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Sourav Ganguly Refuses IPL Chairmanship, Had Expressed Interest To Continue As BCCI President: Report

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, who reached Mumbai on Monday evening, had a lot of meetings with the stakeholders of the national cricket body in New Delhi, last week. The former India captain was keen to continue as BCCI President but he was told that there is no precedence of giving a second term to the Board president. "Sourav was offered IPL chairmanship but he politely declined the offer. His logic was that he cannot accept becoming head of a sub-committee in BCCI after heading the same institution. He had expressed interest in continuing in the position," the BCCI source said.

Watch: Virat Kohli Has A "Throwdown Specialist" In Rahul Dravid Ahead Of T20 World Cup

India batter Virat Kohli missed the first practice match of the team against Western Australia XI on Monday but he made sure he hit the nets to continue to train in Australia ahead of the T20 World Cup, starting October 16. A video is going viral on social media that shows Kohli giving his best while batting in the nets. However, what hogged more limelight was the fact that it was India's head coach Rahul Dravid who was giving throwdowns to the star batter.

England hand Ben Foakes, Liam Livingstone first central contracts

The board also announced increment contracts for Harry Brook, Matthew Potts, Reece Topley and David Willey in its 30-man overall list, which has players set to feature in red-ball and white-ball matches during the next 12 months. The increment contracts recognise players who may feature for England on a less predictable basis.

Reduce ODIs to 40-over games: Australia's Usman Khawaja's suggestion for survival of ODIs

cricket. ODIs are fast losing their popularity with T20Is already becoming a hot property, while Test cricket remains the pinnacle of the sport. But Khawaja is against the scrapping of 50-over format, instead he and teammate Adam Zampa have suggested some corrective measures to infuse a new life into ODIs.

T20 World Cup: We have got what we wanted from practice sessions in Australia, says India's support staff

Fourteen members of the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team reached Australia almost 20 days prior to its T20 World Cup opener against arch-rivals Pakistan on October 23 and has been busy preparing for the tournament at the WACA ground here. The Indian players have been going through intense training, which includes sessions on endurance, batting and bowling at the nets and fielding practice.

ICC Women's T20 Rankings: Deepti Sharma Leaps Into Top 3 Of Bowling Ranking

India's consistent all-rounder Deepti Sharma moved into the top three of the ICC T20I Women's bowler rankings on Tuesday after a string of impressive performances in the ongoing Asia Cup in Bangladesh. Sharma's spectacular few months continued as she vaulted into the top three of the Women's T20I Bowling Rankings, displacing West Indies' in-form star Hayley Matthews, South African pacer Shabnim Ismail, and Australia's Megan Schutt.

ICC Reprimands Aaron Finch For Use Of "Audible Obscenity"

Australia captain Aaron Finch found himself in the middle of a stump microphone controversy days before the start of the T20 World Cup as he was reprimanded by the ICC for use of "audible obscenity". The incident occurred in the ninth over of England innings in Australia's three-match T20I series opener here on Sunday, when the 35-year-old lost his cool, swearing in at on-field umpires Sam Nogajski and Donovan Koch following a caught-behind appeal. England went on to win the match by eight runs.

What Sanju Samson Said About Doing "Finishing" Role For Team India

India wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson has been in fine form off late, registering scores of 86 and 30 in the first to ODIs of the ongoing three-match series against South Africa. In the first ODI, Samson played a knock against all odds and his fighting spirit kept the hosts in the game. Needing 30 runs in the final over, Sanju gave it his all, and in the end, Team India fell just 9 runs short. The right-handed batter who is used to batting in the top-order, has now started to come lower down the order when donning India colours and the new role is suiting the batter.

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Sourav Ganguly Refuses IPL Chairmanship, Had Expressed Interest To Continue As BCCI President: Report

Watch: Virat Kohli Has A "Throwdown Specialist" In Rahul Dravid Ahead Of T20 World Cup

England hand Ben Foakes, Liam Livingstone first central contracts

Reduce ODIs to 40-over games: Australia's Usman Khawaja's suggestion for survival of ODIs

T20 World Cup: We have got what we wanted from practice sessions in Australia, says India's support staff

ICC Women's T20 Rankings: Deepti Sharma Leaps Into Top 3 Of Bowling Ranking

ICC Reprimands Aaron Finch For Use Of "Audible Obscenity"

What Sanju Samson Said About Doing "Finishing" Role For Team India