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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.

Dec 11, 2017 12:12
MUMBAI: The Indian Premier League (IPL) could well become a bilateral-free window during the months of April and May after 2019.
Dec 11, 2017 12:12
NEW DELHI: Former IPL chairman Chirayu Amin has come under the scanner once again after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said it had seized mutual funds valued at Rs 103.5 million under the FEMA law of a company "controlled" by him in the Panama Papers case. 
Dec 09, 2017 12:12
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council appears to have taken the pollution levels in Delhi seriously.  PTI reports the ICC might incorporate air pollution in its ‘playing conditions’ clause after taking serious note of the plight of the Sri Lankan cricketers during the third and final Test against India recently.
Dec 08, 2017 13:12
MUMBAI: The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has announced the launch of its first ever T20 Mumbai League.
Dec 05, 2017 11:12
NEW DELHI: After a lot of trash talk from various worthies in the BCCI and its periphery about the supposed "lack of fight" put up by the visiting Sri Lankans in the face of the capital's infamous pollution, the Indian cricket board seems to have belatedly seen reason. 
Dec 04, 2017 09:12
NEW DELHI: The capital's reputation as a sporting venue took another beating on Sunday with surging pollution levels disrupting day two of the third Test against Sri Lanka at the Feroz Shah Kotla.
Dec 01, 2017 11:12
MUMBAI: The information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry is working on a proposal that will make the Indian Premier League (IPL) available on state broadcaster Doordarshan and has asked the sports ministry to weigh in on the matter.
Dec 01, 2017 11:12
MUMBAI: The Ten-Over-A-Side (T10) format is the right format for the International Cricket Council to get the sport included in the Olympics, believes former India opener Virender Sehwag
Nov 30, 2017 11:11
NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been penalised Rs 522.4 million  by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for anti-competitive practices with respect to the Indian Premier League. 
Nov 28, 2017 11:11
NEW DELHI: The playing days of the Indian team will be reduced from 140 days to a minimum 80 days per year in the 2019-2023 Futures Tour Programme (FTP), being prepared under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators.