The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the tenth Cricket World Cup, and will be hosted by three South Asian Test cricket playing countries; India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It will be Bangladesh’s first time co-hosting a Cricket World Cup. The World Cup will use cricket’s One Day International format, with fourteen national cricket [...]
The Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) has alleged that the International Cricket Council (ICC) is mulling changing the Future Tours Programme (FTP) to carve out a window for the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Champions League and not cutting down on the hectic international schedule. ICC chairman David Morgan had said that the current [...]
We’ve had the super-subs. We’ve had an extension of powerplays. We’ve had the mandatory ball change after 34 overs. Now, the 50-over ODI game is set to undergo another round of change to spice it up and make it compete with the fast and furious action of the T20 format. The first change would involve [...]
Fittingly, the victory that made it possible was marked by standout performances from the men who have played a crucial role in India’s ascent. Virender Sehwag has scored more runs than any other Indian batsman over the last 25 Tests – played over a two-year period beginning November 2007. His innings of 293 – played [...]
Indian cricket team’s captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s latest girlfriend is Sakshi Singh Rawat. Sakshi Singh Rawat is a 20 year old 3rd year student at Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), Aurangabad, and she has recently completed her training at Taj Bengal’s front office. Apparently, Dhoni and Sakshi Singh met at Bipasha Basu’s home at the [...]
Afridi, who has scored 1683 runs in 26 Tests, said he wants to keep himself fit for the 2011 World Cup and the T20 World Championship.Expressing disappointment at not being given enough opportunity in the longer version of the game, Afridi said he wants to focus more on one-day and T20 cricket.”When I had a [...]
MUMBAI: In-form Indian opener Gautam Gambhir on Sunday won the Ceat International Cricketer of the Year award for his stupendous performance with the bat in the 2008-09 season. Gambhir, who has notched seven hundreds in his last nine Tests including four in the last four, also won the Test Batsman of the Year award at [...]