New Delhi: Describing the ICC as an “event management company”, former Australia captain Ian Chappell has observed that the financially stronger boards are getting their way in producing self-serving schedule while harming the interest of Test cricket. Chappell also felt that a viable two-tier system for Test cricket should have been in place by … Read more
Rohit Sharma was elected as the captain of the ICC T20I Team of the Year for 2024, after leading India to a second T20 World Cup title in the year. Despite poor form in Test cricket, Rohit won his first piece of ICC silverware as India captain, finishing as the second-highest run-scorer of … Read more
Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal deservedly found a place in the ICC’s Test Team of the Year 2024 that featured four Englishmen with Australian Pat Cummins as its captain. The team also had two New Zealanders, including the redoubtable Kane Williamson. Cummins was the lone … Read more
The ICC chairman Jay Shah has been inducted into a newly instituted World Cricket Connects Advisory Board, an independent group that will discuss the many challenges and opportunities in the sport during a discussion at the Lord’s on June 7 and 8. Former BCCI secretary Shah, regarded as the most influential man in … Read more
The Champions Trophy 2025 is less than a month away as top teams around the the world gear up for the marquee event. The tournament is being held following much dilly-dallying after the BCCI refused to send the Indian cricket team to Pakistan, the designated hosts of the Champions Trophy 2025. Ultimately, a … Read more
File photo of Rohit Sharma© BCCI/Sportzpics A fresh Controversy has triggered ahead of the start of the ICC Champions Trophy, with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) coming at loggerheads again. The BCCI, after refusing to send its team to Pakistan for Champions Trophy … Read more
File photo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma© X (Twitter) Amid fresh controversy over the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s alleged refusal to have ‘Pakistan’ printed on the team’s Champions Trophy kits as part of the tournament logo, the Indian board has been sent a firm message from the International Cricket … Read more