South Africa dragged it out till the very last ball but were left 26 runs short as India won their opening Group B game of the ICC Champions Trophy at Sophia Gardens riding on a blistering maiden hundred from opener Shikhar Dhawan.

Former champions West Indies will lock horns with the incredibly unpredictable Pakistan in what promises to be a high-voltage group B Champions Trophy clash at The Oval on Friday.

Baroda Cricket Association secretary Sanjay Patel will replace Sanjay Jagdale as secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, interim president Jagmohan Dalmiya announced in Kolkata on Thursday.

Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra’s admission of betting in IPL matches has left many shocked and former Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Sanjay Jagdale has termed the development as “another instance of damaging the faith” of the fans.

Beleaguered cricket administrator N. Srinivasan is getting ready for another battle as the 83rd annual general body meeting of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association is scheduled for June 23. It’s an open secret that Srinivasan & Co will make it a landslide victory if new office bearers are elected through voting, thus oppositions are banking on the state government to end his reign.

Sport mirrors society, IPL even more so.

An internal probe report about the spot-fixing row in the Indian Premier League was submitted to the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday.

Delhi teenagers Vikas Dixit and Shivam Chauhan along with Pranjal Puri from Indore have been selected for a specially organised 25-day camp to train under former Somerset cricketer Thomas Webley at the Merchant Taylors’ School in England.

An unbeaten 66 by Unmukt Chand and Mayank Tehlan’s 35 helped ONGC beat Gush Club by five wickets in the 38th Lala Raghubir Singh hotweather cricket tournament at the Modern School, Barakhamba Road, grounds in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Mayank Sidana smashed a century as Food Corporation of India thumped Collage Sports Management Trust by seven wickets in a quarter-final match of the 40th all-India Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial cricket tournament at the Stephen’s College grounds in New Delhi on Wednesday.