Kolkata Knight Riders

PCB leaves Shoaib`s fate to be decided by new selectors !

After Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar missed all the recently held three ODIs against West Indies due to a calf injury, the PCB has decided to leave his fate to be decided by the a new selection committee to be installed...

Ganguly starts by penning columns

India's News.Net Friday 14th November, 2008 (IANS) Quickly settling down into a new life after retiring from international cricket, former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly Friday began penning columns on the One-Day home series...

Ponting warns that Twenty20 could kill off Tests

Thursday, November 13, 2008 SYDNEY: A day after returning from an acrimonious and dramatic Test series loss to India, Australia captain Ricky Ponting has warned of the dangers posed to the game by a preoccupation with Twenty20...

Cricket: Mott keeps NZ waiting on Black Caps job

Black Caps' coach-in-waiting Matthew Mott is keeping New Zealand Cricket on tenterhooks as he agonises over an offer to remain with New South Wales. Mott admitted yesterday he was yet to decide whether to accept NZC's offer to...

Cricket: Test cricket may lose out to Twenty20 - Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting believes Test cricket could lose out to Twenty20. Photograph: Punit Paranjpe/Reuters The inexorable rise of Twenty20 cricket could lead to players choosing "franchise over country", and the ultimate demise of the...

Ganguly fancies chances of meeting Maradona

Nagpur: A football player first and a great fan of Diego Maradona, Sourav Ganguly does not want to let go the opportunity of meeting his idol when the Argentine visits Kolkata in the first week of December. Ganguly, who retired...

The buck stops hair: Ishant Sharma's a style icon too

New Delhi: Forget the Man of the Series award he got, the 15 wickets against the Aussies, or that staggering sum the Kolkata Knight Riders paid him last year, for Ishant Sharma has now arrived as a style icon. He has been...

The Lord of the wins

1996: Sourav Ganguly after reaching his century on debut at Lord’s in the second Test vs England Name: Sourav Ganguly Born: July 8, 1972, Calcutta Major teams: Bengal, India, Asia XI, Lancashire, Glamorgan, Northamptonshire,...

McCullum cleans up

Brendon McCullum has been in fine form with the bat for New Zealand this season Brendon McCullum has been named New Zealand’s cricketer of the year at an awards ceremony in Auckland. The Black Caps wicketkeeper-batsman also won...

Shah Rukh explores new avenues at 43

He earns over Rs 150 crores a year through endorsements, over Rs 1 crore to grace an event, Rs 10 crore per TV episode, more than Rs 15 crores per film and has now launched a Rs 109 billion real estate project in the UAE. Actor...

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