Indian Cricket Team

Indian Cricket Team staff and players tested positive for COVID-19, ahead of West Indies series. On February 2, four players, Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer and Navdeep Saini confirmed being COVID-19 positive, during the mandatory quarantine in Ahmedabad. Due to the situation, the BCCI included Mayank Agarwal in the Team India's squad for West Indies, starting from February 6. Meanwhile, all COVID positive staff will be under… read-more

Cricketer turned politician Gautam Gambhir supported decision of the BCCI having split captaincy of the Indian Cricket Team.  The BJP MP said, "I think, it's good for Indian Cricket that now we have got two captains, one in white ball cricket and one in red ball cricket". Recently, the BCCI announced Rohit Sharma as full time ODI captain, making Indian team to have two captains,Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. 

Indian cricketer Shreyas Iyer on November 26 became the 16th Indian batsman who scored a century on his Test debut. The right-hander from Mumbai scored 105 off 171 balls during the ongoing New Zealand Test match in Kanpur's Green Park Stadium. He's also the third batsman from Mumbai to score 100 runs against NZ. The first Test match against New Zealand will continue till November 29.

Following India's loss against Pakistan at the T20 World Cup on October 24, Instagram and Twitter were flooded with "derogatory" comments against Indian bowler Mohammad Shami. Fans trolled Shami calling him a "traitor" and that he should be thrown away from the Indian cricket team. Some also accused him to have favoured Pakistan since he is a Muslim, and requested BCCI to take action on this regard.

While speaking about the IPL spot-fixing scandal at Sportskeeda, former Indian cricketer Sreesanth said, "I was supposed to give 14 runs in one over and I gave five runs in four balls. No no-ball, no wide." He added, "I was trying to make a comeback to the national squad. I used to pay ₹2.5-lakh bills when I partied. Why'd I fix a match for ₹10 lakh?"