Mahendra Singh Dhoni turns 32 today. The iceman celebrated this joyous day in his own inimitable manner, with spouse Sakshi Dhoni, team-mates and friends. The UnReal Times correspondent, Atul Baskarbe, brings you the story in pictures
The past couple of weeks have been hard on N Srinivasan, President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), buffeted as he has been from many quarters to step down in the wake of his son-in-law’s arrest for betting.
Delhi Police chief, Neeraj Kumar, today furnished more proof of Shantakumaran’s Sreesanth’s culpability in spot-fixing by releasing a snapshot of the pace bowler’s Gmail inbox.
After honoring the highest run-scorers and wicket-takers with orange and purple caps respectively, the Indian Premier League (IPL) committee has introduced another honour cap called the "Ashish Nehra black-blue" cap, which will be worn by the bowler with the most expensive four-over spell. After careful scrutiny of bowling statistics till Thursday, Sun Risers Hyderabad pacer Ishant Sharma was the first to be handed over the cap by IPL commissioner Rajeev Shukla.
Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) cup of joy continues to spill over. Chuffed up by managing to choke their way to victory, RCB’s hopes of lifting the trophy this season got a major boost with Venkatesh Prasad — with former Team India bowler and RCB bowling coach — making a comeback, replacing RP Singh in the squad. At 43, this makes Prasad the oldest and by far the slowest of the fast bowlers in the league.
Despite playing in home conditions, the Kings XI Punjab could not match the might of the Chennai Super Kings. Not only were they outmatched in cricketing disciplines, they didn’t stand a chance in off-the-field incentives either.
It was billed as a clash between contrasting styles – Venkatesh Prasad urging his protégé to slow it down versus Anil Kumble goading Bhajji to speed it up; Dan’s Christian charity versus Chris Gayle’s savagery.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in addition to seizing 11 imported cars from the house of N Srinivasan, the chief of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, has also managed to seize his most valuable, unaccounted for asset — Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Despite a valiant rearguard knock by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India lost the first ODI against Pakistan in Chennai. Nevertheless, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief N Srinivasan used the opportunity to sound out a few players for Chennai Super Kings on Facebook.
The Indian cricket team finally brought in some reason to cheer, with a victory over England in the T-20 international match held yesterday in Pune.