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Captain takes charge: Ganguly becomes BCCI President

3:42 pm October 23, 2019

Mumbai: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday took charge as the BCCI president, easily the most high-profile name to head the world’s richest cricket board that has been mired in administrative turmoil for the past three years. The 47-year-old Ganguly was officially entrusted with the task of heading Indian cricket for the next nine […]

Abhishek Nayar retires from all forms of cricket

3:06 pm October 23, 2019

Mumbai: Veteran Mumbai all-rounder Abhishek Nayar has retired from all forms of cricket. “I’m absolutely satisfied… there are so many cricketers out there who would want to be in the position I am today. I can only be grateful and thankful to have had the opportunity to play for this long… absolutely no regrets…I’m a […]

Sourav Ganguly hospitalised after chest pain

Sourav Ganguly: Once a leader, always a leader

1:01 pm October 23, 2019

Mumbai: From the dressing room to the board room, former India captain Sourav Ganguly’s effortless transition into the highest echelons of cricket administration is a throwback to the days of his artistic offside play. Like he would bisect a packed seven-man offside field in his heydays, leaving fans and teammates in awe and opponents clueless, […]

CoA reign ends as Ganguly set to take over as 39th BCCI president

9:35 pm October 22, 2019

Mumbai: One of India’s most decorated captains Sourav Ganguly will be taking over as the 39th president of the BCCI on Wednesday at its AGM, ending a tumultuous 33-month reign of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators. Ganguly is the unanimous nomination for the post of BCCI president along with Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s […]

India complete formalities, blow away South Africa for 3-0 clean sweep

2:34 pm October 22, 2019

Ranchi: A formidable Indian team ticked all the boxes with ease as it completed a 3-0 rout of an out-of-sorts South Africa with an innings and 202 runs victory in the third and final Test here on Tuesday. With another 120 points in the ongoing World Test Championship, India now sit pretty on top of […]