Pakistan Tour Cleared By Indian Home Ministry

The Indian Home Ministry has cleared the tour of Pakistan to India.The clearance was given during the meeting between ministry officials and BCCI representatives held at Delhi.The representatives included chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty,IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla and Chief Executive Sundar Raman.


Pakistan will arrive in India on December 22 for a series of 3 ODIs and 2 T20s.The venues for the fixtures are Chennai,Delhi,Kolkata,Ahmedabad and Bangalore.It will be the first bilateral series between the two teams since 2007.

Sun TV Buys Hyderabad IPL Franchise

The Sun TV has win the bid for Hyderabad IPL franchise for a 5 year term by bidding $15.9m per year.The decision was announced after the meeting of the IPL's governing council in Mumbai on Thursday.The bids were invited by them after the termination of Deccan Chargers due to their failure in meeting the deadline for raising its bank guarantee.

Th Sun TV won the bid by defeating PVP Ventures who offered $12.9m per year.This was their second time in bidding as they failed to win the bid last time also.

The Sun TV is a private Television and Entertainment company with around 32 channels spreading across different genres including movies,news,music etc.

We Are Still The Best Opening Batsmen In The World:Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir has said that the opening pair of him and Virender Sehwag is still the best opening pair in the world.Both the batsmen are under the knife of critics currently because of their poor performences in recent times.

"We still averages 53 as an opening pair,which I think as one of the best when it comes to opening the batting in world cricket.There are not many opening pairs who have played for such a long time and have an average of 53 per innings.And if 53 is not good enough,I don't know what is good enough",Gambhir told PTI.

He also added,"As an opening pair,you average 50 per inning and if you are giving 50 runs start in every innings,you can't do more and if people talks about contributing,I will suggest them to look at the stats."

The opening pair has failed to deliver in the recent series of India against Australia and England.At the tour of Australia,the pair's highest opening partnership was of just 26 runs.All the eyes will be on them,when they will open for the team against the England in upcoming home series.

Laxman Named The Captain Of Hyderabad For New Ranji Season

The former Indian batsman VVS Laxman has been named the captain of Hyderabad team for the upcoming Ranji Season.He will take over the control of the team from Dwaraka Ravi Teja who has been named the Vice-Capain of the team.

VVS Laxman took the retirement from International Cricket earlier this year,just before the start of India New Zealand Test Series.Apart from him,the off spinner Pragyan Ojha has also got selected for the team.

Hyderabad Squad:
VVS Laxman (C), Dwaraka Ravi Teja (V-C), Akshath Reddy, Hanuma Vihari, Arjun Yadav, Syed Ahmed Quadri, Bavanaka Sandeep, Ibrahim Khaleel, Pragyan Ojha, Ashish Reddy, Mohammed Khader, Anwar Ahmed, Pagadala Naidu, Abhinav Kumar, Vishal Sharma.

New Ranchi Stadium Gets Approval From ICC

The newly built stadium at Ranchi has got the approval from ICC for hosting International matches.It was inspected by the team headed by David Boon.They inspected the stadium and was satisfied by the facilites provided there.The stadium was also inspected by a 3-member team from England Cricket Board (ECB) and they also gave it the green signal.

"The ICC had given the green signal to hold the ODI four days ago. The last time Jharkhand had hosted an ODI was in 2006 against England (in Jamshedpur)," Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) president Amitabh Choudhary said. "And there is every possibility of Dhoni leading India on his home soil for the first time." 

The stadium is yet to host a match there.It will be hosting its first international match on January 19 which will bw the 3rd ODI of the upcoming series between India and England.The stadium is located at Ranchi which is the hometown of Indian Captain M.S.Dhoni.

Sachin Tendulkar To Recieve Order Of Australia Honour

The God Of Cricket and Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar will recieve the Order Of Australia honour from Australian Cabinet Minister Simon Crean during his visit to India.The announcement was made by the The Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard.

"I'm very pleased we're going to confer on Sachin Tendulkar membership of the Order of Australia, an AM," Gillard told reporters in Delhi. "This is a very special honour, very rarely awarded to someone who is not an Australian citizen or an Australian national.He is away playing cricket - surprise, surprise - but the award will be conferred on him by minister Crean when he visits India. So a very special honour and a very special recognition of such a great batsman." 

Sachin Tendulkar will be only fourth non-Australian Cricketer to get the honour after Brian Lara,Sir Gary Sobers and Clive Lloyd,all three are West Indian cricketers.Currentely,Sachin Tendulkar is in South Africa for the ongoing Champions League T20 Championship representing his IPL Team Mumbai Indians.

Bids Invited By BCCI For New IPL Team

The governing body of cricket in India i.e. BCCI has invited bids for the new IPL Team after the termination of Deccan Chargers from the IPL.The bids are invited for 12 cities Ahmedabad,Vizag,Dharamshala,Cuttak,Indore,Noida,Rajkot,Kanpur,Nagpur,Ranchi,Kochi & Hyderabad.The terminated IPL Team was based in Hyderabad.


The termination of Deccan Chargers was confirmed the Bombay High Court on Saturday.The BCCI decided to terminate it after it was discovered that the franchise owners i.e. Deccan Chargers Holding Ltd. (DHCL) were trying to sell it.The deadline for submitting the bids is till noon on October 25 .

Sachin Tendulkar To Reasses Himself Against England Series

Sachin Tendulkar has said that he will reasses his performance against England in the upcoming Test Series in November and then he will take the decision about his future.He said that he will have a look on his form and his mind of frame.

"I need not to take a call right now.When I will play in November, I will re-assess things.I am 39 and I don't think I have plenty of cricket left in me. But it depends on my frame of mind and my physical ability to deliver. When I feel that I am not delivering what is needed, and then I will re-look at the scheme of things. I am already 39 and no one expects me to go on playing forever,"Tendulkar said in an interview.

Currentely,he is undergoing criticism for his poor form by the sports critics and the experts.He got bowled in three innings against New Zealend in the last sereis played at home.He also said,"I am looking at it series by series. As long as I feel that I can deliver, I will continue playing. It also depends on what the team feels and whether I am motivated enough to continue being on top of the game."