Sourav Ganguly was re-appointed as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Friday. The former Indian skipper will lead the side in the Indian Premier League (IPL) season-III next year, replacing New Zealand's Brendon McCullum.
 
Australian Dav Whatmore was also appointed as the as the ...

India lost a heart-stopping match by a mere three runs to go down 2-3 in the seven-match series against Australia on Thursday. Sachin Tendulkar played one of his superlative one-day knocks and crossed the 17,000-run mark in limited-overs cricket.
 
Tendulkar scored a scintillating 175 off ...

India opener Gautam Gambhir has been declared fit to play the fifth ODI against Australia in Hyderabad today.
 
This is good news for the Indian team .Skipper MS Dhoni will be looking forward to take the lead against the Oz in Hyderabad .India lost their Mohali ODI which allowed the Aussies ...

Victorian all-rounder Andrew McDonald and New South Wales fast bowler Burt Cockley have been included in the Australian squad for the for the sixth ODI in Guwahati.
 
Moises Henriques was the latest Australian player to return back home after he encountered a hamstring injury during the ...

Moises Henriques will not play in the fifth ODI against India to be played tomorrow in Hyderabad. Australia has already lost its key players due to injuries in the series.
 
Australia coach Tim Nielsen said,"Henriques has suffered a right hamstring injury and will not be playing ...

Home Minister P. Chidambaram has asked BCCI to accept the apology offered by the Services team. He said on Wednesday that fresh dates should be fixed for the cricket match in Srinagar that was cancelled after the Services' team withdrew on grounds of security.
 
Chidambaram, who is on a ...

Australian fast bowler Brett Lee will resume bowling next week. Lee had withdrawn from ongoing ODI series against India as he incurred an elbow injury and had to return back home.
 
Cricket Australia (CA) said on Wednesday said that both Lee and wicketkeeper Tim Paine, who fractured his ...

Pakistan took 1-0 lead in the series with a 138-run win over New Zealand in the first ODI on Tuesday. Pakistan scored an imposing 287/9 with major contribution from Afridi, Kamran Akmal and Khalid Latif's steady maiden fifty.
 
New Zealand were all out for 149 in the 40th over. The victory ...

Australia has been fined for slow over rate during the fourth ODI against India. Australian captain Ricky Ponting was fined 20 % of his match fee while his players were charged 10 %. Australia had registered a 24 run victory over India at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium on ...

BCCI on Tuesday decided to stick to its decision to disqualify the Sevices team from playing in the Ranji Trophy.Services had apologised for skipping Ranji Trophy match against Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar and also offered to play the match on fresh dates.
 
BCCI spokesman Rajiv Shukla ...

Chris Gayle has been re-appointed as the captain of West Indies squad for the upcoming tour of Australia.Gayle had not played any international cricket since the home series against India in July due to the contractual dispute between WICB and the players’ union.
 
Reports say that, ...

Australian pacer Peter Siddle is the next to head back home after injury. Siddle acquired a side strain during the fourth One-dayer in Mohali.
 
A CA statement said, “Cricket Australia today confirmed Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle will return from Australia's Tour of India after ...

Australia defeated India by 24 runs in the 4th ODI and levelled the series by 2-2. Indian batsmen squandered a good start on a perfect batting strip to go down to the Aussies in the match played at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium on Monday.
 
Chasing 251, India folded up for 226 ...

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar is just short of 47 runs to attain his 17,000-run milestone. Sachin Tendulkar, who is two weeks short of completing his two decades in international cricket, will look forward to complete the target in the fourth One-Day International against Australia on ...

James Hopes is the third Australian player who was ruled out of the remaining four of the seven-match series against India. After fast bowler Brett Lee and wicket-keeper Tim Paine, all-rounder James Hopes will fly back home.
 
Hopes suffered a hamstring injury in the first One-Day ...

Injured Indian openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir are doubtful for the fourth One-day International (ODI) match against Australia on Monday.
 
Dinesh Karthik will be joining the Indian team here as cover.
 
Both the players were injured during the third ODI at Ferozeshah ...

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh made light of a top-order slump to pace India to a comfortable six-wicket victory in the third one-dayer against Australia at the dew-drenched Ferozeshah Kotla on Saturday.
 
Chasing a competitive 230-run target on a difficult slow and low pitch, ...

Australian fast bowler Brett Lee will not play for rest of the one-day series against India due to his elbow injury. He will fly back to Australia for treatment, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Friday.
 
Lee was unable to complete his 10-over spell during the first ODI in Baroda and was not ...

Fast bowler Brett Lee and allrounderJames Hopes will not play in the third ODI against India on Saturday.
 
Brett Lee who encountered an elbow injury during the opening one-dayer at Baroda will miss the 3rd ODI .Lee could not play in the  2nd ODI at Nagpur due to the same reason ,where ...

Rohit Sharma was named captain of the Board President's XI team on Wednesday. He will head the Indian team against Sri Lanka in a three-day game at the BKC from November 11.
 
The Australian side New South Wales, which won the inaugural Champions League in India, has also shown interest in ...

Tim Paine was replaced by wicketkeeper Graham Manou in the Australian squad for rest of the ongoing seven-ODI cricket series against India.
 
A CA statement said, “Cricket Australia`s National Selection Panel today announced South Australian captain Graham Manou as the replacement on ...

Pakistan's cricket authorities have decided not to hire any private security guards for their 'home' series against New Zealand.
 
After 'wasting' millions of rupees for hiring private bodyguards for a limited-overs series against Australia in Dubai and Abu Dhabi early this summer, the ...

Shahid Afridi is ready to quit as Pakistan's Twenty20 captain in case Younis Khan decides to return to the shortest version of the game.
 
The senior Pakistani all rounder said in an interview on Tuesday night that he will be pleased to have Younis back in Twenty20 ahead of next year's ICC ...

Former Test umpire David Shepherd passed away after a long battle with cancer on Wednesday. He was 68 years old. Shepherd, an international umpire, officiated in 172 ODIs, three consecutive World Cup finals and 92 Test matches from 1983 to 2005. He made his international debut in the 1983 World ...

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni led the charge with a power-packed century in the home team's 99-run victory over Australia in the second One-day international here Wednesday.
 
The Indian top order set a massive 355-run target for Australia to chase, and their bowlers bundled the ...

Shafqat Rana has been appointed as the manager of the national junior team until next year’s ICC Youth World Cup in New Zealand by Pakistan Cricket Board. Rana was just few days ago dismissed as assistant manager of the senior team.
 
A PCB source said, “It is no secret that ...

Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson and James Hopes have been ruled out of second One-Day International against India to be played in Nagpur on Wednesday.
 
Fast bowler Brett Lee and all-rounder Hopes are suffering from elbow soreness and a hamstring injury while Johnson injured his left ankle ...

Kapil Dev has blamed BCCI for the poor performance of Indian team in the first ODI against Australia at Vadodara. The former Indian skipper criticized the Board of flawed system of working and policies.
 
The home team lost the first game by four runs in the series. According to Dev it is ...

Pakistani all rounder Shahid Afridi has signed for South Australia and will play for domestic Twenty20 Big Bash tournament commencing on late December. He would replace Sri Lankan spinner Ajantha Mendis as the Redbacks' international recruit. This was announced by South Australian Cricket ...

The strike bowlers Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson may not play for the second One-day international against India on Wednesday.
 
All-rounder James Hopes has already been ruled out of the match after he strained his hamstring during the first match in Vadodara on Sunday. Mitchell Johnson ...