Sachin Chechi’s 66 not out (40b, 3x4, 6x6) and Rahul Prasad’s 46 helped Ram Pal Academy beat Rohtak Road Gymkhana by seven wickets in the 38th Lala Raghubir Singh hot weather cricket tournament at the Modern School, Barakhamba Road, grounds on Thursday.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday refused to break the BCCI gag on him in answering questions on the spot-fixing scandal that has hit Indian Premier League except to say that some players were “slightly mentally weak” compared to others.

The new ODI rules and the conditions in England will force India to go in with five specialist bowlers in the upcoming Champions Trophy, according to captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who reckons all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will play a key role.

Ridiculing the Indian Premier League for turning cricketers into a bunch of avaricious people, World Cup winning Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga on Thursday said that the cash-awash T20 league has given Indian cricket nothing but disrepute.

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum hopes a change of format and the introduction of several new players will revive his side from the depths of a Test whitewash when they face England in a three-match one-day series starting at Lord’s on Friday.

The International Cricket Council is probing allegations of match-fixing in Bangladesh cricket with former national captain Mohammad Ashraful among those being questioned, local officials said Thursday.

Board of Control for Cricket in India president N. Srinivasan — already facing calls to step down from a growing number of Board members over the spot-fixing sage and its fallout — took a further hit on Wednesday with the Union sports ministry asking the Tamil Nadu strongman to resign from his post.

Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf Wednesday denied spot-fixing allegations levelled against him during the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition, saying he was ready to face any inquiry.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has back-tracked on his own suggestion he’d return to Test cricket as an emergency Ashes call-up by ruling himself out of the upcoming series against England.

The 15-member Indian squad for the ICC Champions Trophy commencing on June 6 left here today for London via Dubai.