BCCI announces domestic schedule for 2019-20 season

July 3, 2019 9:04 PM

BCCI announces domestic schedule for 2019-20 season

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced domestic schedule for the 2019-20 season in New Delhi today. It comprises 2036 matches, marking an addition of 19 games over the last season's schedule. The country's premier national T20 tournament,  Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, will be held before the IPL players' auction. The tournament will run from November 8 to December 1.  The IPL auction is usually held in December-January. The Ranji Trophy will stretch to ...

BCCI Elections to be held on October 22

May 21, 2019 9:21 PM

BCCI Elections to be held on October 22

The Committee of Administrators(CoA) announced in New Delhi today that the much-awaited elections of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)  will be held on October 22.  They announced the elections date  after due consultation with the Supreme Court appointed amicus curiae P S Narsimha. The CoA was appointed by the Supreme Court in January 2017 to oversee the sweeping reforms recommended by the Lodha panel.  In the meeting attended by all three CoA members, chief Vinod Rai, Diana Edul...

BCCI recommends four cricketers for Arjuna award

April 27, 2019 5:55 PM

BCCI recommends four cricketers for Arjuna award

The BCCI on Saturday recommended cricketers Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Poonam Yadav for the Arjuna award.  The decision was taken during a meeting of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators in New Delhi.  25-year-old Bumrah is currently playing in the IPL for Mumbai Indians. He is a regular across all three formats of cricket for the country. He will be spearheading India's campaign in the upcoming World Cup in the UK.  Pacer Shami has been a cru...

Justice (Retd.) DK Jain will be BCCI's ad-hoc Ethics Officer: COA

March 28, 2019 1:34 PM

Justice (Retd.) DK Jain will be BCCI's ad-hoc Ethics Officer: COA

The Committee of Administrators, COA running Indian cricket has said that the newly appointed ombudsman by the BCCI, Justice (Retd.) DK Jain will also be its ad-hoc Ethics Officer. The COA, in its 10th Status Report filed on October 28, 2018, had requested the Supreme Court to appoint an Ethics Officer in addition to an Ombudsman for looking into the matters of Conflict of Interest. The three-member COA requested Justice Jain earlier this month to take over as Ethics Officer on an ad-hoc basis t...

PCB pays over Rs 11 cr as compensation to BCCI after losing case in ICC

March 18, 2019 8:38 PM

PCB pays over Rs 11 cr as compensation to BCCI after losing case in ICC

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has paid 1.6 million US dollars, equivalent to over eleven crores in Indian currency, to the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) as compensation after losing a case in the ICC's Dispute Resolution Committee. This was stated by PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani in Karachi today.  The PCB had filed a compensation case against the BCCI last year before the Committee for an amount of 70 million US dollars for not honouring an MoU signed between the two boards. Accordi...

SC appoints former judge Justice DK Jain as ombudsman for BCCI

February 22, 2019 2:21 PM

SC appoints former judge Justice DK Jain as ombudsman for BCCI

The Supreme Court has appointed former apex court judge Justice DK Jain as the first court-appointed ombudsman for the BCCI under the terms of newly approved constitution of the cricket board. The role of the ombudsman would be to resolve the disputes relating to the players within the state cricket associations as also financial issues. The apex court, while dealing with the issue related to importance and urgency in appointing an ombudsman, expressed its happiness that all the parties before i...

BCCI, ECB announce schedule for upcoming India-England women's home series

January 17, 2019 9:46 PM

BCCI, ECB announce schedule for upcoming India-England women's home series

The Board of Control for Cricket in India and England & Wales Cricket Board today jointly announced the schedule for the upcoming India-England women's  home series. BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary said in a release that the Indian eves will play England in a three-match ODI series in Mumbai as part of the ICC Women's Championship. The first match in the series will be played  on the 22nd of next month. Mumbai will host all the ODI matches. The two teams will al...

BCCI announces 13 member team ahead of final Test against Australia in Sydney

January 2, 2019 2:48 PM

BCCI announces 13 member team ahead of final Test against Australia in Sydney

The BCCI has announced a thirteen-member team ahead of the Fourth and final Test against Australia in Sydney. The players include Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane,  KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Umesh Yadav. In the third cricket test India beat Australia by 137 runs at Melbourne on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series. The final test match is scheduled t...

ICC orders PCB to pay 60% of compensation claim to BCCI

December 19, 2018 9:27 PM

ICC orders PCB to pay 60% of compensation claim to BCCI

The International Cricket Council's (ICC) Dispute Resolution Panel on Wednesday ordered Pakistan to pay 60 per cent of the cost demanded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).  Earlier,  the ICC  rejected Pakistan Cricket Board PCB's compensation claim which blamed India for lack of bilateral series between the two nations.  Nearly a month after rejecting the PCB's compensation claim against India for allegedly failing to honour a Memorandum of Understand...

BCCI doubles ban for age frauds

November 27, 2018 10:30 PM

BCCI doubles ban for age frauds

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced doubling of the ban for age frauds.  Earlier, a cricketer faced a ban of one year.  In a statement, the BCCI said it has a zero-tolerance policy for age frauds in sport.