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Tarak Sinha passes away: Rishabh Pant, Virender Sehwag and other cricketers mourn demise of ‘Ustaad ji’
•Sinha, who was reverentially referred to as "Ustad ji" by his disciples and was a father figure in Delhi's famous Sonnet Club died on Saturday morning after a prolonged illness at the age of 71.
Anjum Chopra sees lack of quality pace bowling support for Jhulan Goswami as huge concern
•Regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time in the women''s game, Jhulan began her journey in international cricket nearly two decades ago and, at 38, she is still going strong but without enough help from the other end on a consistent basis.
Anjum Chopra interview: 'Women's cricket in India needs to adopt a structure of its own'
Ujwals •Former India captain Anjum Chopra feels the women's cricket in India needs deep structural changes instead of surface-level tweaks for the senior team to reach the next level.
Women's T20 Challenge 2020: Jio named title sponsor for three-team event
•There were serious doubts over the exhibition games being held this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic until BCCI president Sourav Ganguly confirmed in August that it will be played alongside the IPL play-offs like usual.
IPL 2020: Former South Africa cricketer JP Duminy to join Star Sports' commentary panel ahead of new season
Firstcricket Staff •Making his debut on the world feed will be former South Africa all-rounder JP Duminy, who will be joined by a host of experts that include the likes of Harsha Bhogle, Mark Nicholas, Simon Doull and Ian Bishop.
DDCA apex council to discuss proposal of having stand named after Chetan Chauhan at Feroz Shah Kotla
•Chauhan, who played 40 Test matches for India, breathed his last on Sunday, succumbing to COVID-19 related complications.
On this day: Mithali Raj scores record-breaking 214 against England at Taunton in 2002
Firstcricket Staff •On this day, 18 years ago, Mithali Raj smashed the then highest individual score in women's Test cricket.
Former captain Anjum Chopra wants BCCI to communicate ideas on women's cricket more specifically
•"It's not that the BCCI is not thinking about women's cricket. I only think they need to be more specific in communication about women's cricket," Chopra said.
World Cup victory would’ve been a major boost towards a full-fledged women’s IPL, says former India captain Anjum Chopra
•The idea of having a full-fledged women's Indian Premier League (IPL) is in a "progression stage" and a World Cup title for India can actually help in turning that into a reality sooner than later, says former captain Anjum Chopra.
BCCI Awards 2018-19: Jasprit Bumrah receives Polly Umrigar award, Poonam Yadav claims top prize in women's section
•Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday headlined the BCCI Annual Awards function, grabbing the prestigious Polly Umrigar award apart from annexing the Dilip Sardesai honour for his exploits in international cricket in the 2018-19 season.