Shamik Chakrabarty

The BCCI annual player contracts are meant for those who are available to play for India. Dhoni hasn’t played any competitive cricket after the 2019 World Cup. He was on a Rs 5-crore, Grade A contract during the last one-year cycle.

The world cricket’s governing body is reportedly eager to push for a mandatory abbreviated version of Test cricket as part of the World Test Championship from 2023 onwards.

Sarwate was the wrecker-in-chief, as defending champions Vidarbha rolled over Bengal inside two days in their Ranji Trophy match at Nagpur.

The left-arm chinaman bowler was accounted for three sixes and two fours before he dismissed Ali off the final ball of the over. Kuldeep looked broken. He was on his knees and didn’t join the team huddle.

The latest ICC Test bowling rankings have only Ashwin as a spinner in the top 10. In the top 20, the number of spinners is three, with the inclusion of Nathan Lyon and Jadeja. World cricket is witnessing a ‘pace age’ redux.

From the World Cup final Lord’s to the second Test against South Africa at Newlands, via the ‘Miracle of Headingly 2019’, Stokes has emerged as the biggest match-winner in contemporary cricket.

Bengal will miss their pace spearhead Ishan Porel in the next match against Vidarbha, with the latter joining India A for the New Zealand tour.

As per the BCCI constitution, team officials/support staff doing commentary comes under tractable conflicts.

He is Bengal’s new fast-bowling hope, along with Ishan Porel. He is a 135kph bowler with the potential to bowl consistently at 140 if he works on his fitness, endurance and strength-building.

Priyank Panchal was picked for India A and showed consistency with three centuries in four series. But even after Murali Vijay's exit and Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul's loss of form, he wasn't considered for the Indian team.

There has been some similarity between Parthiv’s early days and Pant’s fledgling career.

At the 2020 IPL auction, franchises broke the bank for lesser players, cricket-wise. Vihari, after being released by Delhi Capitals, went unsold.

The young Bengal fast-medium bowler opened the game for his team and then kept the bonus points hope alive, even though only 46 overs had been possible on the third day.

Two Delhi Under-23 cricketers have been sent back home for alleged misconduct during a Christmas party at a Kolkata hotel, ahead of the team’s CK Nayudu Trophy match against Bengal.

This happened during the second day’s play of the Ranji Trophy match between Bengal and Andhra at Eden Gardens. Gandhi, though, denied the allegation.

National selector Devang Gandhi has been removed from the Bengal Ranji team dressing-room after Manoj Tiwary raised a complaint to the anti-corruption about his presence.

In a Bengal batting line-up that greatly depends on Abhimanyu Easwaran and Manoj Tiwary to flourish, Raman is offering the much-needed reliability at the top.

The veteran medium pacer, who has 420 wickets from 116 first-class matches, “abused” the team’s bowling coach Ranadeb Bose after the pre-match practice session on Tuesday.

After decades of flattering to deceive, Uttar Pradesh finally burned their underachievers' tag. But the triumph, after a disastrous start to the season, required a shake-up of dressing-room ethos, Mohammad Kaif's inspired leadership, and the blossoming of tyros like Suresh Raina and Praveen Kumar.