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Facebook Oversight Board Will Balance Free Speech, Says Sudhir Krishnaswamy

Sudhir Krishnaswamy also clarifies that he won't be representing cases related to India, but willl look at content moderation questions from around the world.




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PUBG Mobile Mad Miramar Sandstorm Mode to Arrive on May 12

Gear up as Mad Miramar is going to even more exciting with the new sandstorm mode.




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Xbox Series X Gameplay Reveal: Trailers of All 13 Titles 'Optimised for Series X'

While the Xbox Series X gameplay reveal did have crowdpullers in the likes of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Madden NFL 21 and Scorn, many clearly expected more.




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Playing James Anderson in England Has Been 'Really Challenging': Ajinkya Rahane

Rahane, who has amassed over 4000 runs in Test cricket and has a century in England, the West Indies apart from India, emphasised on the need to be mentally fit during the coronavirus-forced lockdown period.




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Anil Kumble the Best Captain I Played Under: Gautam Gambhir

The cricketer-turned-politician believes if Kumble had led Team India for a longer period, he would have broken every captaincy records.




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Period Away from Cricket was Torture, Made me More Determined: Prithvi Shaw

The talented 20-year-old was suspended by the BCCI in July last year until November 15 for “inadvertently” ingesting a prohibited substance, commonly found in cough syrups.




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Chris Gayle Joins St Lucia Zouks for CPL 2020

Swashbuckling West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has been signed by St Lucia Zouks as their marquee player for the 2020 edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).




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England Players Were Jealous of Pietersen's 'Massive' IPL Deal: Vaughan

Michael Vaughan has revealed that many former England players were jealous of Kevin Pietersen after the latter bagged a huge contract with the Indian Premier League (IPL).




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Indian Players' 100s Was for Themselves During Our Playing Days: Inzamam

Former skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq believes the difference between India and Pakistan teams during his playing days was that Indian players played for themselves while Pakistani players played for the team.




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Kagiso Rabada Says 'Consistent' Virat Kohli Pushes Him to Give his Best

The 24-year-old has taken 197 wickets from 43 Tests while he has picked up 117 ODI wickets from 75 matches.




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Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar - 47 Interesting Facts About The Master Blaster

Tendulkar scored 2278 runs in just 44 World Cup innings at an average of 56.95 and strike rate of 88.98.




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Shashank Manohar May Continue as ICC Chairman for Two Extra Months

The BCCI, however, remains wary of the Vidarbha lawyer, who was seen as an adversary by some in the Indian Board.




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Tendulkar's 'Desert Storm' Voted his Top ODI Innings on Birthday

Tendulkar's blitz narrowly edged out his match-winning 98 against arch-rivals Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup group match.




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Moises Henriques Opens up About Depressions, Says Considered Suicide

The 33-year-old, who played just 11 ODIs, 11 T20Is and four Tests for Australia, was diagnosed with clinical depression in 2017.




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Playing IPL Behind Closed Doors a Smarter Option: Pandya

All-rounder Hardik Pandya said that he would be okay with the 2020 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) being played behind closed doors. The season has been postponed after the Indian government extended the ongoing lockdown in the country to May 3 amid the coronavirus pandemic.




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Pakistan Cricket Legend Sana Mir Calls it a Day

Sana Mir on Saturday called it a day, bringing to an end a glittering 15-year cricketing career during which she played 226 internationals, including 137 as captain from 2009 to 2017.




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Too Early to Talk About Playing Five Tests in Australia: BCCI Official

The outbreak of the coronavirus has seen the Australian government seal the international boundaries till September 30. But Cricket Australia is not only keen to conduct the T20 World Cup in October, but also have India travel Down Under for the bilateral series at the end of the year.




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Was Clueless on Test Debut, Thought Had Played my Last Game: Sachin Tendulkar

When he walked out for the last time 24 years later, Tendulkar would do so as a batting great with a record 200 Test appearances to his name.




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Cheteshwar Pujara is Just Ultra Concentration All Day, Every Day: Pat Cummins

Hazlewood even said that he might consider Mankading Pujara the next time the two sides face each other in a Test series.




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Youngsters Today Try to be What They are Not on Social Media: Yuvraj

He was a fearless batsman during his time. Now after calling time on his illustrious career, Yuvraj Singh has remained the same, calling a spade a spade.




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Ashwin Remembers IPL 2010's Harsh Reality Check, Says It Was Like a 'Hard Slap'

Ashwin recalled the 2010 IPL when he was dropped from the CSK squad after two bad games, which was like a "hard slap", more so because he felt that coach Stephen Fleming "didn't talk to him" and he was not backed enough.




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Australia Players Won't be Greedy if Asked to take Pay Cut: Tim Paine

Cricket Australia might lose a staggering AUD 300 million dollars if the Indian team fails to turn up for the bilateral series due to the global health crisis.




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Chris Lynn Says T20 World Cup a "Logistical Nightmare" Amid Pandemic

Players are expected to be hit with pay cuts when CA releases their annual list of national contracts this week, having already postponed them by a month.




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Saeed Ajmal 'Even Today' Thinks Sachin Tendulkar Got Lucky in 2011 World Cup Semi-final

Ajmal said Gould was upset after his decision was overturned by the third umpire.




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Umar Akmal Will Definitely Challenge 'Harsh' Three-year Ban, Says Brother Kamran

Akmal was referring to Mohammad Irfan and Mohammad Nawaz who were banned for short periods after not reporting approaches made to them.




