- What to expect from Thursday's Supreme Court hearing
The BCCI and its state associations are yet to fully implement the Lodha Committee's reforms. What happens now, and when will the board conduct its elections?
- Harmanpreet Kaur ruled out of England ODI series with ankle injury
The India women vice-captain didn't show up for training on Wednesday, having sustained an ankle injury
- ICC 'monitoring' India-Pakistan situation ahead of World Cup encounter
David Richardson says 'no indications' from either board that June 16 match will not go ahead as planned
- 'Character' is why Vidarbha keep winning - Fazal
The game ended before the scheduled close of play, when the two teams mutually agreed on a draw with Vidarbha only 11 runs away from an outright victory
- Vihari's confidence sky high after India stint
The domestic veteran has found a new gear, drawing from the belief that he now belongs at the highest level of the game
- Kohli, Pant, Bumrah and Rahul back for Australia ODIs
With core of the team already in place, chairman of selectors MSK Prasad says the plan is to try out a few more players before the World Cup
- Lions slide to innings defeat after Markande's five-for
India A clinch two-match series after bowling the visitors out for 144 and 180
- The problem of plenty for Indian selectors
Pant or Vijay; Jadeja or Khaleel - final chance for MSK Prasad's selection panel to firm up their World Cup probables
- England Lions follow on after Saini, Nadeem three-fors
Visitors collapse for 140 in their first innings with Ollie Pope's 25 the highest score
- DDCA recommends life ban on Amit Bhandari's assaulter
"The decision will now be sent the DDCA Apex Council to be ratified," president Rajat Sharma said and expected it to be enforced in full overnight
- We built pressure on them to get runs, and got wickets - Akshay Wakhare
The Vidarbha offspinner said that if their batsmen could get off to a good start, there would be no stopping the team in the Irani Cup
- Dravid wants Rathour on coaching staff but it may lead to conflict of interest
The head coach wants to expand the coaching staff of the India A and Under-19 teams, but BCCI secretary says hiring Rathour may lead to conflict of interest
- RoI look to halt Vidarbha's charge as Umesh Yadav is ruled out
For last five years, the competition has been slotted at the end of the season. which has meant that the Ranji-winning side has not lost form
- Former India bowler Amit Bhandari beaten up in Delhi, taken to hospital
Now chairman of selectors for Delhi senior and Under-23 teams, Bhandari has been assaulted by a group of men wielding hockey sticks and iron rods at a practice match in Delhi
- Kuldeep slots in behind Rashid in T20I rankings
South Africa overtake Australia and England to go third while Nepal snatch 14th place from UAE
- Pant, Vijay Shankar, Rahane in World Cup contention - MSK Prasad
India's chairman of selectors says virtually all 15 spots for the World Cup in May have been sealed
- Let's make India want to play us - PCB MD Wasim Khan
The new managing director of the board wants to focus on turning Pakistan into one of the top teams in the world
- Ollie Pope, Sam Hain fifties help England Lions salvage draw
India A bowlers did not find much help from the final-day pitch at the Krishnagiri Stadium as England Lions ended the day on 214 for 5, with an overall lead of 14 runs
- Hardik Pandya and the catches that weren't
Hardik Pandya came close to taking a wicket in Hamilton on several occasions, but instead ended up with 44 for 0
- Sophie Devine's all-round brilliance hands India 3-0 whitewash
After Devine's dominance with both bat and ball, India needed four of the last ball, but Mithali Raj, playing her first game of the series, could only get one, despite a valiant rearguard
- Southee holds his nerve to clinch series for New Zealand
Colin Munro's blazing half-century and Tim Southee's last over to defend 15 runs helped New Zealand seal the T20I series 2-1
- Priyank Panchal, KS Bharat wrest control for India A
Priyank Panchal's fluent double-century and his 196-run stand with centurion KS Bharat tamed England Lions' bowling attack on the third day
- Kalpana picked for India squad after nearly three years for England ODIs
D Hemalatha, the batting allrounder who has scored only 18 runs and gone wicketless in New Zealand, was left out of the 15-member squad
- India's chance to add another trophy in golden summer
The format may be different, but New Zealand will look to firm up their World Cup plans
- KL Rahul, Priyank Panchal dominate England Lions
Both batsmen made unbeaten 80s to put India A on top after Navdeep Saini had blown away England Lions' lower order in the morning
- Daryl Mitchell lbw brings DRS back in the spotlight
HotSpot showed a mark as the ball passed the bat, but there was no spike on Snicko and as a result the batsman was ruled lbw
- Krunal three-for, Rohit blitz help India pull level
India captain becomes the highest run-getter in T20Is as India record their first win in the format in New Zealand
- Bates fifty helps New Zealand pull off last-ball win to clinch T20I series
Suzie Bates topped Jemimah Rodrigues in the battle of the big-hitters in the thriller in Auckland
