BCCI announce dates for Australia’s tour of India:
The Aussies will make their way out to the Indian subcontinent to play a bevy of four Test matches under the banner of the Border-Gavaskar series.
The first Test will be played between the 23rd and 27th of February at Pune before both sides make the trip down south to the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
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MS Dhoni blames loss of wickets for loss in second ODI:
Dhoni went ahead and pointed out that the 41st over was quite clearly the turning point in the encounter, and over where the Indians lost the wickets of Axar Patel and Amit Mishra.
Speaking about the role of the finisher played by Hardik Pandya, Dhoni added that he would not like to blame him for losing his wicket at the wrong time.
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Virat Kohli has the opportunity to be right up there: Sourav Ganguly:
Kohli was handed over the reins of India’s Test captaincy for the first time when the Indians went on the tour of Australia in the fall of 2014.
Ganguly said that Virat was one of the few players in the world now who actually has the opportunity to become one the world’s best players.
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Ashwin is bowling a very good line and length: Mohammad Azharuddin:
Azhar noted a drastic change in Ashwin’s bowling from the 2015 World Cup to the way he is bowling at the moment.
Azhar also went on to add a few words on Virat Kohli and the way he has been performing of late.
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I was lucky enough to be Gilchrist’s captain: Steve Waugh:
Steve Waugh has picked Australia’s former wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist as his player of the century.
Before he made his Test debut in 1999, Gilchrist was already a sensation opening the batting for Australia at the top of the order in ODIs.
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I was amazed at the speed at which Pandya bowled: Kiran More:
Hardik Pandya was supremely impressive in the first ODI against New Zealand wherein he partnered with Umesh Yadav to destroy New Zealand’s top order.
Kiran More mentioned that it was by chance that they realised the pace at which Hardik Pandya could generate.
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ICC keen on baseball like conference system for Test cricket:
The Major League Baseball tournament in the United States of America sees the teams that have been split into two conferences namely the Eastern and the Western conference.
However, when it comes to the ratings and the points, it would be difficult to organize the marquee fixtures such as The Ashes and the Border-Gavaskar trophy.
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SC passes order to limit BCCI’s financial freedom and power until they comply with the Lodha Committee’s recommendations:
The Supreme Court of India has passed an order that limits the BCCI’s financial freedom and power until the board and its state associations comply with the Lodha Committee’s recommendations.
The court directed the BCCI not to distribute funds to its state associations until they submit affidavits stating compliance with the recommendations to the court and the Lodha Committee in two weeks.
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Playing cricket in Pakistan still remains ‘unmanageable’: FICA:
Chief Executive of FICA has revealed that traveling to Pakistan remains to be a massive risk even to this day.
The PCB has been in talks with a few stakeholders in recent times as well as overseas players about playing the PSL finals in Lahore.
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Virender Sehwag reveals why Sachin Tendulkar calls him ‘Lala’:
The most amazing part was everyone tried mimicking Sehwag’s hilarious style of tweeting birthday wishes.
The entertainment factor in cricket went two notches higher from the day the dashing batsman entered the cricketing scenes.
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