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Book Review | Administrator Ratnakar Shetty traces Indian cricket's highs and lows in On Board: My Years with the BCCI
Anindya Dutta •Young Indian fans ready to deride the ‘bullying’ and financial clout of today’s BCCI would do well to read the account of where India has come from to emerge as a global cricketing financial powerhouse today.
Bangladesh set to tour South Africa for ODI and Test series in March
•The tour, set to be played across four venues from 18 March to 12 April, will be a part of ICC's ODI Super League and the World Test Championships
Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul or R Ashwin? Who could be India's next Test captain after Virat Kohli
Firstcricket Staff •Who are the leading candidates who can carry forward Kohli's legacy? We take a look at Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, R Ashwin and three other candidates.
Change of guard in Indian cricket won't affect brand of Indian cricket, says former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif
•Latif though felt the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) erred in removing Kohli as captain of the One-day team.
India vs South Africa: Expectant father Quinton de Kock set to miss part of Test series
•De Kock's wife Sasha is expected to give birth to a child in early January, and given the bio-bubble and other restrictions in place, he might miss the second game as well
Ashes 2021-22: England fined entire match fee, docked five WTC points for slow-over rate in Brisbane Test
•David Boon of the Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Joe Root's side was ruled to be five overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration
On this day: Sachin Tendulkar breaks Sunil Gavaskar’s record of most Test centuries
Trendingdesk •Among his plethora of records, the former India batsman, on 10 December 2005, scripted history after he went past legendary Sunil Gavaskar’s long-standing record as the player with the most Test centuries.
T10, The Hundred can co-exist with other formats, says Jason Roy
•There has been a push for the T10 format's entry into the 2028 Olympics while the ECB has its own version — the 100-ball cricket.
Covishield controversy shows Britain needs a reality check as much as it does vaccine certificates
Deepak Vohra •The UK should realise that it’s no longer an imperialist power it thinks it is. Today, it is more in need of India’s support, and not the other way round.
China's Wuhan, epicentre of COVID outbreak, to test all residents after fresh cases emerge
Fp Staff •Seven locally transmitted infections have been found among migrant workers in the city, breaking a year-long streak without domestic cases after authorities squashed an initial outbreak with an unprecedented lockdown in early 2020.