Indian Cricket Team Updates

The 2016 edition of the World Twenty20, the second World Test Championship in 2021 and the 2023 edition of the 50-over World Cup will be hosted in India, it was announced by the International Cricket Council at the end of their Annual Conference in London on Saturday (June 29). These tournaments are part of the 2015-2023 cycle, which also includes another 50-over World Cup, World Test Championship and World Twenty20, along with three Women's World Cups, three Under-19 World Cups, two Women's World Twenty20s and four qualifying tournaments. The World Test Championship replaces the Champions Trophy in the ICC's calendar and will take off in June-July 2017 under the aegis of the England and Wales Cricket Board. Explaining the scrapping of the Champions Trophy, which, in any case, was expected to happen at the end of the recent edition in the UK, David Richardson, the ICC chief executive, said, "The ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales was highly accla...

What The second ODI of the tri-nation series, between West Indies and India When Sunday, June 30, 2013 Where Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica The Teams West Indies The hosts may have entered the tri-series on the back of an ordinary Champions Trophy campaign, but they made the best of their home advantage with an emphatic win over Sri Lanka in the first match of this competition. It is no surprise that the IPL stars from the Caribbean – Chris Gayle, Sunil Narine, Ravi Rampaul and Dwayne Bravo – shone on a slow and low Jamaica wicket a la India. The players’ enhanced knowledge about each other’s game due to time spent together at the IPL makes an India-West Indies encounter an exciting prospect. India The Champions Trophy 2013 winners are high on confidence and eager to meet with their two most familiar opponents in West Indies and Sri Lanka. The fact that India defeated them both en route their title in England, should make them feel positive. The Caribbean wickets will suit their s...

The international cricket calendar is one that is constantly moving, churning out tournaments and Test series, with players and teams crisscrossing the world and adapting to changing climes without much downtime. Just four days after the Champions Trophy drew to a close in England, the Celkon Mobile Cup One-Day International series featuring West Indies, India and Sri Lanka was officially launched in Jamaica. The three captains, Dwayne Bravo, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Angelo Mathews, were quite philosophical about the grind and demands of international cricket. While admitting it is tough, they chose to look at the positives. Bravo noted that even as professional international players, it is still the love of playing cricket and facing tough competition that keeps them motivated. He is also keen on using this opportunity to make amends for West Indies’ early Champions Trophy exit. “I was disappointed with how the Champions Trophy ended for myself and rest of the West Indies team...

Virat Kohli’s good run has gotten a further stamp of approval from the BCCI with the board nominating his name for the Arjuna award. Kohli missed out last year because the board had nominated Yuvraj Singh because of his excellent show in the 2011 World Cup. Apart from Kohli, the BCCI has also nominated Sunil Gavaskar for the Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement. But they haven’t recommended any cricketer for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the top honour for sportspersons in the country. "BCCI hasn't sent any names for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award as it didn't find anyone who is fitting to get this award this year. There is absolutely no point in sending a recommendation just for the sake of it,” PTI quoted a senior BCCI official as saying.

Former India wicket-keeper Deep Dasgupta has been named as the coach for India’s ‘Above 19’ side. The ‘Above 19’ is a new concept being introduced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which aims at resurrecting the careers of players stuck in transition from the Colts side to the senior team. The side will have a camp at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore from the 9th to the 31st of July. Meanwhile, the BCCI is trying to organize a tournament for the side, "It's an effort to groom the talented youngsters who seem to lose focus after crossing 19 years. The tournament is likely to be held in August," CAB joint secretary Subir Ganguly said. Dasgupta played eight Tests for India, captained Bengal and most recently was the assistant coach of the Pune IPL franchise. 

Indian batsman Manoj Tiwary will once again be out of action, this time for four months, due to a knee injury. According to reports, the right-hand batsman twisted his left knee during a football drill for the Kalighat cricket club in Kolkata. His recovery period means he will be out of contention for selection to India's team for tour to Zimbabwe - starting July 24. The 27-year-old will be flying to England on June 29 to meet Dr Andrew Williams for consultation and immediate surgery. Dr Williams is a British orthopaedic surgeon and knee specialist, who has also worked with Cheteshwar Pujara and many other well-known cricketers in the past. Tiwary has spent more time out of field than on field due to various inuries since December 2012. In December, he sustained a back injury during Ranji Trophy and was advised a 6-week rest. This kept him out of selection for the limited-overs series against England and Pakistan in December and January. He also injured his sh...

India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has decided to help the Uttarakhand flash flood victims in his own small way by donating Rs one lakh which will be utilised for the benefit of the people affected by the tragedy. Bhuvneshwar's father Kiran Pal Singh today met Meerut District Magistrate at his residence and handed over a cheque of Rs one lakh to him for the flood victims. "I met DM (sahab) today and gave him a cheque of Rs one lakh for the Uttarakhand flood victims to donate under CM relief fund," Singh told PTI. "Bhuvneshwar called me up last night from England and said he could empathise with the victims. He said the whole Team India has been moved by the tragedy," Singh added. Bhuvneshwar is the second cricketer after off-spinner Harbhajan Singh to come out and help the affected people. Harbhajan, who was stranded in Joshimath for a few days along with his family members, has donated Rs 10 lakh. India's rising star Shikhar Dhawan has ...

