Devajit Saikia

11 articles tagged with "Devajit Saikia"

Oct 19, 2026

The IPL auction is pencilled in for 16 December in Goa, the day India play Sri Lanka in Bengaluru

A BCCI logistics message has told the ten franchises to plan for ITC Grand Goa, with a briefing the day before. The formal email confirming it has not...

Oct 9, 2026

Arunachal Pradesh could not field an under-19 side on Thursday, and their Ranji Trophy opener on Sunday is now in doubt

A court fight between two factions of the state association has left no one able to pick Arunachal’s team for their Plate Group opener against Nagalan...

Sep 18, 2026

The BCCI’s two IPL elections have one candidate each, and the Andaman Islands want in

Indian cricket’s 95th annual general meeting in Mumbai has two uncontested Governing Council seats, a bid for associate membership from a union territ...

Sep 17, 2026

India’s top domestic umpires make 40,000 rupees a day, and the BCCI says that changes this season

Devajit Saikia confirmed on Thursday that the BCCI will pay domestic umpires and match referees more from 2026-27 and split the umpire panel into four...

Sep 14, 2026

Agarkar missed the BCCI’s review meeting on September 3, and his contract runs out on October 4

India’s chief selector has three weeks left on his deal, and the board’s office-bearers want a conversation about it this week. First he has to name t...

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 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...

Aug 17, 2026

The BCCI is putting anti-corruption officers in every state T20 league, and the TNPL is why

For the first time the BCCI’s anti-corruption unit will cover every T20 league run by a state association, after finding bookies in contact with playe...

May 8, 2026

Honey traps, hotel rooms and dugout access: inside BCCI’s IPL 2026 protocol crackdown

The BCCI is readying an advisory to clean up unauthorised access in IPL 2026, with the Anti-Corruption Unit flagging unknown people in dugouts, team h...

May 1, 2026

India to name Women’s T20 World Cup squad on Saturday before England tour

Selection chair Amita Sharma’s panel meets at BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on Saturday to unveil the 15 names for England, with squads for the upcoming...

Mar 10, 2026

BCCI announces record ₹131 crore cash reward for India’s T20 World Cup-winning squad

The BCCI has announced a ₹131 crore bonus for India’s T20 World Cup-winning squad and support staff, surpassing the ₹125 crore paid out after the 2024...