- BCCI set to run women's T20 exhibition games during IPL 2019
Where last year's exercise was a one-off match, the board is mulling a three-match series this year, featuring a number of top Indian and international players
- 'If anyone thought last year was a fluke, we have proven ourselves again'
Faiz Fazal and Chandrakant Pandit, Vidarbha's captain and coach, speak about what it took for the team to win back-to-back Ranji Trophy titles
- Ben Duckett and Sam Hain hand England Lions the early advantage
Their fifties, and solid contributions from Steven Mullaney and Will Jacks, moved the visitors to 303 for 5 at stumps on day one
- Ajinkya Rahane to lead Rest of India in Irani Cup
The squad includes two players from the runner-up side Saurashtra: wicketkeeper Snell Patel and left-arm spinner Dharmendrasinh Jadeja
- India seek balance between experiment and survival in series
While New Zealand will look to shut out the series, India will have to balance their goal of testing bench strength with the need to keep the series alive
- Andy Flower backs 'ball-hitting' benefits of T20 as England Lions brace for first-class challenge
- Tahuhu, Devine smother India despite Mandhana's record fifty
Lea Tahuhu and Sophie Devine headlined New Zealand's all-round dominance in the T20I series opener where India left out Mithali Raj and then lost nine wickets for 35 runs, and the match
- Seifert and Southee complete New Zealand demolition job
India suffered their biggest margin in defeat in T20Is as they went 0-1 down in the three-match series
- Mithali Raj excluded from India's T20I XI again
Raj was part of the 15-member squad to take on New Zealand in three T20Is starting on Wednesday. But she wasn't picked to play the series opener in Wellington
- NZ wicketkeeper Bezuidenhout ruled out of T20I series, Peterson called up
Spin-bowling allrounder Anna Peterson, who was the Player of the Match in the third ODI, has been named as replacement
- New Zealand look to bounce back after ODI disappointment
With Virat Kohli and KL Rahul not around, India might want to try out Shubman Gill at No. 3 in the first T20I
- Vidarbha edge ahead after attritional day's play
Defending champions end the third day 60 runs in front, with eight second-innings wickets in hand
- India favourites for the World Cup - Tendulkar
Tendulkar believes hosts England and New Zealand would be the other teams to watch out for at the showpiece event
- Saurashtra falter around unbeaten Snell Patel
Vidarbha offspinner Aditya Sarwate ran through Saurashtra's top order, also accounting for Cheteshwar Pujara for just 1
- India overcome tough conditions to seal 4-1 win
Wanting to test their batting on a moist Wellington surface, what India found out was not all pretty but immensely satisfying as they recovered from 18 for 4 to reach 252 and win the final ODI of the series by 35 runs
- 'As a bowling unit India were superb' - Williamson
He put down the 4-1 series result to the way the Indian side put the hosts 'under a lot of pressure' in the five-match series
- 'I consider Kedar Jadhav a proper spinner' - Rohit Sharma
The stand-in ODI captain believes Jadhav can play the second spinner's role even at the World Cup, should India decide to play four seamers
- Saurashtra attack limits Vidarbha on opening day
Saurashtra chipped away steadily at Vidarbha on a day of attritional cricket, ending the first day of the Ranji Trophy 2018-19 final in a position of advantage
- Mandhana tops ICC ODI women's rankings for batsmen, Satterthwaite jumps 10 spots
Mandhana overtook Ellyse Perry and Meg Lanning while Amy Satterthwaite displaced Mithali Raj from fourth place
- Vidarbha v Saurashtra - a fitting Ranji final
Rarely do you get a battle that checks every box - the best teams in the competition, top stars available, and evenly matched
- Guptill injury worries New Zealand ahead of series finale
Colin Munro has rejoined the squad and could resume his place at the top of the order alongside Henry Nicholls
- 'KL Rahul has proven he can succeed in all three formats' - Rahul Dravid
The India A coach isn't unduly worried by the opener's poor form over the last few months. He also feels India will go into the 2019 World Cup as favourites
- India to play New Zealand and Bangladesh in 2019 World Cup warm-ups
The ten participating teams will play two warm-ups each
- Duckett's 70* gives England Lions thrilling one-wicket win
Chasing only 122, England Lions were reduced to 95 for 8 before Duckett saw them through
- Umpire Dara Dotiwalla, who stood in Chennai tied Test, dies aged 85
Dotiwalla, who made his umpiring debut in the India-England Test in Kanpur in 1982, is best remembered for officiating the tied Test along with V Vikramraju
- Boult, de Grandhomme swing New Zealand to massive win
Boult took 5 for 21, while de Grandhomme picked up three to rip the heart out of India's batting
- No Virat Kohli, but India look primed to roll on
New Zealand last lost four matches in a series back in 2012; they need to find a way - quickly - to avoid it this time
- Five selection shockers that came back to haunt the brains trust
Rarely has a line-up been made to look quite so wrong-headed as in Barbados, but here are five more blunders that came back to haunt selectors.
