Mohnish Mishra

Tainted cricketers Mohnish Mishra and Taduri Sudhindra banned by the BCCI were predictably not allowed to take part in a domestic T-20 tournament.

Supporters of international J P Yadav and Ranji Trophy player Mohnish Mishra nearly came to blows with the organisers of All India Manish Agnihotri Memorial Cricket Tournament as they were not allowed to play because of their alignment with the ICL.

They had seven changes in the side that played the Vijay Hazare final last year.

While hailing the stand taken by BCCI in IPL spot-fixing scandal, cricketer turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu said that he would bat for a law having provisions of stringent punishment for match fixing and deliberate under performing .

The start often turns out crucial in the shorter format.

BCCI's new anti-corruption wing head Ravi Sawani has submitted his inquiry report on allegations of corruption, including spot-fixing, levelled against five uncapped Indian players to the Board president.

The Ranji Trophy is getting tougher by each season. The teams, these days, start their planning and preparations much ahead.

Talking to the media persons, BDCA chairman Arif Aqueel on Saturday accused association president Dhruv Narayan Singh of deliberately cancelling the elections to save his position."Dhruv is playing politics.

Ishwar Pandey, who has been selected in Team India recently, did not miss an opportunity to halt in Bhopal on Friday and thank his friends and well wishers on his way to Mumbai.

After an impressive victory last night, the Gambhir-led India Red dismissed India Green for a paltry 170 in the second match of the Challenger Series.

Team India discards like Harbhajan, Pragyan Ojha and Mishra, and the Pathan brothers will get another opportunity to stake a claim at the Challenger Trophy.

Bengal beat Madhya Pradesh by a solitary run in a thrilling final to emerge champions in the National Twenty20 Championship for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad.

Call cricket a simple game and Railways' players won't twitch an eyelid to second it.

Harbhajan Singh was on Thursday named captain of the India Green team for the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy to be held in Nagpur from October 10 to 13.

TP Sudhindra was caught in a sting operation by a TV channel purportedly agreeing to bowl a no-ball for Rs 50,000 in a local match in Indore.

The success of the Madhya Pradesh team in the last couple of years was largely due to the brilliant performance of their pacers.

The IPL's governing council also asked Ravi Sawani, the head of the BCCI's new anti-corruption unit, to conduct an inquiry and submit a report within 15 days.

After a brilliant performance throughout the season, Railways have set the standard for themselves. Unfortunately on Tuesday, they were well below their standards in all the departments.

Staying indoors and playing computer games or making plans to go out for summer holidays does not seem to be their idea of fun. Instead, they prefer sweating it out hard on the ground even when the sun blazes hard and weather gets harsher.

PT brings you the celebrations and the controversies hounding the sporting world.

Team India discards like Harbhajan, Ojha and Mishra, and the Pathan brothers will get another opportunity to stake a claim at the annual Challenger Trophy.

The ongoing IPL season has had the most controversies, which have created a lot of buzz

State industries minister Kailash Vijayvargiya group on Saturday tried to put Union minister for state and Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) president JyotiradityaScindia on the mat over the issue of association expenditure at the closed-door annual general body meeting at Holkar stadium.

The Indians were once poor chasers till Mahendra Singh Dhoni burst onto the scene. He cracked the chasing code keeping cool in tense situations.

Putting up a dominating all-round show, India Red stormed into the final of the NKP Salve Challenger Series after thrashing India Green by eight wickets.

Powered by centuries from Uthappa and Anirudha, India Green hammered India Blue by 79 runs to set up title clash of the Challenger series against India Red.

Former Madhya Pradesh pace bowler TP Sudhindra is trying hard to get amnesty from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), although there has been no response to his appeals from the successive dispensations of the Board he has appealed to.

Robin Uthappa and Srikkanth Anirudha scored blistering centuries as India Green posted an imposing 348/9 against India Blue in the third match.

Bengal will look to strengthen their batting and exploit the home conditions when they host Madhya Pradesh in a second round Elite Group B Ranji Trophy fixture beginning on Monday.