Wanderers pitch rated 'poor' by ICC

Dilshan, Agarkar announced as new entrants in Ice Cricket tournament in Switzerland

Other participants include former South Africa captain Graeme Smith, Virender Sehwag and Mike Hussey.New Zealand's retired spinner Nathan McCullum.

Ambati Rayudu handed two-match suspension by BCCI

Hyderabad captain Ambati Rayudu has been handed a two-match suspension by the BCCI for breaching its Code of Conduct during the recent Syed Mushtaq Ali game between Hyderabad and Karnataka.

AFC Cup

Leg 2

Bengaluru FC vs Transport United FC

3-0

Tanishq Gavate from Mumbai smashes 1045 in school game

Injured de Villiers ruled out of first three ODIs

The ODI series starts on Thursday in Durban and de Villiers will miss matches at Kingsmead, SuperSport Park and Newlands.

Happy Birthday Mitchell Starc

James Hopes appointed Delhi Daredevils bowling coach

Former Australia all-rounder James Hopes has been appointed the bowling coach of the Delhi Daredevils for the eleventh edition of the IPL. The 39-year-old will be working with his ex-captain Ricky Ponting, who is the head coach of the Delhi franchise.

Subhadeep Ghosh, ex-Assam and Railways first-class cricketer will take over as the fielding coach of the new-look franchise.

He retired from the game in 2016 and has done coaching duties at Queensland and Brisbane Heat at the Big Bash League.

Coming from a royal family, Aryaman Birla joins the Rajasthan Royals

Aryaman was picked by the Royals after going unsold in the first round.

Pujara to prepare for England tour with Yorkshire stint

Cheteshwar Pujara will warm up for India's Test series in England by playing county cricket for Yorkshire.

Pujara will share overseas duties with New Zealand captain Kane Williamson.

Pujara had two spells at Nottinghamshire last season and has also played county cricket for Derbyshire as he has become the most common India player on the county circuit.

Nepal teen Sandeep Lamichhane has connection with Ponting and Clarke

Netherlands squad dor WC Qualifiers

Peter Borren (capt), Wesley Barresi, Ben Cooper, Ryan ten Doeschate, Paul van Meekeren, Stephan Myburgh, Max O'Dowd, Scott Edwards, Roelof van der Merwe, Shane Snater, Pieter Seelaar, Timm van der Gugten, Viv Kingma, Fred Klaassen, Sikander Zulfiqar

Looking forward to learning some variations ahead of IPL, says Basil Thampi

Basil Thampi was the Emerging Player of the Tournament in the 2017 IPL.

Squad for first T20I against Australia

Kane Williamson (c), Tom Blundell, Trent Boult, Tom Bruce, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Anaru Kitchen, Colin Munro, Seth Rance, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Ben Wheeler

West Indies Contracts

All-format contracts - Jason Holder, Shannon Gabriel, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Devendra Bishoo

Red-ball contracts - Kraigg Brathwaite, Roston Chase, Shane Dowrich, Jermaine Blackwood, Miguel Cummins, Jomel Warrican (Development - Shimron Hetmyer, Kieran Powell, Vishaul Singh)

White-ball contracts - Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Jason Mohammed, Evin Lewis, Rovman Powell (Development - Kesrick Williams)

Manish Maithani

Has played for Vitoria Guimarães B

Ashique Kuruniyan

Has played for Villarreal C 

Kerala Kings won the 2017 T10 League.

Imran Tahir becomes number 1 ODI bowler

Santi Cazorla

Team: Arsenal

Matches: 129

Goals: 25

Top Players who went unsold (Part-3)

Mitchell Mc Clenghan
L.Malinga
D.Sammy
M.Morkel
U.Khawaja
Adam Milne
G.Cremer
M.Shahzad
Rajneesh Gurbani
A.Dinda

Top Players who went unsold (Part-2)

J.Holder
S.Marsh
L.Simmons
Tymal Mills
D.Smith
A.Zampa
M.Guptil
M.Shami
D.Styen
S.Badree

Top Players who went unsold (Part-1)

Ish Sodhi
E.Morgan
J.Root
C.Pujara
I.Sharma
J.Flaunker
M.Henriques
J.Bairstow
H.Amla
T.Head

Olivier Giroud

Team: Arsenal

Matches: 178

Goals: 73

Gianluigi Donnarumma

Team: AC Milan

Matches: 90

Keylor Navas

Team: Real Madrid

Matches: 80

Jan Oblak

Team: AM

Matches: 96

Manuel Neuer

Team: Bayern Munich

Matches: 190

MI Sqaud 2018

Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Pat Cummins, Evin Lewis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ben Cutting, Mustafizur Rahman, Rahul Chahar, Pradeep Sangwan, Jason Behrendorff, Jean-Paul Duminy, Saurabh Tiwary, Tajinder Dhillon, Akila Dhananjaya, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Lad, Mayank Markande, Sharad Lumba, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh.

