cricket news

[Karthik]

India's loss of the world No. 1 Test ranking to England was met with disbelief at home on Sunday, with one major newspaper calling it a "humiliation."
Meanwhile, the Indian cricket board has promised to look into the reasons for the poor performance.

"We are very concerned with the performance of the Indian Test team," Rajiv Shukla, vice president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, was quoted as saying in The Times of India. "We will sit down and analyze what went wrong before taking corrective measures."

 

[Karthik]

Kris Srikanth:All Teams Play Lot Of matches,its Not Only India who plays Lot Match...THE fatigue is not The Reason For India's Poor performance....Who ever Think its Too Much Matches,then Go And Sit at Rest Place...

 

[Karthik]

Kumble suggests more practice games for tour of Australia
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/Kumble-suggests-more-practice-games-for-tour-of-Australia/articleshow/9612918.cms

 

[Karthik]

Shoaib Malik's and Danish Kaneria's long drawn-out battle to gain clearance from the PCB continued on Monday when they appeared before its integrity committee again. A spokesman for the PCB said the decision on whether the two players - who last played for Pakistan during the England tour last year - can play for the national team is still pending.

 

[Karthik]

Pakistan cricket captain Misbah-ul-Haq has urged his team's new talent to take advantage of the tour of Zimbabwe to rebuild the crisis-hit national side.
"All the new players who have taken the place of the seniors have performed at domestic level and this tour of Zimbabwe will give them a chance to show their ability at an international level," Misbah told a press conference on Monday.

 

[Karthik]

Shoaib Malik, in Lahore, after appearing before PCB's integrity committee. There are some UNCONFIRMED reports that, in few days time, he will be cleared for selection and is likely to play Zimbabwe series.

 

[Karthik]

Shoaib Akhtar's autobiography will be released next month where he will reveal many inside stories related to his Cricketing career.

 

[Karthik]

Kumble suggests more practice games for tour of Australia
Former India captain Anil Kumble has suggested BCCI to find ways to include two or three warm-up first class games in the run-up to the opening Test against hosts Australia when India visit Down Under later this year.

 

[Karthik]

Sachin Tendulkar urges people to stop thinking about his 100th ton so he can stop thinking about his 100th ton.

 

[Karthik]

BCCI targets Rs. 240 crore from mobile and internet rights
http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/item/177147-bcci-targets-rs-240-crore-from-mobile-and-internet-rights