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Kevin Pietersen claims he ‘loves S...

Kevin Pietersen claims he ‘loves Surrey’ and will not rule out ...

Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has not ruled out playing county cricket again next season. Pietersen who has been contracted to Surrey since 2010, although he only played in the T20 Blast competition last summer. The South African-born batsman said he would make a decision about his playing... read more »

Left-arm spinner Akshar Patel added to I...

Left-arm spinner Akshar Patel added to India’s ODI, Twenty20 squad fo...

Left-arm spinner Akshar Patel was on Tuesday named in the Indian squad for the remaining two one-dayers against the West Indies and was also picked in the 14-strong team announced for the one-off Twenty20 against the Caribbeans. The selectors did not make any changes to the ODI squad apart from... read more »

Who BCCI pays more than Dhoni? Gavaskar ...

Who BCCI pays more than Dhoni? Gavaskar and Shastri

If you thought current cricketers earned more than former cricketers in India, think again. It’s not Mahendra Singh Dhoni or Virat Kohli to whom the BCCI pays the most annually. The biggest pay cheques from India’s cricket body goes to former players Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri... read more »

Good cricket will silence hostile crowds, says Alastair Cook
Kevin Pietersen-ECB controversy: Alastai...

Kevin Pietersen-ECB controversy: Alastair Cook backs Andy Flower

  Alastair Cook, the England captain has backed former coach, Andy Flower against the criticism made by his former teammate, Kevin Pietersen in his recently released autobiography, ‘KP: The Autobiography’. Pietersen alleged that Flower created a sense of fear in the dressing room while he... read more »

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Virat Kohli: Patchy form but still number one T20 batsman

India’s Virat Kohli has become the number-one ranked T20 batsman in the ICC Player Rankings for the first time in his career. Apart from Kohli, Suresh Raina is the only other Indian... read more »

Dhoni doesn’t get the credit he deserves :Ravi Shastri

Ravi Shastri has some enviable results to show in leadership roles. As skipper, he won the only Test he captained India in — vs Viv Richards’ West Indies at Chennai in 1988. When he... read more »

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BCCI to name series after Sachin Tendulkar

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCC) is mulling over the idea of naming a series after cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.  A discussion was held on the same during the BCCI... read more »

Banned Saeed Ajmal says elbow ‘not usual’, vows to play World Cup

Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal blamed his illegal action on a “not usual” elbow and vowed to return by next year’s World Cup after he was banned from international... read more »

Australia name Aaron Finch new T20 captain

Australia have named swashbuckling batsman Aaron Finch captain of the Twenty20 cricket team, replacing George Bailey, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Monday. Bailey announced on Sunday he had stood... read more »