SRH Squad 2018

David Warner (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan, Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha, Siddarth Kaul, Deepak Hooda, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Kane Williamson, Carlos Brathwaite, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Shreevats Goswami, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Jordan, Basil Thampi, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Sachin Baby, Bipul Sharma, Syed Mehdi Hasan, Ricky Bhui, Tanmay Agarwal

RR Squad 2018

Ben Stokes, Jaydev Unadkat, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, K Gowtham, Jos Buttler, Rahul Tripathi, D'Arcy Short, Ajinkya Rahane, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zahir Khan, Ben Laughlin, Stuart Binny, Dushmantha Chameera, Anureet Singh, Aryaman Vikram Birla, Midhun S, Shreyas Gopal, Prashant Chopra, Jatin Saxena, Ankit Sharma, Mahipal Lomror.

RCB Squad 2018

Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Brendon Mccullum, Chris Woakes, Colin de Grandhomme, Moeen Ali, Quinton De Kock, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Manan Vohra, Aniket Choudhary, Navdeep Saini, Murugan Ashwin, Mandeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mohammed Siraj, Anirudha Joshi, Parthiv Patel, Tim Southee, Pavan Deshpande

DD Squad 2018

Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammad Shami, Trent Boult, Colin Munro, Daniel Christian, Jason Roy, Naman Ojha, Prithvi Shaw, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Avesh Khan, Abhishek Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Harshal Patel, Manjot Kalra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sayan Ghosh,Gautam Gambhir (c), Rishabh Pant, Chris Morris, Shreyas Iyer, Glenn Maxwell, Kagiso Rabada

KXIP Squad 2018

Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, David Miller, Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis, Mayank Rana, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, Manoj Tiwary, Mujeeb Zadran, Yuvraj Singh, Barinder Sran, Andrew Tye, Akshdeep Nath, Ben Dwarshus, Pradeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Chris Gayle, Manzoor Dar

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Hockey

India (4) drew with Belgium (4)

Belgium beat India on shoot outs

Gianluigi Buffon

International: 175 appearances
UEFA club competition: 156 appearances
Domestic competition: 702 appearances

David de Gea

Team: Man United

Matches: 224

Gianluigi Buffon

Team: Juventus

Matches: 498

National Team: Italy

Matches: 175

Will he play 500 matches for Juventus?

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KKR Squad 2018

Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Starc, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi

CSK Squad 2018

MS Dhoni (C), Suresh Raina (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Billings, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Imran Tahir, Shardul Thakur, Jagadeesan Narayan, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Asif K M, Lungisani Ngidi, Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay, Mark Wood, Kanishk Seth, Kshitiz Sharma, Monu Singh, Chaitanya Bishnoi

India announce squad for T20I series

Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (Vice Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (WK), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Jaydev Unadkat, Shardul Thakur

Toni Kroos

Team: Real Madrid

Matches: 114

Goals: 9

Team: Bayern Munich &  Bayern Munich II

Matches: 130 & 13

Goals: 13 & 4

Isco

Team: Real Madrid

Matches:144

Goals: 29

IPL Auction

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IPL Auction

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George Best

Top Team: Man United

From: 1963-1974

Matches: 361

Goals: 137

National Team: Nothern Ireland

Matches: 37

Goals: 9

Kerala Blasters' Deependra Singh Negi becomes the youngest scorer this season

Kerala Blasters sign Icelandic striker Gudjon Baldvinsson

Ireland Squad

William Porterfield (capt), Andy Balbirnie, Peter Chase, George Dockrell, Ed Joyce, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Tim Murtagh, Kevin O'Brien, Niall O'Brien (wk), Boyd Rankin, James Shannon, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Gary Wilson

Aaron Finch becomes the first player to play for seven different IPL franchises

Finch's IPL journey so far:

