Heavy security arrangements have been made in the vicinity of DY Patil Sports Stadium in Navi Mumbai where the opening ceremony of the IPL Season 3 will be hosted and first T-20 match would be played on Friday, police said.
Police appealed to spectators to arrive at the venue two hours in advance so that security [...]

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt defended the punishments imposed on seven top players, saying strong action was needed to stamp out indiscipline in the national side.
“I am not apologetic; I think the board has taken the right decision and such strong action was urgently required to put Pakistan cricket back on the right [...]

MUMBAI: Congratulating batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar for becoming the first person to hit a double hundred in one-day internationals, West Indies cricket great Brian Lara said that he would be happy if the Indian went on to surpass his score of unbeaten 400 in Test cricket.
“The feat is an outstanding achievement. He is the first [...]

MUMBAI: Only Sachin Tendulkar could have cracked a double-century in ODIs, according to former Australian cricketer Adam Gilchrist, who feels the stupendous achievement is a testimony to the iconic Indian batsman’s longevity in international career.
“If there’s one man who’s going to do it, it was he (Tendulkar). It is a wonderful testament to his longevity. [...]

ABU DHABI: Sachin Tendulkar can come only second, after legendary Don Bradman in the list of all-time great cricketers, according to former Australia captain Steve Waugh.
“Don Bradman is the greatest, there is no debate. Don is the number one and then come the rest. And among the rest, Tendulkar probably is as good as anyone. [...]

ISLAMABAD: Bizarre things are known to happen in Pakistani cricket. But what transpired on Wednesday went beyond that.
First, the Pakistan Cricket Board dropped a bombshell by announcing life bans on captain Mohammad Yousuf and ex-captain Younis Khan over ‘misconduct’. A few hours later, under attack from the media and the cricket fraternity, it made a [...]

While the BCCI and Sunil Gavaskar himself honoured the 1983 World Cup winners, making them richer by Rs. 35 lakh each, and Ajit Wadekar’s 1971 Warriors were honoured privately, the team that triumphed in 1985 in Australia, winning the World Championships Of Cricket, hasn’t yet heard of any felicitations.
The protagonist of that [...]