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BCCI to pay Rs8bn+ compensation to Kochi Tuskers

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Oct 24, 2017 12:10

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NEW DELHI: The most powerful cricket body in the world has yet again been forced to eat humble pie after falling at the wrong end of the stick on the legal front. Needless to say, it is a seriously expensive pie.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is reportedly ready to cough up compensation of over Rs8 billion to IPL franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala for terminating its contract in 2011, a massive mark-up on the Rs3 billion the team's promoters were initially willing to settle for.

May 20, 2021 14:05

BCCI announces annual retainership for women cricketers

MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday announced the Annual Player Contracts for Team India (Senior Women) for the period from October 2020 to September 2021. The payment structures are as under- Grade A (Rs 5m): Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Poonam Yadav.

May 19, 2021 14:05

BCCI calls SGM on May 29, T20 World Cup tops agenda: Reports

MUMBAI: The BCCI has called a Special General Meeting on May 29 to reportedly discuss the upcoming cricket season in India, particularly the T20 World Cup, which is scheduled to be hosted in India in October-November.

May 17, 2021 16:05

BCCI puts plans for tender for 2 new IPL teams on ice: Reports

MUMBAI: The BCCI recently had no option but to indefinitely suspend the Indian Premier League after it had completed only half its innings for 2021. Now by the looks of things, the Indian cricket board has also been forced to put on hold its publicly stated plan to float tenders for two new IPL teams.

May 13, 2021 18:05

Ramesh Powar appointed head coach of Indian women’s cricket team

MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India Thursday announced the appointment of Ramesh Powar as head coach of Team India (senior women). The BCCI had advertised for the post and received over 35 applications. The three-member Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Ms Sulakshana Naik, Madan Lal and Rudra Pratap Singh interviewed the applicants and unanimously agreed on Powar’s candidature.

May 11, 2021 16:05

Players will not miss England fixtures to play in IPL: ECB

MUMBAI: Even as some worthies within the world's richest and most powerful cricket board throw around possible windows to hold the remainder of the Indian Premier League, seemingly without considering the international itinerary's in other countries, comes the first pushback from their counterparts in England.

May 11, 2021 16:05

Bio-bubble breaches sourced to IPL move to Delhi, A'bad

MUMBAI: Truth will out. Too late for the men who matter in the world's richest and most powerful cricket board though. Days after the BCCI was forced to indefinitely suspend the Indian Premier League, the "realisation" (seriously?) appears to have belatedly dawned within the board's corridors of power that taking the IPL bandwagon to the COVID "ground zero" cities of New Delhi and Ahmedabad was "ill-advised".

May 10, 2021 11:05

Ganguly rules out IPL 2021 remainder happening in India

MUMBAI: In the increasingly unlikely event that the BCCI does manage to carve out a window for the remaining 31 games of the suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, it will have to be played outside the country, board president Sourav Ganguly has acknowledged.

May 10, 2021 07:05

India 'b' team to tour Lanka in July for white ball series

MUMBAI: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said that the Indian team, sans the top players, will tour Sri Lanka in July for a limited overs bilateral series. Big names such as skipper Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma will not be part of the tour as they will be engaged in a marquee five-match Test series in England.

May 07, 2021 18:05

After IPL suspension, SA's T20I tour to India in Sep under cloud

MUMBAI: After the 2021 Indian Premier League was suspended indefinitely, the Board of Control for Cricket in India's focus has been fixed firmly on the possibilities of completing the remainder of the IPL in the September window after England’s tour of India is complete and before the T20 World Cup scheduled in India for October-November.

May 07, 2021 17:05

T Sports scores Bangla territory telecast rights for BCCI cricket

MUMBAI: Bangladesh territory media rights for international cricket hosted by the BCCI, as well as the remaining games for the ongoing 2020-21 season of the Premier League, have been secured by freshly minted sportscaster T Sports. The media rights agreement was managed by Singapore-based digital rights marketplace Allrites, which sublicensed the rights from Star India.

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