The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has officially confirmed Dubai as the venue for the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction. The auction will take place at the Coca-Cola Arena in the desert city on December 19. Cricbuzz was first to report about this on October 26. This will be the first time an IPL auction is conducted overseas. As reported earlier, the BCCI had considered hosting last year's event in Istanbul, Turkey, but eventually withdrew the plan. In a...

It has been just over a year since Jonathan Trott, the former England batter, took over as Afghanistan's head coach. Mixed results in ODIs against Asian counterparts over that period - with a series win over Bangladesh balanced against a 3-0 loss to Pakistan and an early departure from the Asia Cup - have featured their fair share of batting collapses. There have been two of them in the World Cup as well, but those have been shrugged off with...

The security man patrolling the concourse a metre or so below the top of the sightscreen at the Hill End of Pune's Maharashtra Cricket Stadium on Wednesday was determined to do his job properly. "Sir!" It was a command, not a respectful term of address, and it was punctuated by a hand held up to say stop right there. "Next over, sir! Please wait!" From that spot on the concourse you could see the top bit of Devon Conway as he...

These are interesting times in the World Cup with the business end of the competition fast approaching. Matches assume a lot of significance as they determine the top four teams, with the race now being given a fillip following New Zealand's three straight losses. Pakistan have certainly benefited from this as there is a possibility of them making the semis cut. But there's another side very much in the reckoning. Afghanistan, possibly the second best Asian team now in this...

Marcus Stoinis has asked for mothers to be added to the touring party in the wake of the freak Glenn Maxwell golf cart injury. The request was of course made in jest by the Australian all-rounder. It was in response to an earlier quote from him about Maxwell slipping off from the back of the cart and suffering a concussion that's ruled him out of Australia's next World Cup match. "It's unfortunate. It was one of those things. Unfortunately happened with...

Bangladesh became the first country to be knocked out from the ongoing ICC World Cup after six successive losses in seven games and it certainly came as huge blow for the team that was placed third in the points table of the ICC Super League. Bangladesh still have two more games in their hand against Sri Lanka and Australia respectively, but it is just a mere formality for them as far as the ongoing World Cup is concerned. However, with a...