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Friday, August 29, 2025
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Topic: BCCI

YoYo gets its own treatment, now BCCI to study if it’s the best to test cricketing fitness

CoA has asked Saba Karim, BCCI’s GM-operations, to answer questions raised about the appropriateness and manner in which the test has been implemented. Bengaluru: The...

Who decided YoYo test is final measure of cricket fitness? Even the BCCI wants to know

Asks who supervises, records, ensures fairness. And who authorised the test after team was selected.

Sacked by Lodha panel-appointed official, Hyderabad cricket body chief moves SC

Vivekanand challenges order that deemed he held ‘office of profit’ and had ‘conflict of interest’.

Indian cricket’s descent from checks and balances to cheques and (bank) balances

The system that was set up to run the game is now ruining it

The rise and rise of Afghan cricket, with a little help from India

In a decade, Afghanistan has gone from the lowest tier of cricket to qualifying for two World Cups and three World T20s. With its test debut, Afghanistan finally makes it into the elite club.

Virat Kohli among Forbes list of world’s 100 highest-paid athletes; no woman makes the cut

American boxer Floyd Mayweather charts his way back to the top, with earnings totalling $285 million in 2017.

BCCI, former top officials told to pay Rs 121 crore penalty in IPL case

ED penalises BCCI and former top officials including N. Srinivasan, Lalit Modi for allegedly violating the foreign exchanges Act during the 2009 IPL season in South Africa. 

Kevin Pietersen will deliver MAK Pataudi lecture. And that’s not cricket, is the chorus

Invitation to flamboyant English cricketer to speak at Pataudi lecture divides BCCI; ex-players says former Indian great ‘doesn’t deserve this spat’ and that BCCI not keen on hosting lecture.

I quit cricket administration after Lodha age limit. Let’s see what Vinod Rai does: Pawar

Vinod Rai turned 70 Wednesday and many are wondering if the head of Indian cricket, in charge of implementing Lodha reforms, will toe the line and quit. 

Superboss of Indian cricket Vinod Rai turns 70. Shouldn’t he play by rule and resign?

Vinod Rai as head of CoA is in charge of implementing Lodha reforms, one of which capped age of cricket administrators at 70.

On Camera

How economic planning stifled India’s growth and talent

The Indian planning system did not encourage individuals based on ‘what they knew’, but on ‘whom they knew’. Many left for countries that recognised their talent.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.