NEW DELHI — Virat Kohli on Thursday announced he will step down as India”s T20 skipper after the T20 World Cup in UAE but will continue to lead the side in ODIs and Test cricket, a decision that paves the way for Rohit Sharma to captain in the shortest format. “I”ve decided to step down […]
SRINAGAR — Organising cricket tournaments in Kashmir has become a new mafia as cricketers allege that 90 percent of the money goes into the pocket of organisers while peanuts are being given to winners. Aijaz Ahmad a cricketer from Pulwama told that organising cricket tournaments in Kashmir has become a business as just few hundred […]
NEW DELHI — That cricket is the most popular sport in the country is no secret. The sport is played across the country and almost all states and Union Territories produce quality cricketers who do well on the domestic stage, before the cream of the crop go on to represent the country. Jammu and Kashmir […]
ANANTNAG — District Cricket Association (DCA) Anantnag on Wednesday jumped in to defend Jammu and Kashmir’s cricket star, Parvez Rasool who was accused by Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) of stealing the pitch roller. The tussle between JKCA and the cricket star hit the headlines recently after a member of the BCCI appointed sub-committee […]
ZUBAIR UL ISLAM PULWAMA — As part of South Kashmir Sports Festival 2021, 55 RR and Shahid Lala Committee are conducting “Kashmir Premier League”, an Inter District Cricket Tournament at Pulwama Cricket Stadium. A total of 64 teams are participating in this Knock Out Format 20-20 tournament which commenced on 16 August 2021. After the […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that the Khel Ratna award would be renamed after hockey legend major Dhyan Chand. The Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honour, had been originally named after former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Announcing the decision on Twitter, Modi wrote, “I have been getting many requests from […]
LAHORE — New Zealand will visit Pakistan in September for the first time in 18 years to play three one-day internationals and five Twenty20 matches in Rawalpindi and Lahore, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Thursday. Top teams have avoided touring Pakistan citing security concerns after the 2009 attack on a bus carrying Sri […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has openly spoken on India-Pakistan cricketing ties. He believes that BCCI President Sourav Ganguly wants to resume the series between India and Pakistan. Kamran believes that Indian cricketers also want to clash with the Pakistan team, but they do not openly talk about it. Cricket fans in our country […]
ANANTNAG — Veerian Cricket Academy defeated Star Sports Kanelwon with the help of Captain Younus Naikoo’s brilliant bowling spell in Ongoing Green Valley Super Cup on today here at Awami Stadium in Aakura Mattan in Anantnag district. Earlier Veerian Cricket Academy won the toss and decided to bat first. While batting first VCA set the […]
ANANTNAG — Sayokan, a Turkish martial art, has been introduced in the Kashmir valley by Sayokan Association of Jammu Kashmir by organising a three-day coaching-cum-referee training program at Pahalgam in South Kashmir district of Anantnag. Under the banner of Sayokan Federation of India, around 50-60 players from 16 different states and union territories across the […]