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BCCI condoles death of former Kerala cricketer CK Bhaskaran Nair

The BCCI on Monday condoled the death of former Kerala first-class cricketer CK Bhaskaran Nair, who had also played an unofficial first-class game against then Ceylon. Bhaskaran breathed his last in Houston, USA, where he practised medicine. He was 79. "The BCCI mourns the death of Dr. CK Bhaskaran Nair. The 79-year-old passed away on 21st November 2020 at Houston in the United States of America (USA)," the Board stated in a condolence message. Nair, a former Ranji Trophy cricketer, was born in 1941 in Thalassery in Kerala. He picked 106 wickets in 42 first-class matches in a 12-year career spanning from 1957 to 1969. He had five five-wicket hauls and scored 580 runs, with the highest being 76 not out. Nair was one of the key members of the Kerala team which had the likes of George Abraham, Balan Pandit, Santi Aaron, Acharath Babu, Kelappan Thampuran, D Ram, RV Thampuran and H Devaraj. He was a part of the Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi-led Indian squad which played against Ceylon (now

Haven't set any personal goals, but looking forward to Australia tour: Gill

Gill is looking forward to the challenge of taking on Australia but has not set any personal goals for the upcoming assignments where a good outing could help him cement his place in the Indian team

Split captaincy cannot work in our culture, says former skipper Kapil Dev

"An MNC cannot have two CEOs", said former India skipper Kapil Dev on Friday, making his stance clear on the raging debate over whether the national cricket team should go for split captaincy

Silence on field numbs Rs 2,150-cr Jalandhar, Meerut sports goods industry

like elsewhere, the Covid-19 lockdown followed by a continuing inertia in the sporting ecosystem have had a seismic effect on the two centres

Dhoni to Kohli, club of cricketers who turned entrepreneurs grows

After Dhoni, Kohli, Rahul and a few others, Ravi Shastri enters the entrepreneurs' club

Dying of a voice: Kishore Bhimani, a commentator who enlivened sport

Kishore Bhimani, 80, died on Thursday

No Ind-Pak bilateral cricket until political relations normalise: PCB chief

He also made it clear that he wouldn't request Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly to let Pakistani players compete in the Indian Premier League

Game plan: Brand MSD set for new innings in post-retirement arena

Arun Pandey, man behind 'Brand Dhoni', has grand plans for his business partner and friend

Current Indian Test team under Kohli India's best ever: Sunil Gavaskar

Under Kohli, India reached the top of ICC Test rankings and the team is currently at number one spot in the World Test Championship standings

Covid-19 played a role in Dhoni's decision to retire, says Chahal

Dhoni, the only captain to have won all the ICC trophies, retired from international cricket, more than a year after he last played for India

Captain Cool retires, but Brand Dhoni still a force to reckon with

His knack of reinventing himself will hold him in good stead, image consultants say

Team India kit sponsorship: Puma buys bid document, Adidas may enter fray

A senior industry insider explained the whole sponsorship issue in these turbulent economic times

Harmanpreet excited about returning to cricket with Women's T20 Challenge

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur is excited about playing in the UAE for the first time and is looking forward to come out of the long break and headline the Women's T20 Challenge

BCCI to slap 2-year ban to players committing age, domicile fraud

Players have to submit a signed letter/email along with supporting documents to BCCI Age Verification Dept. revealing their actual DOB before September 15

Happy to see GC carry forward my effort; hope to see women's IPL soon'

Edulji thanked the Governing Council for continuing with her vision of the women's T20 matches on the sidelines of the IPL.

Rohit Sharma, M S Dhoni are captains who like to listen: Suresh Raina

Batsman Suresh Raina feels that Indias limited over vice-captain Rohit Sharma is the "next M.S. Dhoni" due to his leadership quality and the effect he has on the dressing room

Lord's century to BCCI prez: 'Prince of Kolkata' Ganguly's innings in pics

As Sourav Ganguly turns 48, let's revisit how he took Indian cricket to great heights

BCCI decision on IPL will be in interest of country, cricket: Rajeev Shukla

Shukla said that the cricket governing body in India is monitoring the situation and would take a "proper decision".

Cricket 'superfans' who share their hoard of old footage and photographs

Many of us are fans. A few of us record every ball of every single match played in international cricket. Dhruv Munjal on the custodians of archival treasures

A gripping book on T20 cricket and why it's the sport's default format

Two English cricket writers have written a brilliant and engaging history of the shorter form of cricket that explains why it has become the default format of the sport worldwide, says Dhruv Munjal