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59 articles tagged with "BCCI"

Apr 26, 2026

473 balls, 15 years old: how Vaibhav Sooryavanshi rewrote the T20 record book before he could legally drive

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 36-ball century in Jaipur made him the youngest player and the fastest in balls faced to 1,000 T20 runs. The numbers around him...

Apr 24, 2026

A busted hamstring, a bad back, a groin strain: how injuries have quietly reshaped IPL 2026

Around 20 players have been ruled out or flagged as unavailable across the first month of IPL 2026, and the season has been shaped as much by what the...

Apr 17, 2026

Vinod Kambli faces brain stroke risk as Sachin Tendulkar joins support group to fund treatment

A group of Vinod Kambli’s closest friends, Sachin Tendulkar among them, have set up a WhatsApp circle to raise money for the former India batter’s tre...

Apr 14, 2026

BCCI swaps GT v CSK venues as Ahmedabad elections force April 26 move to Chennai

Chennai Super Kings will host Gujarat Titans on April 26 and travel to Ahmedabad on May 21 after the BCCI swapped venues to work around municipal corp...

Apr 10, 2026

India’s oldest Test cricketer CD Gopinath dies at 96

CD Gopinath, the last surviving member of the team that won India’s first ever Test match in 1952, has died peacefully at his daughter’s home in Chenn...

Apr 5, 2026

IPL 2026’s uncapped Indians are putting the established names on notice

From Sameer Rizvi’s match-winning cameos to Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s record-breaking fifty, the first week of IPL 2026 has belonged to players nobody exp...

Mar 31, 2026

Vaughan urges BCCI to fast-track Sooryavanshi for England tour after explosive IPL knock

Michael Vaughan says the BCCI should include 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in India’s squad for the white-ball tour of England this summer, calling...

Mar 28, 2026

Bangladesh lifts IPL broadcast ban hours before tournament opener

Bangladesh’s new government has cleared the way for IPL 2026 to be shown across the country, reversing a politically motivated ban imposed after the M...

Mar 27, 2026

IPL 2026 starts tomorrow with no opening ceremony as BCCI honours stampede victims

The 19th IPL season kicks off on Saturday with defending champions RCB hosting Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chinnaswamy, but there will be no pre-match cele...

Mar 26, 2026

BCCI completes IPL 2026 league schedule with 50 matches across 12 venues from April 13

The BCCI on Thursday released the second phase of the IPL 2026 schedule, with Sunrisers Hyderabad hosting Rajasthan Royals in Hyderabad on April 13 to...

Mar 26, 2026

BCCI unveils India’s 2026-27 home season with 22 matches across 17 cities

The BCCI on Thursday announced a packed international home calendar for 2026-27 featuring tours from West Indies, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Australia, w...

Mar 25, 2026

IPL 2026 captains meet BCCI in Mumbai as Impact Player rule survives another season

All ten IPL captains gathered at BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on Wednesday for the customary pre-season briefing ahead of the 19th edition of the tourn...

Mar 25, 2026

Rinku Singh named KKR vice-captain as franchise signals long-term leadership shift

Kolkata Knight Riders have appointed Rinku Singh as vice-captain for IPL 2026, eight years after he was picked up for 80 lakh at the 2018 auction. He...

Mar 25, 2026

RCB to honour stampede victims with jersey tribute and 11 empty seats at IPL 2026 opener

Royal Challengers Bengaluru will wear jersey number 11 during warm-ups and leave 11 seats permanently vacant at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in memory of th...

Mar 24, 2026

Aditya Birla consortium buys RCB for $1.78 billion in biggest IPL franchise deal ever

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have been acquired by a consortium led by the Aditya Birla Group, the Times of India Group, David Blitzer’s Bolt Ventures...

Mar 24, 2026

Duckett pulls out of IPL 2026 to save England career and faces two-year ban

England opener Ben Duckett has withdrawn from his Delhi Capitals contract four days before the IPL 2026 season begins, saying he needs to be at his be...

Mar 24, 2026

The IPL keeps creating its own overseas player headache and nobody wants to fix it

Every March the same story plays out: franchises spend crores on overseas stars, half of them pull out or arrive late, and everyone acts surprised. Th...

Mar 22, 2026

Pant faces defining IPL season at LSG with 27 crore price tag and India recall on the line

Rishabh Pant heads into IPL 2026 carrying the weight of the most expensive contract in IPL history, a team that missed the playoffs twice running, and...

Mar 20, 2026

Sivaramakrishnan quits BCCI commentary panel after 23 years and accuses board of colour discrimination

Former India leg-spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan has announced his retirement from the BCCI commentary panel, alleging that colour discrimination kept...

Mar 17, 2026

Chinnaswamy Stadium cleared to host IPL 2026 opener and final after safety overhaul

The Karnataka government has given the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium official approval to host RCB’s IPL 2026 home matches, including the season opener again...

Mar 17, 2026

RCB ownership race enters final stretch as binding bids land ahead of IPL 2026

Two consortiums submitted binding offers for Royal Challengers Bengaluru before the March 16 deadline, with the franchise valuation expected to cross...

Mar 16, 2026

Chinnaswamy Stadium faces crucial clearance decision today with IPL 2026 opener 12 days away

Karnataka’s Expert Committee is set to deliver its verdict on Monday on whether the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru can host IPL 2026 matches, wit...

Mar 15, 2026

Jay Shah says no country is bigger than the ICC but the T20 World Cup saga told a different story

The ICC chairman used a speech at the Indian Business Leader Awards to assert his authority after the Bangladesh withdrawal and Pakistan boycott threa...

Mar 13, 2026

Chinnaswamy Stadium faces safety inspection today with IPL 2026 opener two weeks away

A Karnataka government expert committee will inspect the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday to decide whether it can host IPL 2026 matches, nine months...