Indian cricketers attend pre-season conditioning camp

September 29th, 2009 KOLKATA - Former Pakistan speedster Wasim Akram will join the Kolkata Knight Riders' camp, which begins in Gurgaon Oct 1. He will join the KKR camp at Gurgaon to oversee the proceedings, former KKR skipper Sourav Ganguly said at the Eden Gardens here Tuesday.

September 12th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistans comeback pacer Mohammad Asif has been asked by the cricket board to attend the training camp involving the countrys under-19 cricketers to prepare for the Champions Trophy that begins in South Africa Sep 22. According to sources, Asif has been told to regain his rhythm by bowling extensively during the under-19 camp.

September 11th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan skipper Younis Khan believes that captaincy is much of a burden for cricketers in the sub-continent. In an interview with Urdu daily Jang, Younis said that a captain makes more enemies than friends in the sub-continent.

September 9th, 2009 KOLKATA - A docudrama titled 'Indian Women's Cricket team Poor Cousins of Million Dollar Babies' highlights the disparity between men and women cricket players in India. As the title suggests, the docudrama shows how while men cricketers hog all the limelight and bask in the glory of success and money, women cricketers are way behind their male counterparts though they have been able to carve a name for themselves in the international sport arena.

September 9th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan will be his country's football ambassador in the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa, officials announced here Wednesday. Faisal Saleh Hayat, president of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) said Wednesday that Younis expressed his interest to attend next year's football World Cup.

September 3rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and pacer Rudra Pratap Singh on Wednesday sweat it out as they played their opponents in a different ballgame altogether. Taking a break form their gruelling cricket schedule, Dhoni and Singh played a friendly badminton match with trainees of a badminton academy here on Wednesday.

August 28th, 2009 BANGALORE - The Indian cricket team sweated hard on Friday, the second day of a four day conditioning camp that is being held at the M Chinnaswamy stadium here. The conditioning camp before team's trip to Sri Lanka is being held under the watchful eyes of coach Gary Kirsten, fielding coach Robin Singh and trainer Ramji Srinivasan.

August 27th, 2009 BANGALORE - The Indian cricket team got down to business on Thursday after an almost two-month long break and began the four-day conditioning camp being held at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. The conditioning camp is being held under the watchful eyes of Coach Gary Kirsten and trainer Ramji Srinivasan.

August 26th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam has backed the selection of fast bowler Mohammad Asif in the 15 member squad for the ICC Champions Trophy saying his presence will add 'fire' to the team's bowling line up. "I think Asif's presence in the team will lend experience and sharpness to the bowling attack especially on the South African pitches where pace bowlers usually have a good time.

August 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ishant Sharma returned to the fitness camp at Ferozshah Kotla field for the upcoming Delhi Ranji Cricket Trophy on Monday, ending the speculation that he was joining Virender Sehwag who raised the issue of favouritism and nepotism in selecting players. Other player Gautam Gambhir is expected to join the camp from Tuesday.

August 8th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australia's cricketers applauded the BCCI's stance this week to remove themselves from the World Anti Drug Agency's strict anti-doping code, and the Australian Cricketers' Association declared that it wanted an end to the controversial new code because it was too intrusive. Under the code, athletes must declare to WADA three months in advance where they will be for an hour each day.

August 5th, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said Indian cricketers are unlikely to be spared from signing the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) agreement despite the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) terming it to be 'unreasonable'. "All the cricket-playing nations, including Pakistan are WADA compliant.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday termed Sports Minister M S Gill's view that cricketers should sign the World Anti-Doping Agency clause as his personal opinion and claimed that the Cricket Board would stick to its own stance. Reacting over Gill's comments, BCCI spokesman Shukla said the matter was now between BCCI and ICC and there was no need to raise the issue with the Sports Ministry.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Australian cricket coach, John Buchanan has strongly denied taking a swipe at Indian cricketers in his just released book 'The Future of Cricket: The Rise of Twenty20'. Buchanan said he bore no malice towards anybody and his comments in the book were taken out of context.

June 2nd, 2009 MUMBAI - The Indian cricket board Tuesday offered amnesty to 79 current cricketers and 12 former Test players, who had joined the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL). Eleven support staff, who had also joined the ICL, were also welcomed back by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).