Vineet Kulkarni

Vineet Kulkarni was promoted to the International Cricket Council (ICC) international panel for conducting ODIs and T20s away from the country.

India team manager has been fined 40 per cent of his match fee after he was found guilty of making inappropriate comments about umpire Vineet Kulkarni.

A loophole in BCCI's working procedure has enabled Maharashtra umpire Vineet Kulkarni to remain as India's No 1 match official as S Ravi is already in the ICC Elite Panel.

India manager Vinod Phadke could face trouble from the International Cricket Council after publicly criticizing umpire Vineet Kulkarni ahead of the second ODI between India and South Africa..

Results of the International Baccalaureate diploma programme were released on Wednesday. IB schools in the city said students have done extremely well in the examination, with many of them scoring a perfect 45.

BCCI's umpire-sub committee which met on Thursday has recommended four names — S Ravi, Vineet Kulkarni, Chettithody Shamsuddin and Anil Choudhary — for ICC's International Panel of Umpires.

In the wake of numerous complaints about irregularities in the question paper set for 'Level I Umpires Test', the BCCI has ordered re-examination for the candidates who had appeared on June 10 last year in Indore and Visakhapatnam.

Dhoni rued the umpiring decisions and suggested they played a decisive role in the eventual outcome of the game.

The standard of umpiring in IPL has yet again come under the scanner - thanks to Vineet Kulkarni, who missed a genuine no-ball towards the fag end of the Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad game in Hyderabad on Sunday.

South Africa have been fined for a slow over-rate during the first one-day international against India, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said.

In an effort to infuse “in-house talent” into the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Indian cricket board decided to cut down on their import of international umpires for the tournament. However, in doing so, the BCCI finds itself in the middle of a mess as cricket’s hottest property is being reduced to a joke.

The BCCI is mulling on calling all the registered umpires for a meeting before the start of the season to discuss and assess their performance of the earlier season.

Despite all the technology coming into play, human error can still creep in to the game. In the SunRisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals game at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Monday, a rare phenomenon was witnessed. It could happen in local cricket but a seven-ball over at the highest level is as rare as the Blue Moon.

MS Dhoni briefly seemed upset during Chennai Super Kings' IPL match against Rajasthan Royals after one of the wrong decisions by the on-field umpire was rightfully changed after a referral to the third umpire. Incidentally, in Jaipur last year, Dhoni had lost his cool with domestic umpire Ulhas Gandhe for a waist-high full toss which wasn't adjudged no ball.

After TOI reported how the umpiring standard in this year's IPL isn't as good as it was in the previous years, BCCI has empowered the match referees to have a word with all the umpires to stay more vigilant during the matches.

The defeat notwithstanding, Mumbai coach Praveen Amre was a proud man on Saturday. After being shot out for just 44 in their first innings, the 40-time champions fought the losing battle with the typical Mumbai never-say-die attitude.

The third day of the ongoing Ranji Trophy Group B match between Mumbai and Himachal Pradesh was washed out without a ball being bowled due to wet-outfield on Wednesday.