New Delhi, Nov 01 (ANI): Bangladesh cricket team held a pre-match press conference in the national capital, ahead of their match with Team India. Team's head coach Russell Domingo reacted on the national capital's smoggy climate by saying that he liked the weather but not perfect with the smog. "The weather is being magnificent it's not perfect with the smog but it's the same of both teams, it's not perfect, it's not ideal, but there is nothing to complain about or mourn about, we just have to get on with it," said Domingo.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Nov 01 (ANI), Indian hockey team will take on Russia to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Indian skipper Manpreet Singh said that the team is well-balanced with young skilled and experienced players. Indian Men's team will take on Russia on November 1 and 2.
New Delhi, Oct 31 (ANI): Bangladesh Cricket Team sweat it out ahead of their series-opening T20 International match against India at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on November 3. Delhi will host the first of three T20Is between India and Bangladesh, while the other two matches will be played in Rajkot and Nagpur respectively.
New Delhi, Oct 30 (ANI): Bangladesh cricket team on October 30 arrived in New Delhi for the T20I match against Team India. Bangladesh will be playing T20 Internationals in the national capital on November 03 and in Rajkot on November 07 and in Nagpur on November 10. The two Test matches will be played in Indore and Kolkata on November 14 and 22 respectively. India will host their first ever pink-ball Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata from November 22.
Bengaluru, Oct 30 (ANI): BCCI President Sourav Ganguly arrived in Bengaluru to meet National Cricket Academy Chief Rahul Dravid. This is Ganguly's first meeting with Dravid after becoming President of the Indian Cricket Board. He will discuss progress of NCA with Dravid.
Mumbai, Oct 27 (ANI): Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli launched an animated series - Super V - based on him on October 26 in Mumbai. Super 'V' is a 15-year old teenager - a cricketing prodigy who discovers his superpowers and goes on to fight the biggest super villain to save the world. "Super 'V' is not only for the entertainment, it has the message and it will give you some kind of clarity in your life," says Kohli at the launching event. The series will premiere on November 5 on Star Plus, Star Sports, Disney, Marvel HQ and Hotstar, and will coincide with Kohli's birthday.
New Delhi, Oct 26 (ANI): PV Sindhu was knocked out in the quarter-final of French Open on October 25. India's ace shuttler lost a highly-entertaining match against Tai Tzu Ying. The Taiwanese shuttler beat her 21-16, 24-26, 21-17 in the quarter-final in Paris. Sindhu hadn't dropped a single game in the tournament until this match. Tai qualified for the French Open semifinals for the fifth time.
Kolkata, Oct 25 (ANI): Newly-elected Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly was felicitated at an event of Cricket Association of Bengal in Kolkata on October 25. "Dada" formally took over as the new boss at the apex body's Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Mumbai on October 23. Ganguly is likely to serve only 9 months as BCCI president as the "Cooling Off" period clause in the new BCCI constitution makes it mandatory for board officials to step down after 6 years in office. "Prince of Kolkata" took charge as 39th BCCI president.
New Delhi, Oct 25 (ANI): While speaking to media in an event in the national capital, the skipper of Indian Cricket Team Virat Kohli on newly-appointed BCCI president said, "Today, I am going to meet the newly appointed BCCI President Sourav Ganguly in a while to discuss certain things. It is very much necessary to discuss things at a good level." "It will be a healthy discussion because two of us are into playing cricket. He has played in the past years and I am playing it now," Kohli added.
Mumbai, Oct 24 (ANI): BCCI Chief Selector MSK Prasad on October 24 announced the 15-man team for the T20 series against Bangladesh. Prasad informed that Skipper Virat Kohli will be rested for the 3-match series and Rohit Sharma will lead the team in his absence. The T20 series will start from November 03 in Delhi.
Mumbai, Oct 24 (ANI): Skipper Virat Kohli will lead the 15-member Indian cricket team for the test series against Bangladesh, announced BCCI Chief Selector MSK Prasad. However, the Indian cricket star will skip the T20 series as he has been rested for the 3-match series against the Bengal Tigers.
Mumbai, Oct 23 (ANI): Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly formally took charge as the president of Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) on Oct 23. 'Dada' was elected as BCCI president unopposed. 'Prince of Kolkata' is 39th president of the BCCI. While addressing the press conference after taking charge, Sourav Ganguly said, "I find myself very fortunate to be in a position where I can make a change and when it's a challenge I will do it the way I know with no compromise, credibility corruption free and same for all BCCI."
Mumbai, Oct 23 (ANI): Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly formally took charge as the president of Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) on October 23. While addressing media after taking charge as the BCCI President, Dada replied in a funny way on wearing Indian cricket blazer, he said, "I got this (blazer) when I was the Captain of India. So, I decided to wear it today. But, I didn't realize it's so loose."
Mumbai, Oct 23 (ANI): While addressing press conference after taking charge as the President of Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in Mumbai, Sourav Ganguly said, Virat Kohli is the most important man in Indian cricket the cricket body will support him in every possible way. "I will speak to him (Virat Kohli) tomorrow. He is the captain of India. He is the most important man in Indian cricket. We will support him in every possible way," he added.
Mumbai, Oct 23 (ANI): BCCI general body meeting held at headquarters today. Speaking on internal elections in BCCI, Committee of Administrators (CoA) Chief Vinod Rai said that BCCI elections are done as per Constitution. "Our job was to implement the constitution. We got the BCCI elections done as per the Constitution. We only had the Supreme Court order that had to be followed," said Vinod Rai.
Mumbai, Oct 23 (ANI): General body meeting of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was held at its headquarters in Mumbai. Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin and Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai arrived for the meet. Sourav Ganguly took charge as the President of BCCI.
In Eliminator 2 of Pro Kabaddi 2019, U Mumba produced an all-round performance to outwit Haryana Steelers 46-38 at the EKA Arena by TansStadia, Ahmedabad on Monday. Raiders Abhishek Singh (16 points) and Arjun Deshwal (15 points) made huge impact for the Season Two champions who outperformed Haryana in all departments to book a semi-final date against Bengal Warriors
In Eliminator 1 of Pro Kabaddi 2019, Pawan Sehrawat did the star turn as defending champions Bengaluru Bulls outwitted UP Yoddha 48-45, to qualify for the semifinals at Eka Arena by TransStadia, Ahmedabad, on Monday. Star raider Pawan secured 20 raid points as the Bulls fought their way back to set up a semifinal clash with Dabang Delhi
Ranchi (Jharkhand), Oct 22 (ANI): The Indian Cricket Team completed 3-0 whitewash of South Africa with innings and 202-run win in Jharkhand's Ranchi on October 22. While addressing the post match press conference, the skipper of Indian Cricket Team, Virat Kohli said, "I am happy that we as a team are playing really very well. The way Rohit Sharma has batted in this test series has given us sessions and almost 2-3 hours to rest." "It is only due to his batting pace that we have got a lot of time to bowl and get South African team all out twice," Kohli added.
Ranchi (Jharkhand), Oct 22 (ANI): The Indian Cricket Team completed 3-0 whitewash of South Africa with innings and 202-run win in Jharkhand's Ranchi on October 22. While addressing the post match press conference, the skipper of Indian Cricket Team, Virat Kohli said, "I am happy that we as a team are playing really very well. The way Rohit Sharma has batted in this test series has given us sessions and almost 2-3 hours to rest." "It is only due to his batting pace that we have got a lot of time to bowl and get South African team all out twice," Kohli added.