- Pant and Thakur put India A 4-0 up over England Lions
Hard-fought half-centuries from Ollie Pope and Steven Mullaney ended up in vain during a match that also witnessed an attack by bees
- No India-Pakistan game in group stage of 2020 T20 World Cup
Pakistan and India are No. 1 and No. 2 respectively in the T20I rankings, and have been placed in different groups for the next T20 World Cup as a result
- Lack of DRS in focus as Pujara rides his luck in Ranji semi-final
Players and coaches involved in the game between Karnataka and Saurashtra have indicated that they would welcome the use of technology in domestic cricket, especially in knockout matches.
- No. 4 is something we are looking to solidify - Kohli
The debate was reopened once again after the team wrapped up a 3-0 lead in the five-match series against New Zealand, with Kohli saying there are enough contenders to consider a more flexible approach
- Rayudu suspended from bowling in international cricket
Having been reported earlier this month, Rayudu elected not to submit to a test of his bowling action within the stipulated period
- Cheteshwar Pujara stays unbeaten to steer Saurashtra into final
Sheldon Jackson also completed a century to help them set up a title bout against defending champions Vidarbha
- Shami, Pandya take dominant India to 3-0 lead
For the first time in the series, New Zealand managed to dig in for long enough through their first century stand of this one-sided contest to be able to think of transferring the pressure back on India, but India smothered that uprising to seal an emphat
- Hardik Pandya set to return as India push for 3-0
New Zealand might want to bat first and bat deep to put India's spinners, and then their batting, under pressure
- Rohit, spinners dominate as India go 2-0 up
India might have been disappointed with 324 after looking good for 350, but their bowlers quickly washed it off with a comfortable defence
- Gautam Gambhir to receive Padma Shri
The former cricketer was among eight sportspersons who were picked on Friday to receive the country's fourth-highest civilian award
- Vihari, Rahane and Iyer thump England Lions for 2-0 lead
The three batsmen made half-centuries to consign England Lions to a 138-run defeat
- Can Napier thrashing shake New Zealand from the stupor?
Having shown that they have the techniques and the mental fortitude to tackle quality spin in the UAE lately, can they enhance their reputation by bouncing back at Mount Maunganui?