2010 - Rajasthan Royals

2011 - 2012 - Delhi Daredevils

2013 - Pune Warriors India

2014 - Sunrisers Hyderabad

2015 - Mumbai Indians

2016 - 2017 - Gujarat Lions

2018 - Kings XI Punjab

Ricky Ponting confirms Gautam Gambhir will captain Delhi Daredevils

Brandon Fernandes and Ali Mohammad sign contract extensions with FC Goa

Kerala Blasters drop striker Mark Sifneos from squad

Finals of Capital 1 Cup

Man City vs Arsenal

On 25/2/2018

AFC Cup

Bengaluru FC vs Transport United FC

0-0

Leg 2 on 30/1/2018

West Indies squad for WC Qualifiers

Jason Holder (capt), Jason Mohammed (vice-capt), Devendra Bishoo, Carlos Brathwaite, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Evin Lewis, Nikita Miller, Ashley Nurse, Rovman Powell, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Kesrick Williams

Bangladesh Squad for first Test vs Sri Lanka

Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Mahmudullah (vice-capt), Tamim Iqbal, Litton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Imrul Kayes, Mominul Haque, Mosaddek Hossain, Taijul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamrul Islam, Mehidy Hassan, Rubel Hossain, Nayeem Hasan.

South Africa squad vs India for ODI's

Faf du Plessis (capt), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Khaya Zondo

Lucknow's Ekana Stadium to host IPL 2018 games

Senior Kabaddi Federation Cup set to take place in February

Thierry Henry

Top Clubs: Arsenal, Juventus & Barcelona

EPL Apps: 258

Goals: 175

Assists: 74

League titles: 2

Individual accolades: Golden Boot x 4, Player of the Season x 2

Alan Shearer

Clubs: Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United

EPL Apps: 441

Goals: 260

Assists: 64

League titles: 1

Individual accolades: 3 x Golden Boot, 1 x Player of the Season

Rudd Van Nistelrooy

Top Clubs: Manchester United & RM

EPL Apps: 150

Goals: 95

Assists: 14

League titles: 1

Individual accolades: 1 x Golden Boot, 1 x Player of the Season

Eric Cantona

Clubs: Manchester United, Leeds United

EPL Apps: 156

Goals: 70

Assists: 56

League titles: 4

Ian Wright

Clubs: Arsenal, West Ham United

EPL Apps: 213

Goals: 113

Assists: 22

League titles: 1

Michael Owen

Top Clubs: Liverpool, Newcastle United, Manchester United, Stoke City & RM

EPL Apps: 326

Goals: 150

Assists: 31

League titles: 1

Individual accolades: 2 x Golden Boot. 1 x Player of the Season.

Andy Cole

Clubs: Liverpool, Newcastle United, Manchester United, Portsmouth, Manchester City, Fulham, Blackburn

EPL Apps: 414

Goals: 187

Assists: 73

League titles: 5

Individual accolades: 1 x Golden Boot

Mathews in doubt for Tests against Bangladesh

Angelo Mathews is out of the ongoing ODI tri-nation series, but is also in serious doubt for the Tests against Bangladesh, and has returned to Colombo for treatment.

Dhananjaya to replace injured Kusal Perera

Dhananjaya de Silva will join the Sri Lanka ODI team that is currently playing the Tri-Nation Series in Bangladesh, as a replacement for the injured Kusal Perera. Kusal suffered a side strain during his innings of 49 in Sri Lanka's match against Zimbabwe on Sunday. He has been advised rest, and will miss the rest of the tournament.

IPL to begin on April 7

The 2018 season of the IPL will begin on April 7 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai with the final scheduled for May 27 at the same venue. Defending champions Mumbai Indians will play the tournament opener, and their opponent will be revealed when the IPL releases the match schedule this week.

Quarter-Final Schedule for Under-19 World Cup 2018

Australia vs England at Queenstown, January 23

Pakistan vs South Africa at Christchurch, January 24

New Zealand vs Afghanistan at Christchurch, January 25

Bangladesh vs India at Queenstown, January 26

Pro Kabaddi Season VI set to start on October 19

T20Is v England and New Zealand (Australia)

David Warner (capt), Aaron Finch, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, D'Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa

Australia squads For Tests in SA

Steven Smith (capt), David Warner, Cameron Bancroft, Jackson Bird, Pat Cummins, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Jon Holland, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine (wk), Jhye Richardson, Mitchell Starc.

