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T20 World Cup selection on March 26
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) national selectors will meet in Mumbai on March 26 to pick up the squad for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World T20 championship to be played the next month in the West Indies. ANI

Sharad Pawar to skip IPL-3 opening ceremony
Union Agriculture Minister and President-elect of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Sharad Pawar will not attend the opening ceremony of the third edition of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament that kicks off on Friday evening at the D Y Patil Stadium here ANI

Modi using IPL vision to project Indias global power status
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has become an emblem of Indias aspiration to be a recognised world power in all, if not, most spheres. ANI

Deccan Chargers, Kolkata Knight Riders to lock horns in IPL-3 opener
The third edition of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament will kick off on Friday evening with the defending champions-Deccan Chargers taking on the Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening match at the D Y Patil Stadium here. ANI

Yusuf Pathan, Nayar recalled for ODI series against South Africa
All-rounders Yusuf Pathan and Abhishek Nayar have been recalled to be part of the 15-man Indian team for the first two ODI against South Africa. ANI

Oz cricket administrator asks Aussies not to worry over Shiv Sena IPL threat
Indian origin cricket administrator of New South Wales, Dr Gorur Krishna Harinath alias Harry, has asked the Australian players to play in the Indian Premier League and not be worried by Shiv Senas threat to target them in retribution for attacks on Indian students in Australia. ANI

Modis blues for England cricket
English cricket is facing a new controversy with Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi, as counties are set to miss out on the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 after it was announced the event will be staged between September 10-26. ANI

Pawar wins Bal Thackerays cooperation for an incident free IPL
Nationalist Congress Party chief and Union Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday succeeded in persuading Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray that the latters party will neither disrupt the Indian Premier Leagues third edition nor it will affect the Australian players participation in it. ANI

Saha, Mithun new faces in Indias squad for Proteas series
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced a 15-member team for the Test series against South Africa beginning on February 6. The team has two new faces-Wriddhiman Saha of West Bengal and Abhimanyu Mithun of Karnataka. ANI

Oz cricketers told to participate in IPL at own risk
Australian cricketers have been told to participate in the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at their own risk after the players association said it was worried about not being given access to security arrangements. ANI

Pakistan threatens to boycott Champions League, IPL 2011
Pakistan has threatened to boycott the next edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2011 and the Champions League T20 tournament, which is scheduled to be held later this year, in protest against the non-selection of its cricketers in the IPL-three auction. ANI

BCCI did not give any instructions to IPL teams on players selection: Rajiv Shukla
Rajiv Shukla, Vice-President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday said that the board did not give any instructions to the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams on selection of players. ANI

Pak cable association to black out IPL-3 matches
Pakistani cable operators have decided not to air any matches of the Indian Premier Leagues (IPL) third edition to protest against the insulting treatment meted out to their cricketers this weeks player auction. ANI

IPL auction fallout: Modi betrayed Pak players, says Butt
Accusing Indian Premier League (IPL) Chairman Lalit Modi of betraying Pakistani players, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has said that he would take up the issue of the treatment meted out to the cricketers during the IPL auction with the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI). ANI

BCCI declares dates for South Africa tour
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Friday, the Test series to be played between India and South Africa would begin on February 6 in Nagpur. ANI

Team India departs for ODI tri-series in Bangladesh
The 15-member Indian cricket squad left for Dhaka on Saturday morning from Mumbai for the one-day international (ODI) tri-series between India, Sri Lanka and hosts Bangladesh beginning from January 4. ANI

Kotla pitch was unfit for ODI: Harbhajan
Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said on Wednesday that the International Cricket Councils (ICC) classification of Ferozshah Kotla pitch in Delhi as unfit was a right decision. ANI

Tendulkars absence will not add pressure during Bangladesh tri-series: Gautam Gambhir
Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir has said Sachin Tendulkars absence from next months triangular one-day cricket series against Sri Lanka and hosts Bangladesh, will not have added pressure on him. ANI

Kotla pitch: ICC issues show cause notice to BCCI
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday sought an explanation from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over the unfit nature of the pitch that led to the abandonment of the fifth and final one-day international between Sri Lanka and India in New Delhi. ANI

After Sundays fiasco, Kotla not to host Test against South Africa in 2010
The Delhi Firozeshah Kotla stadium has received another severe blow as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided that the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) will not host any match in the series against South Africa in 2010, after Sundays fiasco in the fifth One-Day International (ODI) match played between hosts India and Sri Lanka. ANI

Test Championship mace to be presented to Dhoni in New Delhi today
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be presented with the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship mace today in New Delhi. ANI

Test Championship mace to be presented to Dhoni in Delhi
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be presented with the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship mace on Sunday here. ANI

Nagaland cricket team to make debut in BCCI tourney
: The Nagaland Cricket Association has announced its under-16 and under-19 cricket teams that will participate in the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) zonal tournament for the first time after getting affiliation with the board. ANI

Sehwag to lead the side in Dhonis absence
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that India opener Virender Sehwag would be the captain for the next two one-day internationals (ODIs) in the absence of the regular skipper Mahender Singh Dhoni. ANI

Team India skipper Dhoni banned for two ODIs
Indian skipper Mahender Singh Dhoni was on Saturday banned for two one-day internationals (ODIs) due to the teams slow over-rate, during the second one-day international match against Sri Lanka in Nagpur. ANI

Modi to remain IPL chairman till 2012
Terming reports stating there is any rift in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as baseless, its President Shashank Manohar on Thursday said Lalit Modi will continue to be Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman till 2012, when the duration of his term ends. ANI

Vizag ODI shifted to Nagpur over Telangana crisis
The Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) on Monday announced that the second one-day international between India and Sri Lanka would be played in Nagpur instead of Vishakhapatnam due to the Telangana crisis engulfing the State of Andhra Pradesh. ANI

Lalit Modi to lose IPL Commissioners job
A week after losing the elections of the Rajasthan Cricket Association to CP Joshi, IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi is in a new problem now with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) deciding to remove him from the top post of the cash-rich T20 league (IPL). ANI

BCCI announces cash rewards for Team India
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced cash rewards of Rs 25 lakh for each player of the Indian team for becoming the number one Test squad in the world. ANI

Thackeray has every right to criticize Sachin :Shiv Sena
Hours after the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) stood behind Sachin Tendulkar for his I am an Indian first statement, Shiv Sena said that its chief Balasaheb Thackeray has every right to criticize the master blaster. ANI

No more night-outs for Team India: BCCI
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Sunday said that Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Team India would not be allowed to go on night-outs during the Test series again Sri Lanka without informing security officials. ANI

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