BCCI

152 articles tagged with "BCCI"

Sep 12, 2026

Padikkal made 328 runs while Sudharsan was injured, and now Sudharsan is his vice-captain

The BCCI has handed Devdutt Padikkal the India A captaincy for two four-day matches against Australia A in Puducherry, starting September 22. Hardik P...

Sep 11, 2026

Shami’s 16 overs cost 42 runs at Chepauk, and Ganguly says he has not been neglected

Sourav Ganguly was asked why Mohammed Shami is still not in India’s side, and answered by talking about his own career. The bowler in question had jus...

Sep 10, 2026

South Zone never batted again, and East Zone have the Duleep Trophy for the first time in 13 years

Ishan Kishan’s 270 put the final out of reach inside three days, and East Zone batted out the rest of it to take the title on first-innings lead.

Sep 10, 2026

The Supreme Court wrote the BCCI’s rulebook, and now it is asking why a newer one does not apply

A three-judge bench put one question to the BCCI and every state association this week: why should the National Sports Governance Act not govern your...

Sep 10, 2026

India named four players subject to fitness clearance, and Harshit Rana is the one who missed out

India’s squad for the Afghanistan T20Is came with a condition attached to four names. Three of them cleared it at the Centre of Excellence this week....

Sep 9, 2026

ChatGPT is now a BCCI sponsor, and the associate deals are up 44 per cent

The board’s associate-tier sponsorship fetched 44 per cent more than it did last cycle, one of the three buyers is an AI chatbot, and the branding sta...

Sep 8, 2026

Bengal asked everyone for their documents, and 65 cricketers were barred

One pre-season paperwork check by the Cricket Association of Bengal has cost an India Under-19 legspinner two years and a 2022 World Cup winner his ag...

Sep 5, 2026

India will play Japan on 22 September, at a ground that normally holds 500 people

A T20 international nobody had on the calendar a week ago. The BCCI and the Japan Cricket Association have agreed a one-off match in Tochigi, and it c...

Sep 4, 2026

Rohit Yadav took six wickets on debut in July, and now he is banned for two years

The Bengal legspinner was found holding three birth certificates giving three different years of birth. CAB has flagged more than 60 other cricketers...

Sep 3, 2026

Laxman takes India to the Asian Games, and Gambhir stays home for the West Indies ODIs

India will run two coaching set-ups this month, with VVS Laxman leading the Asian Games squad in Japan while Gautam Gambhir stays back for the West In...

Sep 2, 2026

Gambhir, Agarkar and both captains are in Mumbai on Thursday, and Rohit’s ODI future is on the agenda

The BCCI has called its head coach, chief selector, Centre of Excellence head and both captains to Mumbai on Thursday, after T20I series defeats in Ir...

Sep 2, 2026

Tilak Varma was not out twice, and South Zone play East Zone in Chennai on Sunday

South Zone’s captain finished the semi-final unbeaten in both innings. The Duleep Trophy final against East Zone starts in Chennai on 6 September.

Sep 2, 2026

Auqib Nabi’s visa came through on Saturday, and Surrey have him for three Championship games

The Ranji Trophy’s leading wicket-taker has joined Surrey for three County Championship matches, starting against Yorkshire at the Oval. India’s two T...

Sep 2, 2026

North Zone lead by 139 with three wickets left, and a draw still sends South Zone through

The second Duleep Trophy semi-final goes to a final day in Bengaluru on Wednesday. South Zone’s first-innings lead of 117 means North have to win the...

Sep 1, 2026

Four of India’s 15 need fitness clearance, and the same squad goes to the Asian Games

India named a 15-man squad for the Afghanistan T20Is on Tuesday, with Jasprit Bumrah one of four players in only if the medical staff clear them. The...

Sep 1, 2026

Mukesh Kumar took seven, and East Zone are in their first Duleep Trophy final since 2012-13

Central Zone were bowled out for 158 before lunch on the third day in Bengaluru, and East Zone knocked off the 159 they needed for the loss of six wic...

Sep 1, 2026

Hardik has been told to stop bowling, and India’s squad for Afghanistan is due this week

India’s selectors meet this week to pick a squad for the Afghanistan T20Is in Delhi. Hardik Pandya, three months into a rehab stint in Bengaluru, has...

Aug 31, 2026

Sooryavanshi broke a 57-year-old Duleep Trophy record, and both first innings finished on 266

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 92 made him the youngest player to score a Duleep Trophy fifty, and East Zone still could not get past Central Zone’s total. Ti...

Aug 31, 2026

India were due to play an ODI in Dhaka this week, and the tour has been put off again

India’s white-ball tour of Bangladesh, already moved once from August 2025, will not happen this month. Neither board has cancelled it, and January is...

Aug 30, 2026

Central Zone lost their last wicket to the final ball of the day, and North Zone did not last 60 overs

Rinku Singh’s 60 and a 45-run last-wicket stand carried Central Zone to 266 in Bengaluru, while Vidwath Kaverappa’s four wickets left North Zone all o...

Aug 30, 2026

Suryakumar’s captaincy record was one of India’s best, and the World Cup final was his last match for India

Suryakumar Yadav has spoken at length for the first time about being dropped as India’s T20I captain in June, and the question he keeps returning to i...

Aug 30, 2026

Mumbai now pays its men and women the same retainer, and the BCCI’s own gap is tenfold

The MCA is the first state association in India to hand annual contracts to both its men’s and women’s players at identical rates, which is one thing...

Aug 29, 2026

India’s Asian Games dressing rooms are tents, and the washrooms are 500 metres away

A BCCI official’s complaint about the cricket venue in Nisshin turned into a weekend of reports that India might travel with a second-string side. An...

Aug 28, 2026

Yastika Bhatia missed India’s Asia Cup squad, and now she is India A captain

The selectors have handed Yastika Bhatia the India A captaincy for the 50-over and four-day legs of next month’s Australia A tour, with Anushka Sharma...