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Monday, September 30

BCCI vice-president defends Kanpur as Test venue but concedes need for improvements

Rajiv Shukla pointed to the ground's age and ownership structure to highlight the difficulty of redoing its outfield

Sunday, September 29

BCCI inaugurates state-of-the-art 'Centre of Excellence' in Bengaluru

The facility, housed in a 40-acre campus comprises three grounds, an indoor facility and an expansive outdoor nets area featuring 45 pitches

Injured Samit Dravid 'unlikely' to recover in time for four-dayers against Australia Under-19s

Laxman and Kanitkar prioritise development of players at Under-19 level

October 31 set as deadline for IPL teams to finalise retentions

If a player is retained while uncapped, he will remain in the uncapped slab even if he plays an international game before the day of the auction

Third day of Kanpur Test called off despite no rain

The area around mid-on and mid-off, and the bowler's run-up from the media box end were too soggy to play

Saturday, September 28

IPL mega auction: Six retentions, RTM back, Impact Player to stay

Each franchise will have a purse of INR 120 crore, an increment of INR 20 crore from the last time, to build a squad for IPL 2025

Mayank Yadav called up as India name fresh-looking 15 for Bangladesh T20Is

Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who last played a T20I in 2021, has been recalled

BCCI introduces match fees from IPL 2025

On top of their contract amounts, players now stand to earn INR 7.5 lakh (US$ 9000 approx.) per game as match fees

IPL teams likely to be allowed five retentions, one RTM card

If approved, this would be the highest number of retentions allowed in the tournament's history

Musheer Khan likely out of Irani Cup after road accident in UP

He has suffered neck injuries and is expected to miss a few Ranji Trophy games too

Friday, September 27

Bangladesh fan alleges assault at Green Park, changes version later

Before changing his statement, Robi had indicated that he had been hit in his back and in his ribs, possibly by local fans

Heavy rain calls off first day after Bangladesh lose three

Mominul led the visitors' resistance with an unbeaten 40

Dwayne Bravo parts ways with CSK, joins KKR as mentor for IPL 2025

Former West Indies allrounder will be in charge of the Knight Riders teams in other T20 leagues too

Thursday, September 26

Unchanged India bowl in Kanpur; two changes for Bangladesh

Bangladesh brought in Taijul Islam and Khaled Ahmed for Taskin Ahmed and Nahid Rana

IPL 2025: No increase in number of matches as BCCI wary of India's workload

There will be a total of 74 matches played, 10 fewer than what was listed by the IPL in 2022 during the new media rights cycle

Weather and pitch in focus as India, Bangladesh ponder three spinners

India lead the series 1-0 after winning the first Test in Chennai by 280 runs

Green Park's C stand deemed 'unsafe' for India-Bangladesh Test

State officials have advised the stadium authorities not to fill up the stand to capacity

Which pitch? Teams still guessing on eve of the match

Two black-soil surfaces are being prepared, but it isn't clear yet which one will be used for the Kanpur Test

Wednesday, September 25

Pant re-enters Test batting rankings at No. 6 after Chennai century

Jaiswal and Jayasuriya were the other big movers up the Test tables, while Gurbaz and Rashid rose on the ODI tables

Tuesday, September 24

Harmanpreet: 'This is our best ever team at a T20 World Cup'

"I'm quite confident in my team, I know what they are capable of"

Lord's under scrutiny again as prices rise for India Test in 2025

Club unmoved by concern over empty stands against Sri Lanka, citing higher demand

Ishan Kishan picked in Rest of India squad for Irani Cup

Jurel, Dayal and Sarfaraz will be released to play the Irani Cup if they are not picked in India's XI in the Kanpur Test against Bangladesh

Monday, September 23

India and Bangladesh brace for lower bounce on black-soil pitch in Kanpur

Unlike the true bounce which lasted across four days in Chennai, the Green Park surface is expected to be flatter

Sunday, September 22

Ashwin's double act of hundred and six-for secures 1-0 lead for India

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto's 82 kept the bowling at bay, but Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja shared nine wickets

Pant: 'Coming back to Test cricket, where I belong most, is great'

He is "loving it every day" after returning from injury because he "wanted to play all three formats"

Saturday, September 21

Bhui and Iyer lead India D's charge

India D are 311 ahead with five second-innings wickets left

Spotlight on off-colour Shakib amid injury murmurs

The Bangladesh allrounder is believed to be playing in the Chennai Test with discomfort on his spinning finger and shoulder

Gill, Pant and Ashwin boss day three at Chepauk

Bangladesh went to stumps four down and 357 adrift of their mammoth target on a dominant day for the hosts

Friday, September 20

Ashwin: 'Bowling and batting are very separate sports in the same game'

A day on from his silky hundred against Bangladesh, the India allrounder explains how he approaches batting and bowling differently

Bumrah, Jadeja back Bangladesh into a corner on 17-wicket day

India did not enforce the follow-on after skittling Bangladesh for 149, and finished the day more than 300 ahead with seven second-innings wickets in hand

Rathour joins Rajasthan Royals as batting coach

He will re-unite with Dravid, not long after they lifted the T20 World Cup this year

Thursday, September 19

Sparkling Ashwin-Jadeja rearguard hurts Bangladesh

Their unbroken 195-run stand lifted India from 144 for 6 on an unusual day of Test cricket in India