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Chris Gayle Calls Former Teammate Ramnaresh Sarwan 'Worse Than Coronavirus'

The opener claimed that Sarwan wanted to take control of the franchise and that is why he engineered Gayle's ouster from the team.




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Sachin Tendulkar Toyed With Shane Warne, Was Like Playing Cat & Mouse: Brett Lee

Tendulkar and Warne had an epic duel whenever they faced each other on the field.




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Buttler One of the Most Versatile, Best ODI Players at Present: Stokes

Star England all-rounder Ben Stokes on Tuesday heaped praise on teammate Jos Buttler, saying the destructive wicket-keeper batsman is one of the most versatile white-ball players in the world at the moment.




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Kane Williamson Named ODI Player of the Year at New Zealand Cricket's Awards

Williamson had a hugely successful year, both individually and with the New Zealand team, which he led to the World Cup final.




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Jamaica Tallawahs 'Weirdest' T20 Franchise I Have Ever Played With: Andre Russell

Earlier, Gayle had alleged that Sarwan created differences between him and the franchise and that is why he wasn't retained by the CPL side




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Need to Introspect If Cricket is Moving in Right Direction, Says Michael Holding

The 66-year-old cricketer-turned-commentator personally believes hitting the pause button for a while was necessary amid excessive commercialisation of the sport.




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Playing Without Spectators Will be Deja Vu, Admits India's Ajinkya Rahane

Playing behind closed doors has been suggested as one way to resume professional cricket, which has been suspended over the




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Every Time I Played for Chennai Super Kings It Gave Me Goosebumps: Imran Tahir

Tahir, who joined the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led team in 2018, said the day he put on the CSK cap was one of the special moments of his life.




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Ross Taylor Wins New Zealand Cricket's Player of the Year Award for Third Time

The presentation was made by Hadlee on Friday, on the final day of New Zealand Cricket’s virtual awards ceremony.




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Was a Day of Mixed Emotions: Rohit Sharma on his 33rd Birthday

Indian football legend Subimal 'Chuni' Goswami, who led Bengal in Ranji Trophy cricket too, also died later in the evening on Thursday to add to the gloom amid already testing COVID-19 times.




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Love Playing Test Cricket, You Need to Make Extra Effort: Rishabh Pant

Pant also added that Delhi Capitals coach and Australian legend Ricky Ponting always tells him to play his natural game. "He gives me a free hand. He says do whatever you want to do."




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England's Jason Roy says Hundred Postponement a 'Huge Shame'

With a new tournament, a new format and new city-based franchises, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) was aiming to attract a fresh audience to the game.




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Denis Burns Hails Promotion of Janani Narayanan, Vrinda Rathi to ICC Development Panel

Janani said the exercise has helped her understand the role of a third umpire in a practical manner.




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Big Egos Not Harmful if There is Team Culture, Environment: Jayawardene

Jayawardene has achieved considerable success in leadership roles in recent years, first as a captain and then coach, and said he has always backed his players to the hilt.




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We Robbed Indian Spinners in 1978-79 Test Series, Says Miandad

Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has recalled how he and Zaheer Abbas went after the Indian spin attack -- comprising of Bishan Singh Bedi, Bhagwath Chandrasekhar and Erapalli Prasanna -- and scored bulk of runs in the three-match Test series in 1978-79.




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Delay of The Hundred Will Rob Women's Game of Momentum: Charlotte Edwards

The women’s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia proved a massive success this year with an 86,000-plus crowd watching the hosts beat India in the 8 March final in Melbourne.




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Time Has Come for Me to Help Grow Other Leaders, Says du Plessis

The former skipper believes that the time has come where he takes the backseat and helps the youngsters in the team and also guide them with his experience of playing international cricket over the years.




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Some Pakistan Players Deliberately Underperformed in 2009 NZ Series: Rana Naved

A number of senior players "deliberately under-performed" during Pakistan's 2009 ODI series against New Zealand in the UAE because they were unhappy with Younis Khan's captaincy, former pacer Rana Naved-ul-Hasan has alleged.




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Harbhajan Singh Says He's Not Jealous of Ashwin, Expects Him to Become a Legend

Harbhajan is not yet retired but last played for India in 2016. The 39-year-old has played 103 Tests with his final game coming in 2015.




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Dravid Asking me to Play for Him Was Dream Come True: Samson

Wicket-keeper batsman Sanju Samson's first year with his Indian Premier League (IPL) side Rajasthan Royals was also the last year that former India captain Rahul Dravid led the side. Samson said that it felt like a "dream come true" when Dravid first asked him if he wanted to join the squad.




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WBBL: Melbourne Renegades Part Ways with Head Coach Tim Coyle

Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) franchise Melbourne Renegades on Tuesday announced that they have parted ways with head coach Tim Coyle.




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Will Evaluate if Approached with Offers from The Hundred, Says KKR CEO Venky Mysore

A brainchild of the ECB, The Hundred will be 100-balls-per-side format and will be played by eight franchises rather than the established 18 first-class counties.




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Playing Without Fans Won't Diminish Competitive Edge: Ben Stokes

When asked if cricket might lose its competitive edge in such an atmosphere Stokes, 28, said that even without fans the players would still be going out to win.




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Will Need One Month of Training Before Playing Competitive Match: Rahane

He agreed that in future, players will be wary of wild celebrations and group hugs which they are so used to at the fall of wickets.




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CAB Conducts First Online Session for Bengal Women Players

The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Wednesday held its first online interactive session for Bengal senior women's team as former India cricketer Deep Dasgupta was present during the session alongside senior Bengal coach Shib Shankar Paul and batting coach Charanjit Singh.