Diana Eduljee

Uttarakhand’s 18 year wait to play Ranji Trophy comes to an end

A lack of BCCI affiliated association has hurt the cricketers in the state with many being forced to play for other states.

Mithali Raj tops ICC ranking, but the Indian media has little interest in women’s cricket

By Sudatta Mukherjee 

On February 28, 2012, when Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 133 to guide India to a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in a do-or-die match, the Indian media went on an overdrive in burying him with adjectives. But when another Indian cricketer got to the top of the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen, there was hardly a ripple in the media. Why? The answer is simple: The player in question is Mithali Raj and the ICC rankings are for women’s cricket.

Spare a thought for Mithali, Jhulan & other world class Indian women cricketers

India, too, has produced world class women’s cricketers over the years like Shanta Rangaswamy, Diana Eduljee, Sandhya Agarwal, Mithali Raj and Jhulan Joswami, to name just a few. But in a male-dominated nation, these women and the game their brand of cricket has not got its rightful due.

Sandeep Patil’s Cricket Academy plot to go back to government

By CricketCountry Staff

Mumbai suburban collector Nirmalkumar Deshmukh has recommended the Maharashtra state government to take back the plot reserved for former cricketer Sandeep Patil and Diana Eduljee for cricket coaching.