GURGAON: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday endorsed the idea of resuming bilateral cricketing ties with Pakistan but expressed doubts over scheduling of matches.

“If Pakistan comes and play here it’s good for us. But I don’t know about the scheduling… how they will fit it. We are [...]

NEW DELHI: As the controversy over Kapil Dev’s omission from the list of IPL beneficiaries raged on, the BCCI on Thursday said it has nothing against the legendary all-rounder and he was ignored for the cash award because of a “technical issue”.

While the BCCI made one-time payment to [...]

NEW DELHI: The high-profile Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament, which was scheduled to be held at various venues in India in October, is likely to be shifted to South Africa due to logistical problems.

The decision to shift the tournament out of India was taken at the CLT20′s governing council [...]

LONDON: England star Kevin Pietersen retired from international limited overs cricket on Thursday, a decision which took the England and Wales Cricket Board ( ECB) by surprise.

Profile: Kevin Pietersen

Pietersen, who will continue to be available for Test [...]

LEICESTER: West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson has lamented the loss of fast bowler Kemar Roach for the rest of the England series but says he expects the rest of the pace department to fill the vacuum.

Roach was ruled out of the tour with shin muscle soreness [...]

NEW DELHI: The Sialkot Stallions’ participation in this year’s Champions League T20 will “set the ball rolling” for the resumption of bilateral cricket ties between India and Pakistan, feels former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram.

Akram welcomed the BCCI and the tournament organising committee’s decision [...]

Shah Rukh Khan is over the moon, now with the IPL Trophy safely tucked away in Mannat, his home in Mumbai. Relieved that the wait is over, he’s wondering why he’s been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. The movie superstar and Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner spoke [...]

BRIDGETOWN (Barbados): Estranged West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has not ruled out making himself available for the third Test of the West Indies’ ill-fated tour of England but says a meeting with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) slated for Sunday will take priority.

The former Windies [...]

KOLKATA: Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan, also the state’s brand ambassador, on Tuesday said there was “nothing wrong” in the grand felicitation organised by the state government for his IPL-V winning team.

As Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee organised the fete involving Governor M K

KOLKATA: There was chaos outside the Eden Gardens after an hour-long felicitation function of the IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders when a large crowd broke barricades and engaged in scuffles with the police in a bid to enter the grounds on Tuesday.

Nearly 30,000 people were waiting outside the [...]