West Indies announced T20I squad for the upcoming series against India and New Zealand

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Cricket West Indies announced 16-member squad for the upcoming T20I Cup against India and for the 3-match T20Is Series against New Zealand.

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Selection Panel recalled left-handed batter Shimron Hetmyer. Left-arm fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell is recovering from injury and unavailable for selection, while allrounder Fabien Allen is also unavailable for personal reasons. Hetmyer last played for the West Indies back in November 2021 during the T20 World Cup

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West Indies squad for the T20I series against India and New Zealand: 

Nicholas Pooran (Captain)

Rovman Powell (Vice Captain)

Shamarh Brooks

Dominic Drakes

Shimron Hetmyer

Jason Holder

Akeal Hosein

Alzarri Joseph

Brandon King

Kyle Mayers

Obed McCoy

Keemo Paul

Romario Shepherd

Odean Smith

Devon Thomas

Hayden Walsh Jr.

India to host ICC Women's World Cup 2025

 

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BCCI has won the hosting rights for the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025. The ICC confirmed the venue on Tuesday following the ICC Board Meeting in Birmingham. This will be the 5th time that the ICC Women’s World Cup will be held in India & the 1st in the 50-over format since 2013. The last time a Women’s World Cup was held in India was in 2016 when it hosted the T20 World Cup, held simultaneously with the men’s World Cup. 

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Women’s global event Schedule 2024 to 2027 

ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 - Bangladesh 

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 - India

ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 - England 

ICC Women's Champions Trophy 2027- Sri Lanka

BCCI President, Sourav Ganguly said: 

“We were keen on hosting the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 and we are glad we have won the hosting rights for this marquee clash on the women’s calendar. India hosted the 50-over women’s World Cup in 2013 and the sport has undergone tremendous transformation since then. The popularity of women’s cricket is rapidly rising, and this is a step in the right direction. The BCCI will work closely with the ICC and fulfil all the requirements.”

 BCCI Honorary Secretary, Jay Shah said: “We are delighted to host the 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup and let me tell you that BCCI will leave no stone unturned to make it a memorable event for everyone concerned. We are taking several steps to raise the profile of the sport right from the grassroots level and hosting the World Cup will further boost the popularity of the sport in the country. The BCCI remains committed to women’s cricket in India. We have the infrastructure in place, and I am confident we will have a very successful edition of the World Cup.”

Indian Senior Women squad for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games announced

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India is in Group A with Australia, Barbados, and Pakistan. Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand, and South Africa are placed in Group B. The top two teams from the respective pools will progress to the semi-finals. India is scheduled to play three games in the league stage of the tournament starting 29th July 2022.  

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Team India squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, S. Meghana, Taniyaa Sapna Bhatia (Wk), Yastika Bhatia (Wk), Deepti Sharma, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav, Harleen Deol, Sneh Rana.

Standby: Simran Dil Bahadur, Richa Ghosh, Poonam Yadav.

India fixtures – Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Sr. No.	Date	Opponent	Venue
1	29th July	Australia	Edgbaston
2	31st July	Pakistan	Edgbaston
3	3rd August	Barbados	Edgbaston

BCCI awards 2015-16 winners list

Indian captain Virat Kohli is set to make more history as he will become the first Indian cricketer to receive the Polly Umrigar Award for the third time. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Annual Awards, which is to be held in Bengaluru on March 8. 

Ravichandran Ashwin, who is the No. 1 ranked bowler and all-rounder by the ICC in Tests, will become the first player to receive the Dilip Sardesai Award twice. The CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to former left-arm spinners Rajinder Goel and Padmakar Shivalkar.

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BCCI has also decided to honour the women in Indian cricket and have decided to award the Lifetime Achievement Award to India's first Test captain Shanta Rangaswamy.

BCCI Annual Awards 2016-17 following the fifth MAK Pataudi Memorial Lecture in Bengaluru on March 8. Former India wicket-keeper Farokh Engineer will deliver the lecture.

