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New Delhi, Feb 9: Finding BCCI guilty of abusing its dominance, Competition Commission today said its probe also found bid rigging attempts by former IPL chief Lalit Modi in award of franchises and the cricket board cannot be absolved of its responsibility in the matter. The fair trade regulator's investigation arm also found that certain actions of BCCI (Board for Control of Cricket in India) led

Mumbai, Feb 7: Suresh Raina on Thursday sent a timely reminder to the selectors for his Test recall with a brilliant century to help Rest of India post a huge first innings total of 526 but the hosts replied strongly reaching 155-2 on day two of the Irani Cup match here. Left-handed Raina, ignored for the entire four-Test rubber against England by the selectors in November-December last year

Cuttack, Feb 7: Indian bowlers kept a tight leash over Pakistan's scoring rate to restrict the archrivals to 192/7 in the seventh-eighth position playoff match of the Women's World Cup on Thursday. The decision to bat first after winning the toss didn't quite work for Pakistan, who were saved to a large extent due to the contrasting half-centuries from Nain Abidi (58) and Nida Dar (68 not out)

Mumbai, Feb 7: Opener Murali Vijay stroked his way to his second successive century in the Irani Cup as Rest of India dominated the opening day of their five-day fixture against recently crowned Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai at the Wankhede stadium on Wednesday. With good contributions from one-down batsman Manoj Tiwary (37), Ambati Rayudu (51) and Suresh Raina (36 not out), RoI ended day one at

Mumbai, Feb 6: The five-day Irani Cup match between Mumbai and the Rest of India, commencing at the Wankhede stadium here on Wednesday, offers a good chance for some India rejects to press for recalls and other aspirants to showcase their talent in front of the national selectors. Rest of India, led by one-day discard Virender Sehwag, has a good all-round team on paper and the list includes

Mumbai, Feb 6: India were tonight knocked out of the ICC Women's World Cup after suffering an upset 138-run drubbing at the hands of Sri Lanka in a crucial Group A encounter here. Chasing a challenging total of 283, the hosts put up a pathetic show to be bowled out for 144 in 42.2 overs at the Brabourne Stadium. Incidentally, this was India's first defeat to Sri Lanka in 18 matches, having won

New Delhi, Feb 5: Since he did not see himself playing the 2015 World Cup, it was appropriate to quit the 50-over format in the best interest of the Indian team, batting great Sachin Tendulkar has said. The senior batsman said it was best to allow team find a winning combination ahead of the tournament, to be held in Australia and New Zealand. The 39-year-old batsman said it was right to walk into

Johannesburg, Feb 4: The bidding war that his name triggered at the IPL players auction left Chris Morris' head spinning and the South African all-rounder conceded that he has never seen the kind of money he would now be drawing. "I have never in my life seen this much money," said Morris, who was bought for a whopping USD 625,000 (Rs 3.3 crore) by the Chennai Super Kings, 31 times more than his

Chennai, Feb 4: The IPL players' auction for the sixth edition of the tournament held today was not exactly a grand affair but chairman Rajeev Shukla said that franchises wanted to only fill specific slots in their squads, adding that a full-fledged auction will be held next year. "It's not a full-fledged auction, that will be held next year. The franchises this time only wanted to fill the places

Chennai, Feb 3: Australia all-rounder Glen Maxwell became a millionaire while Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis and Thisara Perera were bought for handsome amounts at the Indian Premier League auction here Sunday. Abhishek Nayar was the most sought after Indian player. Contrary to expectations, Australia captain Michael Clarke and the legendary Ricky Ponting were sold at their base price of $400,000 to