesday (August 20) that he is relieved and happy that his legal struggle of six years have come to an end. BCCI Ombudsman D K Jain passed an order reducing the pacer's ...

Sreesanth's ban reduced to seven years; to end in August 2020

unnikrishnan g | Tuesday, August 20, 2019, 16:56 [IST]

Mumbai, August 20: S Sreesanth's ban for his alleged involvement in spot-fixing will end in August 2020, BCCI Ombudsman D K Jain ordered on Tuesday (August 20), observing that the cricketer is well past his prime having already served ...

Umesh Yadav revels in competition among India pacers ahead of West Indies series

unnikrishnan g | Tuesday, August 20, 2019, 15:51 [IST]

Antigua, August 20: Umesh Yadav believes that the current competition among the Indian pacers to seal a spot in the playing XI augurs well for the team and helps all the players to improve individually. Umesh, who had a ...

BCCI goes through long process to select support staff of Indian team

unnikrishnan g | Tuesday, August 20, 2019, 13:08 [IST]

Mumbai, August 20: BCCI has started the process of selecting new set of support staff with 18 candidates -- 15 for batting coach position and five for bowling coach -- appearing for interview in the first round, conducted by ...

Vinay Kumar bids adieu to Karnataka; joins Puducherry

unnikrishnan g | Tuesday, August 20, 2019, 01:21 [IST]

Bengaluru, August 20: R Vinay Kumar has been a pillar of Karnataka cricket over the last 15 overs and now the veteran pacer has decided to shift to Puducherry as player/mentor. Vinay said his decision was intended to give ...

Sakshi Malik gets showcasuse notice from WFI

unnikrishnan g | Monday, August 19, 2019, 18:48 [IST]

New Delhi, August 19: Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik has been issued a show cause notice by the Wrestling Federation India (WFI) for leaving the national camp without permission; 25 out of 45 grapplers - who train at the SAI ...

Jammu & Kashmir to withdraw from Vizzy Trophy after failing to contact players

unnikrishnan g | Monday, August 19, 2019, 18:03 [IST]

New Delhi, August 19: Jammu and Kashmir withdrew from the Vizzy Trophy, the all India Inter-University competition to be held in Visakhapatnam, after the cricket associatoion failed to establish contact with the players and also because of the lack ...

Navdeep Saini to remain with India's Test squad for the West Indies series

unnikrishnan g | Monday, August 19, 2019, 16:35 [IST]

New Delhi, August 19: Impressed with his skill-set, the Indian team management has decided to keep speedster Navdeep Saini as a net bowler for the two-Test series against the West Indies, aiming to groom him for future red-ball assignments. ...

England announce unchanged squad for third Ashes Test against Australia

unnikrishnan g | Monday, August 19, 2019, 16:20 [IST]

London, August 19: England National Cricket Selectors have named an unchanged 12-man squad for the third Specsavers Ashes Test match against Australia at Headingley starting on Thursday (August 22). England and Lancashire seamer James Anderson is making progress from ...