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Enjoy MS Dhoni, India

Andrew Bloxham | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Sport
Andrew Bloxham

This is a man that plays more international cricket than any other. Leader of his nation in all three formats of the game, he also keeps wicket. That, in addition to the demands of an assertive board in the BCCI, public expectation and the obligation of marshalling a host of cricketers almost of demi-God status within India is an almighty task.

Petty BCCI Missing a Trick

Andrew Bloxham | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Sport
Andrew Bloxham

The role of the BCCI as pantomime villain of world cricket continues. Just as news of a Test series involving India neglecting the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) had begun to induce a mere sigh of resignation in place of erstwhile outright consternation, they have upped the stakes.

BCCI to HSBC: the Age of Gangster Capitalism

Matt Carr | Posted 22.09.2012 | UK Politics
Matt Carr

A long time ago, when words like globalisation and deregulation were still rumours on the political horizon, the Pakistani financier Agha Hasan Abedi founded the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) in 1972. BCCI was originally intended to be a progressive international Third World bank that would compete with Western-based financial institutions, and it was strikingly successful, with some 400 branches in 78 countries.

IPL is the New Opium

Sunil Sharan | Posted 30.04.2012 | UK
Sunil Sharan

England's cricket batsman Kevin Pietersen averaged 11 runs in the recent test series against Pakistan, but still wanted to play in this year's IPL (Indian Premier League). His coach, Andy Flower, believes that the IPL stunts Test batting, and has hinted that Pietersen's IPL bug might cost him his Test career.

Hat-Trick Boy Stuart Broad Brings England Right Back on a Fabulous Day of Cricket at Nottingham

Anshuman Rawat | Posted 29.09.2011 | UK
Anshuman Rawat

A little after Rahul Dravid reached his 34th test hundred on the second day of the India-England test match at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, Alan Wilkins ...