Celkon Mobile Cup - 2013 Schedule: The Tri-Series between India, West Indies and Sri Lanka, will be held between June 28 and July 11 in the West Indies. DATE & TIME FIXTURES VENUE Jun 28 2013 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST West Indies  v  Sri Lanka Match 1, D/N Sabina Park Kingston, Jamaica Jun 30 2013 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST West Indies  v  India Match 2, D/N Sabina Park Kingston, Jamaica Jul 02 2013 14:30 GMT | 20:00 IST India  v  Sri Lanka Match 3, D/N Sabina Park Kingston, Jamaica Jul 05 2013 13:30 GMT | 19:00 IST West Indies  v  India Match 4, D/N Queen's Park Oval Port of Spain, Trinidad Jul 07 2013 13:30 GMT | 19:00 IST ...

Sourav Ganguly was a pleasant surprise at the presentation party for the ICC Champions Trophy final at Edgbaston on Sunday night. Dressed in a sky blue suit, when the former Test captain presented the Golden Bat and Golden Ball to Shikhar Dhawan and Ravindra Jadeja, respectively, a glorious and golden past met the future of Indian cricket.    June and the English summer has been very special for Ganguly. Seventeen years ago on June 22, he scored a century (131) on debut at Lord's. It was the second Test against England and two dramatic events changed the lives of two rookie batsmen. Navjot Singh Sidhu had walked out of the team under Mohammed Azharuddin's captaincy and Sanjay Manjrekar was indisposed. Ganguly and Rahul Dravid thus made their debuts. Ganguly became the 10th Indian to smash a century on debut while Dravid fell just five runs short of the coveted three-figure mark. Both went to lead India in Test cricket. Today, Ganguly is arguably one of the world...

In six attempts in the first two editions of the Prudential World Cup, India won just one game - by ten wickets against a low-key East Africa in 1975. Overall, till the beginning of the 1983 World Cup, India had played 40 One-Day Internationals under six captains in nine years and had lost 28 of them. Therefore, at the start of the tournament, India carried minimum expectations and the odds on them were 66 to 1. (Also Read:  1983 World Cup: The day Team India changed the face of Indian Cricket ) The 24-year-old Kapil Dev, callow and fresh, had led the side in only five Test matches and seven ODIs, and had been reinstated as the captain, replacing Sunil Gavaskar, only a few months ago. Like the captain himself, the team, barring the great Gavaskar, was made of individuals who were yet to be internationally acclaimed. "None backed us in 1983," Kapil told Sportstar after India's 2011 ICC World Cup triumph. "Actually it suited us because it meant no pressure at al...

A beaming Kapil Dev with the World Cup trophy held high over his head, a bunch of elated Indian cricketers on the historic Lord’s balcony and a swarm of Indian contingent on the field of the most iconic cricket ground. These are the visions that will be etched in the memories of millions of Indians forever. Much of the romance attached to India’s 1983 World Cup triumph is due to the fact that no one, in their wildest imagination had thought it will happen. Not even the men who made it happen. We, at BCCI, spoke to various members of the victorious class of 1983 and gave them the difficult task of putting the feeling in words. ( Also Read:  India's 1st World Cup Title: The journey to Lord's, June 25, 1983 ) Captain magnificent, Kapil Dev, along with his senior and celebrated teammate, Sunil Gavaskar reminisced the most-cherished moment of their lives. Let’s take a walk down the memory lane and relive the event that changed the face of Indian Cricket forever, in the wor...

The Indian selectors were forced to make one change in the squad for the tri-series in West Indies after Irfan Pathan was ruled out due to a hamstring injury. He was replaced by Mohammad Shami, the pace bowler. (Also Read:  India Squad for Tri Series in West Indies ) Irfan, who made a comeback to the Indian team for the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 after a decent outing in the Indian Premier League, was one of four players who didn't feature in the team's victorious campaign that culminated with a five-run win over England in the final in Birmingham on June 23 (Sunday). (Also Read:  India Support staff for Tri-series in West Indies ) Irfan, who has battled a string of injuries in the past, played in Baroda's first match of the 2012-13 Ranji Trophy season in November before picking up a knee injury that forced him out of India's two One-Day International assignments against Pakistan and England earlier this year, prior to the Champions Trophy. Shami, who h...

India’s Ravindra Jadeja made all-round gains in the latest  Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings  released on Monday, a day after India beat England by five runs in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013.   Jadeja, who made an unbeaten 33 and picked two for 24 in the final, was named Man of the Match. His haul of 12 wickets in the tournament also made him the highest wicket-taker, fetching him the Golden Ball trophy.   Jadeja's efforts helped him move up a place to a career-best third in the latest  Reliance ICC ODI Player Rankings   for Bowlers. Jadeja also moved up three places to 52nd in the batting table. His combined effort with the bat and ball helped him move up a place to a best-ever third in the latest all-rounders’ rankings.   India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has also made a return to the top 10 of the bowlers’ list, having jumped six places to ninth.   The others to make upward movements includ...