BCB president Faruque Ahmed has assured the BPL players will receive their payments after it was reported several franchises hadn’t paid the players their first installment on time. The franchises are scheduled to pay half of a player’s payment before the start of the tournament, 25% during the tournament, and the rest after the tournament ends. The seven-team competition began …
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Financial sector veteran Sam Ghosh gets Sebi nod for MF foray – Times of India
Mumbai: Sam Ghosh, a veteran of India’s financial sector, is entering the mutual fund industry with his own venture. Markets regulator Sebi on Monday gave Cosmea Investments, the holding company for Ghosh’s financial ventures, the go-ahead to launch its mutual fund business.The company had applied for an MF licence in May 2024. It would take about six months to launch …
Read More »BPL: Batter given timed out before Mehidy calls him back
O’Connell, the Australian legspinner, walked out to bat after the allocated three minutes were up during Chittagong’s chase of 204. Mehidy, the fielding captain, went to the umpire along with several of his team-mates to ask about the delay. The umpires, Raveendra Wimalasiri and Tanvir Ahmed, adjudged O’Connell to be out. As O’Connell started to trudge back to the dugout, …
Read More »Ayush Mhatre breaks Yashasvi Jaiswal’s record for youngest to hit 150-plus in men’s List A
With defending champions looking to bounce back, Mhatre led the charge with a brilliant 176 off 232 balls, which was studded with 22 fours and four sixes, against Maharashtra. Mumbai won that game by nine wickets. He had a couple of quiet outings against Tripura and Odisha but slammed his second first-class ton – 116 off 149 balls with 12 …
Read More »‘Unfair’ to question Marsh’s fitness as pressure grows on Test spot
Mitchell Marsh is a good chance of keeping his place for the final Test against India in Sydney despite a lean series with the bat while his lack of overs continues to be attributed to the nature of the matches rather than any fitness issues. Australia head coach Andrew McDonald and the selectors met on Monday morning to discuss the …
Read More »Ervine urges Zimbabwe to improve their fielding: ‘The outcome could’ve been different had we taken our chances’
Craig Ervine lamented Zimbabwe’s poor fielding after Zimbabwe drew the first Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. Rahmat Shah (234) and Hashmatullah Shahidi (246) were the biggest beneficiaries of the dropped chances as they handed the visitors a 113-run first-innings lead despite conceding 586. Afsar Zazai made 113 as well. “The one little area where we’ll probably look back and think, …
Read More »WTC final scenarios: India need a win in Sydney to stay in contention
Percent: 61.46; matches remaining: India (1 home Test), SL (2 away) If Australia win the Sydney Test against India, they are through to the WTC final regardless of results in Sri Lanka – if Australia were to win in Sydney but lose both Tests in their upcoming series in Sri Lanka, they would finish on 57.02 percentage points to India’s …
Read More »Rohit on Bumrah’s bowling workloads: ‘We’ve been very careful’
India have had Jasprit Bumrah bowling like few ever have in this Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He has 30 wickets at an average of 12.83. The rest have 36 wickets at 41.33. Soon after India lost the Melbourne Test, where the 31-year-old fast bowler picked up a five-for, and went 1-2 down with one Test to play, Rohit Sharma, the captain, was …
Read More »Golden-arm Head was helping with Australia’s over rate
Travis Head has broken Indian hearts a few times with the bat, but at the MCG he claimed the wicket which gave Australia an opening for their dramatic final-session surge, although captain Pat Cummins revealed he was partly being used to help improve the over rate. Head and Nathan Lyon sped through their overs after tea when India began the …
Read More »Jaiswal dismissed as third umpire sees ‘conclusive evidence’ to overturn not-out decision
India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed in unusual circumstances during the final session on day five of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG after an on-field not-out decision for caught-behind was overturned by the third umpire despite Real-time Snicko not confirming the edge. Jaiswal, batting on 84, attempted to hook a bouncer from Pat Cummins, the ball was caught …
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