Tag: BCCI

Fans slam BCCI, Sourav Ganguly after video of women working manually on Rajkot pitch goes viral

Notably, fans were not impressed after Cricket Australia (CA) on Friday, posted a clip on social media in which four women were working on the pitch for the second ODI between India and Australia.

January 20, 2020

BCCI’s workload policy clashes with playing county cricket, says Umesh Yadav

Umesh said that he did get an offer from Gloucestershire, but had to stay away keeping the workload guidelines in mind.

January 18, 2020

BCCI invites applications for national men’s and women’s selector

A BCCI release also clarified that the "Applications should be submitted by 11:59 pm on January 24, 2020.”

January 18, 2020

Mithali Raj demoted in BCCI’s central contracts for women

Mithali, 37, had retired from T20s in September 2019. However, she remains the ODI captain and is likely to play for the national team till next year's World Cup.

January 17, 2020

MS Dhoni goes missing in BCCI’s Annual Contract for 2019-2020

While MS Dhoni was in the second-highest category in the last Annual Contract, he is not there among the 27 players who have received contracts this year.

January 16, 2020

Sourav Ganguly says playing under pressure tougher than BCCI president’s job

Batting great Sunil Gavsakar, who successfully stood up to some of the best fast bowlers of all time, also felt administration is easier.

January 14, 2020

Watch | Harbhajan Singh, Sourav Ganguly match steps to ‘Senorita’

Harbhajan urged Dada to join him and the latter couldn't say no.

January 13, 2020

HP cricketer Harleen Deol to play in Women’s T20 World Cup

Expressing happiness over her selection, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) treasurer and HPCA chief Arun Dhumal said Himachal cricketers have hidden talent and tremendous sporting potential, given the right ecosystem and facilities.

January 13, 2020

Jasprit Bumrah set to receive Polly Umrigar Award: BCCI

The world's number 1 ODI bowler made his Test debut during India's tour of South Africa in January 2018 and hasn't looked back since.

January 12, 2020

Sourav Ganguly’s brother Snehasis Ganguly set to become CAB scretary

Snehashish Ganguly, who has played 59 first-class matches, is set to join a flurry of former first-class cricketers in state bodies of Indian cricket.

January 10, 2020

‘Don’t drag my family,’ says Rohit Sharma on family-clause controversy during World Cup

During the World Cup, held in the months of June and July, the committee had reportedly denied permission to a senior player for his family to be allowed.

January 9, 2020

I would not want any change to Test Cricket: Mahela Jayawardene

The Sri Lankan legend stated that he personally does not want too much alteration to the Test match format.

January 8, 2020

IPL 2020 final to be played on May 24, matches lkikely to start at 7:30 PM

A BCCI official has confirmed that the IPL 2020 will be played between March 29 and May 24 and that the matches will be started at 7:30 PM.

January 7, 2020

Shoaib Akhtar believes BCCI will never give nod to four-day Tests

Many former cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Glenn McGrath, Ricky Ponting have also raised objection to the proposed four-day Test idea.

January 6, 2020

Virat Kohli likely to miss Anushka Sharma on tours? BCCI deprives captain, coach of taking decision on WAGs

Previously, the captain and the coach were given the authority by CoA to take the final call on the WAGs of the cricketers traveling with them.

January 4, 2020

Sourav Ganguly can help PCB in resuming Indo-Pak cricket ties, says Rashid Latif

Former wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif said it was Sourav Ganguly, then India captain, who played a big role in India agreeing to tour Pakistan in 2004.

January 3, 2020

Too early to comment on four-day Tests: Sourav Ganguly

The ICC cricket committee is likely to consider four-day Test matches as being part of the World Test Championship from 2023.

December 31, 2019