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Aug 27: MS Dhoni is currently playing two series — on the field against England , and off it against the BCCI officials. H Natarajan writes about the predicament that Dhoni finds himself in and which is not helping Indian cricket in any way. At a time when Team India needed all the support from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), it is doing things that is only precipitating the

Bristol, Aug 26: The first ODI of the five-match series between India and England was today abandoned without a ball being bowled due to relentless rains and wet ground conditions here. At the Gloucester County Ground, the match officials decided to call off the five-match series opener at 1.30 pm local time following heavy showers. The forecast for the match was never good and it started raining

Panchkula, Aug 25: Haryana police on Sunday night arrested Yograj Singh, father of cricketer Yuvraj Singh, in a case of late-night brawl over a car parking in Panchkula town. Yograj, a former cricketer who has also worked as an actor in Punjabi movies, was held on late Sunday night following the violent clash between a group of his friends and NRI relatives and their neighbours. Yograj and his

Aug 25: After the 1-3 Test debacle, Team India witnessed a major reshuffle on the coaching front with bowling coach Joe Dawes and fielding consultant Trevor Penney forced to go on a break and BCCI appointing Ravi Shastri as the Team Director. But on the eve of the the first ODI, Dhoni said that Fletcher is still "the boss". "He will lead us into the World Cup," said Dhoni referring to the coach.

Bristol, Aug 24: Their morale battered by the Test series debacle, India would look to make a fresh beginning and salvage lost pride when they take on England in a five-match ODI cricket series starting here tomorrow. On one hand, the Indians will be distracted by the 1-3 series loss in the Test series prior and will want to do well in the ODIs, on the other, they will also need to balance their

Aug 24: As a nation we have many faults, but there's one thing at which we are better than anyone else: banning. There's no other liberal democracy in the world that bans as much as we do. Last week too we went on a banning spree. The BCCI has declared that from now on girlfriends will not be allowed to accompany players on overseas tours. Kerala has announced a prohibition policy. It seeks to

Bangalore, Aug 23: Excuses have been given an entirely new dimension by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). If allowing girlfriend Anushka Sharma to stay with Virat Kohli in England for the first two Tests wasn't enough to raise eyebrows, the pretext the BCCI used to convince the team management is mind-boggling. The BCCI told the management that the duo will get married very soon

London, Aug 23: Under-fire batsman Virat Kohli finally came good and the bowlers delivered to help India beat Middlesex by 95 runs in the the 50-over practice game at Lord’s here on Friday. Chasing a target of 231 runs, the hosts were bowled out for 135 runs (39.5 overs) with youngster Karn Sharma picking three for 14. Earlier, Kohli and Ambati Rayudu hit half-centuries before India were dismissed

Aug 22: A look back at India's performance in their last three Tests against England, and you would be forgiven for thinking the the side had somehow contrived to send in an amateur team masked as their more esteemed, more trust-worthy and more reliable national side. Virat Kohli not included, of course - His primary currency in the series was runs... I mean the lack of it. That, and dropping

Aug 21: After sidelining the Duncan Fletcher-led support staff of the Indian team on the dismal tour of England which resulted in a 1-3 loss, the Board of Control for Cricket in India is reportedly set to put curbs on the player's company of wives and girlfriends on overseas tours. According to a report in the Indian Express, the BCCI has taken a decision to put restrictions on the time spent by