Temba Bavuma ruled out

Temba Bavuma will take no part in South Africa's ongoing Test series against India after fracturing his right finger during a domestic one-day cup match on January 17. Bavuma will need three to four weeks of recovery time but will remain part of the Test squad, with the selectors opting not to name a replacement batsman.

South Africa already have an extra batsman in Theunis de Bruyn, who, like Bavuma, has not played in either of the two already completed Tests.

Bavuma is expected to recover in time for the four Test series against Australia, which begins on March 1.

JP Duminy smashes 37 runs in an over

Wayne Rooney

Top Clubs: Everton, Manchester United

EPL Apps: 477

Goals: 208

League titles: 5

Didier Drogba

Top Clubs: Chelsea

EPL Apps: 254

Goals: 104

Assists: 54

League titles: 4

Individual accolades: 2 x Golden Boot

Sergio Agüero

Top Clubs: Manchester City, A.Madrid

EPL Apps: 198

Goals: 135

League titles: 2

Individual accolades: 1 x Golden Boot

Arjun Nair suspended for suspect action

Arjun Nair, the Sydney Thunder spinner, has been suspended for a suspect bowling action after undergoing testing at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane.

Mathews out for two ODIs

Sri Lanka's limited-overs captain Angelo Mathews has been sidelined with a hamstring injury for two matches in the ongoing tri-series in Bangladesh. Mathews will miss Friday's ODI against Bangladesh as well as their next match against Zimbabwe on Sunday.


Dinesh Chandimal will lead Sri Lanka in his absence. 

Mathews had recently been reappointed Sri Lanka's limited-overs captain after he had stepped down from the post in July last year.

Stephen Fleming confirmed as Chennai Super Kings head coach

Winners

Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year - Virat Kohli (India)

Men's Test Cricketer of the Year - Steve Smith (Australia)

Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year - Virat Kohli (India)

Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year - Hasan Ali (Pakistan)

Men's Associate Cricketer of the Year - Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)

Men's T20I Performance of the Year - Yuzvendra Chahal (6-25 v England) (India)

David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year - Marais Erasmus

ICC Spirit of Cricket - Anya Shrubsole (England)

Suresh Raina to be CSK's vice-captain

IPL capped players base price Part-1

G.Gambhir - 2 Cr
Harbajan Singh - 2Cr
Yusuf Pathan - 75 lacks
Irfan Pathan - 50 lacks

Pakistan squad vs New Zealand

Sarfraz Ahmed (capt &wk), Fakhar Zaman, Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Rumman Raees, Umar Amin

India to play two T20Is in Ireland

India will play two T20Is Ireland in June, on their way to their tour of England. The matches will be in Dublin on June 27 and June 29, the BCCI has confirmed.

Yusuf Pathan suspended by BCCI after failing dope test

The 35-year-old has been banned for five months by the BCCI.

Sri Lanka tri series squad

Angelo Mathews (capt), Upul Tharanga, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera, Asela Gunaratne, Niroshan Dickwella, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Pradeep, Dushmantha Chameera, Shehan Madushanka, Akila Dananjaya, Lakshan Sandakan, Wanindu Hasaranga.

South Africa second test squad

Faf du Plessis (capt), Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Theunis de Bruyn, Quinton de Kock (wk), AB de Villiers, Dean Elgar, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada.

The second test starts on 13th Jan.

Chennai Super Kings appoint Laxman Sivaramakrishnan as their Spin Bowling coach.

Players who skip domestic touranment

MSD
Y.Chahal
S.Iyer
K.Jadhav

England T20 squad

Eoin Morgan (capt), Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Vince, David Willey, Mark Wood

Afgh Squad ODI & T20 squad

ODI squad: Asghar Stanikzai (capt), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Javed Ahmadi, Ihsanullah Janat, Najibullah Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Samiullah Shenwari, Nasir Jamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Zadran, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Dawlat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran. Reserves: Noor Ali Zadran, Karim Janat, Sayed Ahmad Shirzad, Afsar Zazai.

T20I squad: Asghar Stanikzai (capt), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Usman Ghani, Karim Sadiq, Najibullah Zadran, Shafiqullah, Samiullah Shenwari, Aftab Alam, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Zadran, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Hamid Hassan, Shapoor Zadran.