Here is the complete list of winners :- 

CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award - Rajinder Goel, Padmakar Shivalkar

BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award For Women - Shanta Rangaswamy

BCCI Special Award - VV Kumar and Ramakant Desai

Polly Umrigar Award - Virat Kohli

Dilip Sardesai Award - R Ashwin

Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in Ranji Trophy 2015-16 - Jalaj Saxena (Madhya Pradesh)

Lala Amarnath Award for best all-rounder in domestic limited-overs competitions - Axar Patel (Gujarat)

Madhavrao Scindia Award for highest scorer in Ranji Trophy 2015-16 - Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai)

Madhavrao Scindia Award for highest wicket-taker in Ranji Trophy 2015-16 - Shahbaz Nadeem (Jharkhand)

MA Chidambaram Trophy for highest scorer in Under-23 CK Nayudu Trophy 2015-16 - Jay Bista (Mumbai)

MA Chidambaram Trophy for highest wicket-taker in Under-23 CK Nayudu Trophy 2015-16 - Satyajeet Bachhav (Maharashtra)

NKP Salve Award for highest scorer in Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2015-16 - Armaan Jaffer (Mumbai)

NKP Salve Award for highest wicket-taker in Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2015-16 - Ninad Rathva (Baroda)

Raj Singh Dungarpur Award for highest scorer in Under-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy 2015-16 - Abhishek Sharma (Punjab)

Raj Singh Dungarpur Award for highest wicket-taker in Under-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy 2015-16 - Abhishek Sharma (Punjab)

Jagmohan Dalmiya Award for best woman cricketer (senior) of 2015-16 - Mithali Raj

Jagmohan Dalmiya Award for best woman cricketer (junior) of 2015-16 - Deepti Sharma (Uttar Pradesh)

Best Umpire in domestic cricket in 2015-16 - Nitin Menon

Best Performance in BCCI domestic tournaments in 2015-16 - Mumbai Cricket Association

IPL 2017 Full schedule

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The schedule for the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League has been announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.  The tournament will start on April 5 in Hyderabad, while the final will be held in the same city on May 21.

IPL 2017 auction will be held in Bengaluru on February 20, where 351 cricketers will go under the hammer. Out of the lost, 122 have played international cricket at some stage, including six Associate players.

IPL’s 10th edition will be spread over 47 days & across 10 venues with each team playing 14 matches in the round-robin stage. This IPL season will also see Indore hosting games for the first time since 2011(Rising Pune Supergiants on April 8, RCB on April 10 and Mumbai Indians on April 20).

Kanpur will be the home base for Gujarat Lions in two matches, against Delhi Daredevils on May 10 and Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 13.The qualifiers will be held on May 16 and May 19 while the eliminator is scheduled on May 17. Venues of these matches are yet to be announced.

Here is the full list of matches of IPL 2017 :- 

Match 1: SRH vs RCB, April 5 2017, 8 PM

Match 2: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Mumbai Indians, April 6 2017, 8 PM

Match 3: Gujarat Lions vs KKR, April 7 2017, 8 PM

Match 4: Kings XI Punjab vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 8 2017, 4 PM

Match 5: RCB vs Delhi Daredevils, April 8 2017, 8 PM

Match 6: SRH vs Gujarat Lions, April 9 2017, 4 PM

Match 7: Mumbai Indians vs KKR, April 9 2017, 8 PM

Match 8: Kings XI Punjab vs RCB, April 10 2017, 8 PM

Match 9: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Delhi Daredevils, April 11 2017, 8 PM

Match 10: Mumbai Indians vs SRH, April 12 2017, 8 PM

Match 11: KKR vs Kings XI Punjab, April 13 2017, 8 PM

Match 12: RCB vs Mumbai Indians, April 14 2017, 4 PM

Match 13: Gujarat Lions vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 14 2017, 8 PM

Match 14: KKR vs SRH, April 15 2017, 4 PM

Match 15: Delhi Daredevils vs Kings XI Punjab, April 15 2017, 8 PM

Match 16: Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Lions, April 16 2017, 4 PM

Match 17: RCB vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 16 2017, 8 PM

Match 18: Delhi Daredevils vs KKR, April 17 2017, 4 PM

Match 19: SRH vs Kings XI Punjab, April 17 2017, 8 PM

Match 20: Gujarat Lions vs RCB, April 18 2017, 8 PM

Match 21: SRH vs Delhi Daredevils, April 19 2017, 8 PM

Match 22: Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, April 20 2017, 8 PM

Match 23: KKR vs Gujarat Lions, April 21 2017, 8 PM

Match 24: Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians, April 22 2017, 4 PM

