Delhi batsman Virat Kohli has been chosen by the Indian selectors to replace injured Gautam Gambhir in the Indian squad for the ongoing Sri Lanka tri-series.
 
BCCI secretary N Srinivasan said in a statement, “The All India Selection Committee has decided to send Virat Kohli as the ...

The Karnataka Premier League was launched on Wednesday (September 9) evening. Eight teams from different regions of the state will participate in the league.
 
The teams representing the first KPL include Mysore Maharajas, Mangalore United, and Bijapur Bulls.
 
The inaugural ...

Sri Lanka registered a comprehensive 97-run victory over New Zealand in the first One-day International of the Compaq Cup on Tuesday.The New Zealand batsmen failed to adjust to a slow pitch at the Premedasa Stadium.
 
The hosts Srilanka had set up a 217 run target for the Kiwis. The ...

The Pakistan home series against New Zealand will be played in UAE later this year. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt will fly to Dubai Tuesday night to finalise venues for the series.
 
The series was moved from Pakistan to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because of security ...

Pakistan's all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has joined Kolkata Knight Riders for next year's Indian Premier League. The Pakistan's Cricket Board gave Razzaq the permission to sign a contract with Kolkata Knight Riders.
 
The player was given a ‘go ahead’ signal by PCB chairman Ijaz Butt ...

Graham Onions will replace Andrew Flintoff in the England squad for the Champions Trophy. The International Cricket Council (ICC) made the announcement on Tuesday .The tournament will commence from Sep 22 in South Africa.
 
The event technical committee of the ICC Champions Trophy has ...

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appointed Wasim Bari as the new chief operating officer on Monday.
 
A PCB statement said, “The governing board of PCB through resolution by circulation has appointed Wasim Bari as chief operating officer of PCB with immediate effect.”
 
Former ...

Air India (Blue) secured their place in the finals of Corporate Cup defeating Tata Sports Club by five wickets. The match was played at Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium on Sunday
 
The final match will be played on September 8.
 
Air India Blue elected to field and with the ...

Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is leading the list of world’s 10 top earning cricket players, which has been compiled by Forbes. The other Indian cricketers who from a part of this Forbes’s list are Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly. ...

Pakistan captain Younis Khan has plans to form a players' association for National cricketers. He has already contacted the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA).
 
Younis had met FICA chief Tim May in London during the World Twenty20 championship in June, to seek details ...

Virender Sehwag is looking forward to make a comeback to international field with the Twenty20 Champions League next month. The player is currently nursing a shoulder injury.
 
Sehwag will not be playing in the tri-series in Sri Lanka as well as the Champions Trophy in South ...

Air India Blue had a 140 run victory over Indian Revenue in the Sahara Corporate Cup tournament .The match was played at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium at Mohali on Thursday. The win secures Air India’s place in the semi-final.
 
Air India Blue chose to bat after winning ...

The referral system that will be introduced to all forms of international cricket from next month is believed to hamper decision making skill of the umpires, says former International umpire Peter Willey.
 
"There is a further problem that has arisen from the increased use of technology ...

The opening ceremony of the 2011 Cricket World Cup will be hosted by Bangladesh .The inaugural ceremony will take place on Feb 17.It was also decided by the Central Organising Committee (COC) of the World Cup that the opening match will be held in Bangladesh on Feb 19.
 
The full schedule of ...

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been nominated in three categories for International Cricket Council's (ICC) Awards 2009. Sri Lanka's explosive batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan has also got three nominations.
 
Both Dhoni and Dilshan have been nominated for the Cricketer and Test player ...

The opening match between Air India (Blue) and ITC in corporate cup Group A category has been rescheduled due to rain. The match was initially scheduled to be played on Tuesday but had to be cancelled because of rain.
 
The 50-over match will now be played on Friday.
 
PCA joint ...

Wasim Bari has been temporarily appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of Pakistan Cricket Board after the dismissal of Saleem Altaf from the post.
 
It was informed by a PCB spokesman that Bari will continue with the service till the governing body fills the post on permanent ...

Adam Voges has been included in the Australia's One-day squad as a replacement for injured wicketkeeper Brad Haddin.
 
Voges was already accompanying the Twenty20 team of Australia in its England tour and will play for Haddin in the One-day series. Haddin had to return back to Australia for ...

Indian opener Gautam Gambhir lost his number one test batsman position to Kumar Sangakkara, who retained this place for the fourth time on Monday. Sangakkara’s brilliant performance against New Zealand earned him the status once again.
 
The Sri Lanka captain made his 20th Test century ...

The Indian Cricket Board will pay Rs 33 crore to the International Management Group (IMG) for organising of this year's tournament.
 
 This was informed by the BCCI sources on Sunday which said, “The amount for 2009 is around Rs 33 crore.”  The board has terminated the ...

The England and Wales Cricket Board's (ECB) has decided to replace the 50-over format with a 40-over competition from 2010. The decision was taken after the 18 first-class counties voted 13-5 for the new structure that they feel holds more commercial value.
 
The board faced sharp criticism ...

The Sahara BCCI Corporate Trophy was unveiled on Thursday by the Indian cricket board in presence of notable cricketers which included Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh.
 
The 12-team tournament will be played in four venues which include Mohali, Vishakhapatnam, Dharamsala and Bangalore. It ...

Dirk Nannes of Australia will play for Delhi Daredevils in the inaugural Champions League T20 competition in October. Both Daredevils and the Victorian Bushrangers had nominated Nannes on their primary lists.
 
Nannes who has already been a part of the Delhi Daredevils in Indian Premier ...

The dispute over the hosting rights of the 2011 World Cup came to an end after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday agreed to drop its court case against the International Cricket Council (ICC).The PCB reached a settlement with the game's governing body.
 
The PCB finally agreed on ...

The Sri Lankan off-spinner Muthiah Muralitharan will join Queensland Bushranger to play Twenty20 cricket. He is the second international signing for the national Twenty20 competition after West Indian Dwayne Bravo.
 
Both the players are not eligible to play for the Champions League ...

The Indian cricket Board launched its anti-doping education programme with a day-long workshop for the physiotherapists on Wednesday. This has been done a month after the BCCI rejected a controversial WADA clause.
 
Dr Vece Paes, Dr Kinjal Suratwala and Dr Nitin Patel conducted the ...

Daniel Vettori, the captain of New Zealand joined the Test cricket's elite all-rounders club by adding 300 wickets and 3000 runs to his credit. He is the eighth player to complete the double record on Wednesday.
 
Vettori needed two wickets to take his tally to 300 before the start of second ...

Sehwag ended the revolt against Delhi selection authorities after they agreed to take measures to ensure fairness of selection process.
 
Sehwag spearheaded the group which included Gautam Gambhir, pacemen Ishant Sharma and Ashish Nehra that had threatened to walk out of the Delhi Ranji ...

Wasim Akram is interested to take up as the bowling consultant for Kolkata Knight Riders. He has not shown interest for the role of full time coach for the team for which he is being considered by management for the under-performing Indian Premier League (IPL) team.
 
It was confirmed by ...

Indian opener Gautam Gambhir grabbed the number one spot in the Test ranking chart leaving behind Kumar Sangakkara and Michael Clarke. The non impressive performance of Sangakkara and Clarke in the recent tests resulted in drop in rankings of both the batsmen.
 
Gambhir who held the number ...