Rizwan Shamshad

A day after he resigned as Uttarakhand’s head coach, Jaffer rubbished a report in which Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU) officials had alleged that he had a “communal” mindset and was promoting religious activities and was biased towards players of his religion in the team.

Former Indian pacer RP Singh on Sunday picked his all-time Uttar Pradesh XI and included the likes of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Praveen Kumar, and Mohammad Kaif.

The BCCI had invited outgoing selection committee chairman Chetan Sharma for a review meeting to discuss India’s T20 World Cup performance along with coach Rahul Dravid, captain Rohit Sharma and National Cricket Academy chief VVS Laxman, TOI has learnt. The meeting is likely to take place here on January 1.

Greater Noida will host its first premier cricket match in the form of a Ranji Trophy tie between Uttar Pradesh and Vadodara from December 1.

Salman and Tarub Khan’s reception party at a hotspot right here in the city had all the trimmings of a fully filmy do.

Salman and Tarub Khan’s reception party at a hotspot right here in the city had all the trimmings of a fully filmy do.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has convened a meeting to review the state of Indian cricket. The meeting was attended by Board Secretary Jay Shah, India Head Coach Rahul Dravid, National Cricket Academy Chairman VVS Laxman, India Captain Rohit Sharma, and outgoing Chief Selector Chetan Sharma. The Board decided that 20 players will be part of the 2023 World Cup, which will be held in India. The players will be rotated before the World Cup.

After three forgettable seasons under the much-heralded coach Venkatesh Prasad, the Uttar Pradesh Ranji Trophy team in the new season will have to show resilience and gumption to pull themselves out of the morass and negative mindset they have pushed themselves into by their lack of self-belief.

Stung by the team's 10-wicket thrashing at the hands of England in the T20 World Cup semi-final in Australia last year, the BCCI's top brass, with an eye on the World Test Championship and the ODI World Cup in India this year, has swung into action right away.

Mairaj Ahmed Khan’s journey from the 22-yard strip in cricket to shooting down target clay birds in skeet shooting is an extremely fascinating one. Mairaj at one time played alongside former Virender Sehwag. Mairaj, who represented India at the 2016 Rio Olympics, is now, like countless other athletes across the world eyeing glory at the Tokyo Games.