Zimbabwe squad

Hamilton Masakadza, Solomon Mire, Craig Ervine, Brendan Taylor, Sikandar Raza, Peter Moor, Malcolm Waller, Graeme Cremer (capt), Ryan Murray (wk), Tendai Chisoro, Brandon Mavuta, Blessing Muzarabani, Christopher Mpofu, Tendai Chatara, Kyle Jarvis

Bangladesh ODI squad for first 2 matches

Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Mohammad Mithun, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Abul Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mohammad Saifuddin, Sunzamul Islam.

Ex-East Bengal head coach Trevor Morgan in race to land NorthEast United FC job

Kings XI Punjab set to play home matches at Mohali and Indore

Michael Hussey appointed batting coach of Chennai Super Kings

The Chennai Super Kings seem to be making a return to the IPL in style. After retaining MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja, the crux of their erstwhile successful team, the side have appointed Michael Hussey as their batting coach for the 11th edition of the IPL.

Hussey's former teammates Ricky Ponting and Brad Hodge will be coaching the Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab respectively.

PR Sreejesh suspended by Hockey India for playing in Virat Kohli's charity game

Indian hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh has been handed a 15-day suspension and will be on a 12-month probation for playing in a charity football match without taking Hockey India's permission.

Sreejesh featured in goal for the Virat Kohli-led side named All Heart FC, which took on Ranbir Kapoor's All Star FC in Mumbai.

Bengaluru FC appoint former Barcelona youth coach Marc Huguet

The departure of Bengaluru FC Assistant Coach Carlos Cuadrat was a big blow.

Bengaluru FC faces Kolkata outfit ATK in their next ISL encounter where Marc Huguet is expected to make his ISL assistant managerial bow.

Chennaiyin FC coach John Gregory suspended for 3 matches fined Rs 4 lakh

Chennaiyin FC head coach John Gregory has been suspended for three matches and fined INR 4 Lakhs.

Delhi Dynamos’ Matias Mirabaje and Mumbai City FC’s Sehnaj Singh suspended

Claudio Matias of Delhi Dynamos FC and Sehnaj Singh of Mumbai City FC have been suspended for four and two matches respectively for their club’s upcoming games in the ISL. Claudio Matias has also been fined Rs 3 Lakhs and Sehnaj Singh INR 2 Lakhs.

ACT Fibernet joins hands with Chennai Super Kings as its official ‘Internet Partner’

WIFI in Chennai

MS Dhoni rules himself out of Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament

The tournament is scheduled to take place from January 7-27.

Jeje Lalpekhlua wins fans' Player of the Month award for December

Chennaiyin FC striker Jeje Lalpekhlua once again proved why he is one of the best players currently in the ISL.

Chennaiyin FC played 6 games in the month of December, they won 4 games, drew and lost one each.

Chennaiyin FC are currently sitting at the second position in the table with 16 points from 8 games.

CFC play their next game against Delhi Dynamos FC on January 7 (Sunday).

Hockey India names 33-member squad for 2018 season

Goalkeepers: Akash Anil Chikte, Suraj Karkera, PR Sreejesh, Krishan B Pathak.

Defenders: Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Dipsan Tirkey, Varun Kumar, Rupinderpal Singh, Birendra Lakra, Surender Kumar, Gurinder Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Sardar Singh.

Midfielders: Manpreet Singh, Chinglensana Singh, SK Uthappa, Sumit, Kothajit Singh, Satbir Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Simranjeet Singh, Harjeet Singh.

Forwards: SV Sunil, Akashdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Upadhyay, Gurjant Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Armaan Qureshi, Affan Yousuf, Talwinder Singh, Sumit Kumar

Ponting named Daredevils coach

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting will return to the IPL this season, this time as head coach of Delhi Daredevils.

Ponting takes over from Paddy Upton and former India captain Rahul Dravid.

The franchise is yet to win a title in 10 seasons.

Ponting had coached Mumbai Indians to their second IPL title in 2015, but the franchise chose to not renew his two-year contract when it expired in 2016. He had joined the franchise as a player in 2013, but stepped away midway through the tournament due to poor form.

Ponting also worked with Mumbai Indians in an advisory capacity in 2014. Prior to that, he was briefly part of Kolkata Knight Riders for the inaugural edition in 2008.