Indian left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha, who was previously with the Deccan Chargers, has joined Mumbai Indians for the fifth season of the Indian Premier League, which starts on the 4th of April. In the process, he became the sixth player to have swapped teams in the current trading window of the IPL. At the present [...]
Sach, Zak, back in ODI squad Sachin Tendulkar will be playing in his first ODI series since last summer’s successful outing at the World Cup in the upcoming tri series involving Australia, India, and Sri Lanka to be played in Australia. Praveen Kumar is one of the other players who will be making a comeback [...]
It was revealed at the workshop for the IPL franchise owners in Goa that more than 230 players will go under the hammer in the IPL 5 mega auction. It is understood that 207 players from around the world have expressed an interest to be a part of the auction while the 27 players from [...]
The nine franchises of the Indian Premier League have been unable to come to a solution as far as the next IPL auctions to be held in January 2012 are concerned. The team owners met in Mumbai in the last fortnight, however, it is understood that a consensus was not reached. While all the members [...]
Indian cricketers Parthiv Patel and Siddharth Trivedi have been served show-cause notices by the Central Excise Department, who have deemed the two players to have avoided paying service tax to the tune of fifty lakh Rupees. While it is assumed that the cricketers were in the dark about the charges, it is being reported that [...]
Rajasthan Royals announced last evening that Rahul Dravid will take over the captaincy of the team after the departure of talismanic Australian bowler Shane Warne from the franchise. Warne has chosen to bid goodbye to the Indian Premier League after a successful stint with the Rajasthan Royals, whom he led to victory in the first [...]
When the Kochi Tuskers Kerala franchise was axed from the IPL on account of not paying the required fees to the BCCI, the one issue which hogged the limelight was the future of the cricketers who turned out for this franchise. When the IPL governing council meet sometime in the next fortnight, the issue is [...]
The Indian Test specialists will leave early for Australia, even as the team battles West Indies in the ongoing One Day International series. A board official told the media this evening that the likes of Sachin Tedulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be taking an early [...]
The Indian team that will travel to Australia for the all-important tour that kicks off on Boxing day has been announced this afternoon. There were no major surprises as Harbhajan Singh was left out in favor of Ravichandran Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha, who were selected as the frontline spinners for the tour. The 17-man team [...]