- Pandya to join India squad in New Zealand, Rahul to play for India A
The CoA has lifted the suspensions on the two cricketers 'with immediate effect', pending the appointment and adjudication of the BCCI's ombudsman
- Ton-up Mandhana happy to "stick in and guide the team through"
New Zealand captain Any Satterthwaite blames lack of patience with the ball, failure to stitch batting partnerships together for nine-wicket defeat
- Umesh Yadav claims seven as Kerala roll over for 106
Manish Pandey and Shreyas Gopal lead Karnataka fightback after early losses against Saurashtra
- Mandhana century caps nine-wicket thrashing of New Zealand
India spun New Zealand out for 192 and Smriti Mandhana helped chase it down with great authority, scoring her fourth ODI century along the way
- Ajinkya Rahane and Ishan Kishan steer India A into 1-0 lead
There were also useful contributions from Shreyas Iyer and Krunal Pandya, while Sam Billings' unbeaten 108 went in vain for England Lions
- Kohli rested for last two New Zealand ODIs
Rohit Sharma to captain India in Kohli's absence
- Sun stops play in New Zealand v India ODI
Yes, you read that right, the setting sun was at an awkward angle and straight in the batsmen's eye
- Shami, wristspinners set up comfortable win for India
Mohammed Shami continued to challenge for India's first XI come World Cup with another lovely display of seam bowling to set up a comfortable win for India - their first in an ODI in New Zealand since 2009 - opening ODI of the five-match series
- Dhoni, Dhawan should have played domestic cricket before Australia ODIs - Gambhir
The former India opener doesn't think Rishabh Pant has much chance of making India's World Cup squad, but believes R Ashwin could have a role to play
- 'The key is to not panic when you see 300 posted' - Virat Kohli
The India captain on what it takes to tackle New Zealand in New Zealand, and how knowing the ins and outs of batting helps his captaincy
- ICC awards: Virat Kohli wins big three after fantastic 2018
India captain becomes the first to win all three top honours in a year, while also being named captain of the Test and ODI teams
- New Zealand v India: The tussle for No. 2 takes centre stage
A five-match ODI series has a tendency to lose context mid-way, but these two have the calibre to produce contests that leave one longing for more
- Baroda's Ranji winner Jacob Martin on life support
Former India batsman was hospitalised on December 28 after a road accident; BCCI steps in to contribute towards treatment
- 'Let Hardik, Rahul play till court order' - CK Khanna to CoA
Acting BCCI president doesn't want the careers of both players to be put in a limbo
- Rishabh Pant, Ajinkya Rahane to play for India A against England Lions
Both players will get a chance to push their cases for World Cup selections in the 50-overs games in Thiruvananthapuram
- Pujara made us believe we could win it - Unadkat
The Saurashtra captain said that 'nothing could be more special' than their record chase in the quarter-final against Uttar Pradesh
- No one can replace MS Dhoni - Ravi Shastri
The India coach also says his target is to try and build a team that can win consistently in overseas conditions
- Happy to bat anywhere in the middle order - MS Dhoni
India captain Virat Kohli, though, feels that he is "best suited" for the No. 5 spot in ODIs
- Pandey, Nair take Karnataka into Ranji semis; Saurashtra, Vidarbha inch closer
The batsmen shared an unbroken century stand for the fifth wicket as Rajasthan were left to rue missed opportunities
- Finch's repetitive Bhuvneshwar nightmare
There was only one winner in the battle between India's opening bowler and Australia's opening batsman
- Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni clinch series win in tight chase
India's fourth-wicket pair added an unbeaten 121 to seal the win after Yuzvendra Chahal's 6 for 42 had reduced Australia to 230
- Mumbai teen gets three-year ban for flashing in dressing room
Player receives penalty after team-mate raises complaint
- Pandya-Rahul case in limbo after SC adjourns hearing
Any imminent return of the two players to the Indian set-up has been ruled out with the Supreme Court adjourning the case pertaining to the Lodha Committee reforms
- India grapple with sixth bowling option with series on the line
Whereas Australia's bugbear has been their inability to push past the 300-run barrier twice in a row
- Vinay Kumar's last-wicket heroics give Karnataka the lead
Replying to Rajasthan's 224, Karnataka were 166 for 9 before Vinay Kumar and last man Ronit More added a precious 97 runs
- Will the Supreme Court end the BCCI's chaos?
A guide to what is expected from Thursday's hearing, which could decide the fate of the board and its state associations, which are yet to fully comply with the Lodha Committee's recommendations
- Avneesh Sudha shines for Uttarakhand, Basil Thampi sours Gujarat's day
A round-up of the first day's play from the four Ranji Trophy quarter-final matches
- 'Tonight was an MS classic' - Kohli
MS Dhoni was in his element in Adelaide and Virat Kohli was highly appreciative of him
- Want India to be a superpower in cricket - Kohli
Given the size of India's global fan base, Kohli said that Test cricket would be popular for a long time if India prioritised it
- Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni star as India force series into decider
After the India captain set up the 299 chase with a hundred, Dhoni and Karthik coolly finished it off with four balls to spare
- 'Cannot bring career to a cul-de-sac' - Vinod Rai on Pandya-Rahul suspensions
Committee of Administrators chairman Vinod Rai instructs BCCI CEO to carry out inquiry against suspended duo of Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul
- England women to tour India for six limited-overs matches
The three ODIs will be played on February 22, 25 and 28 while the three-T20I series is set to begin on March 4
- Chances in the Betfair market for the 2015 Indian Premier League
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