The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) selection committee meeting to pick the team for the Asia Cup has been preponed by a day to February 29.

Aussie batting great Greg Chappell, in his book Fierce Focus, has made allegations left, right and centre about the Indian cricket team that he coached during 2005-2007. According to Chappell, the then India captain Sourav Ganguly was the biggest "panicker" in the team and he wanted Chappell to support him in his bid to remain the captain.

Former BCCI secretary Jaywant Lele, who monitored the happenings of the match-fixing scandal that rocked the game a decade ago, has insisted that no evidence was ever found that Indian cricketers had played a part in the match-fixing scandal.

The selection of K Srikkanth's son for the Emerging Players Tournament tells us plenty about how the BCCI operates, and none of it is pretty.

India will host Pakistan for three Tests and five One-Day Internationals in March-April 2012 for the first time since 2007, according to the Future Tours Programme (FTP) of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

More than two-thirds of players polled in a recent survey believe the BCCI has an unfair influence on decision-making within the ICC.

Maria Sharapova eased into the Roland Garros second round on Tuesday, but the Russian took second billing to grieving Virginie Razzano, who honoured her fiance's dying wish to play the French Open.

India go into their World Cup clash against Ireland on Sunday knowing another weak bowling and fielding display could cost them dear against the giant-killers.