Match 25: Rising Pune Supergiant vs SRH, April 22 2017, 8 PM

Match 26: Gujarat Lions vs Kings XI Punjab, April 23 2017, 4 PM

Match 27: KKR vs RCB, April 23 2017, 8 PM

Match 28: Mumbai Indians vs Rising Pune Supergiant, April 24 2017, 8 PM

Match 29: RCB vs SRH, April 25 2017, 8 PM

Match 30: Rising Pune Supergiant vs KKR, April 26 2017, 8 PM

Match 31: RCB vs Gujarat Lions, April 27 2017, 8 PM

Match 32: KKR vs Delhi Daredevils, April 28 2017, 4 PM

Match 33: Kings XI Punjab vs SRH, April 28 2017, 8 PM

Match 34: Rising Pune Supergiant vs RCB, April 29 2017, 4 PM

Match 35: Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians, April 29 2017, 8 PM

Match 36: Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils, April 30 2017, 4 PM

Match 37: SRH vs KKR, April 30 2017, 8 PM

Match 38: Mumbia Indians vs RCB, May 1 2017, 4 PM

Match 39: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Gujarat Lion, May 1 2017, 8 PM

Match 40: Delhi Daredevils vs SRH, May 2 2017, 8 PM

Match 41: KKR vs Rising Pune Supergiant, May 3 2017, 8 PM

Match 42: Delhi Daredevils vs Gujarat Lions, May 4 2017, 8 PM

Match 43: RCB vs Kings XI Punjab, May 5 2017, 8 PM

Match 44: SRH vs Rising Pune Supergiant, May 6 2017, 4 PM

Match 45: Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils, May 6 2017, 8 PM

Match 46: RCB vs KKR, May 7 2017, 4 PM

Match 47: Kings XI Punjab vs Gujarat Lions, May 7 2017, 8 PM

Match 48: SRH vs Mumbai Indians, May 8 2017, 8 PM

Match 49: Kings XI Punjab vs KKR, May 9 2017, 8 PM

Match 50: Gujarat Lions vs Delhi Daredevils, May 10 2017, 8 PM

Match 51: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab, May 11 2017, 8 PM

Match 52: Delhi Daredevlis vs Rising Pune Super Giant, May 12 2017, 8 PM

Match 53: Gujarat Lions vs SRH, May 13 2017, 4 PM

Match 54: KKR vs Mumbai Indians, May 13 2017, 8 PM

Match 55: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Kings XI Punjab, May 14 2017, 4 PM

Match 56: Delhi Daredevils vs RCB, May 15 2017, 8 PM

1st Qualifier: May 16 2017, 8 PM

Eliminator: May 17 2017, 8 PM

2nd Qualifier: May 19 2017, 8 PM

Final: May 21 2017, 8 PM

Ranji Trophy 2015/16 Final Saurashtra v Mumbai - Preview

The Ranji Trophy final begins the same day as the Asia Cup main draw & Mumbai will be seeking their 41st title in their 45th final. If they should emerge victorious against Saurashtra, it will go a long way towards easing the pain of the previous season. 

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The last time the two teams met in a Ranji Trophy final, Mumbai beat Saurashtra by an innings and 125 runs in three days to lift the trophy for the 40th time back in 2012-13 & Saurashtra are searching for their first title. 

Mumbai Indians party with fans at the Wankhede Stadium

The Mumbai Indians stars, waving the team flag and led by team owner Nita Ambani, made their way on to the ground for a victory lap. Though Sachin Tendulkar was not a part of the team this IPL, the Wankhede crowd showed that their love for him will never die. 

Tendulkar won the spectators' hearts further when he addressed them in Marathi. He acknowledged the crowd for their relentless support to the Mumbai Indians despite a poor start to IPL-8. Tendulkar lauded MI's character. 

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Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar Thanked Them In Marathi In Front Of Thousands Of Fans In Wankhade: - 'Hello Mumbai, Whatever Support You Had, We Were Able To Do It. There Are Very Few Such Moments And I Am Very Happy To Be Able To Spend These Moments With You. "

MI skipper Rohit Sharma may have a special liking for the Eden Gardens, but the stylish right-hander too won Mumbaikars' hearts. "More than anything else, I like Mumbai," he said in response to whether the Kolkata ground is dearer to him. "This is where I started my career. Nothing comes close to this ground." 

Kieron Pollard, in his true Caribbean style, said if Mumbai Indians wins more championships. "Mumbai is a home away from home for the last six years. I will try entertaining the crowd more. I will tape my mouth, give more trouble to the opposition and win more matches for MI."

 The underprivileged kids of Ambani's social initiative Education for All brought the IPL trophy on stage to present it to Rohit.