Tsotsobe banned for eight years

“I was, at the time, in a very vulnerable financial state and this dilemma too easily persuaded me to participate in spot fixing”

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Former South Africa left-arm seamer Lonwabo Tsotsobe has been handed an eight-year ban for his involvement in the 2015 Ram Slam T20 Challenge corruption scandal.

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Sethi: BCCI must pay us $70 million if they don’t honour MoU

“If they agree to play us then that is great, otherwise we will be taking action against them”

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Najam Sethi has said that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will have to pay the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) $70 million if they fail to honour the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that was signed in 2014.

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Kohli: Pakistan clash like any other game

“It’s not like we are playing them for the first time and there’s no need for any extra motivation”

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India and Pakistan is arguably the pinnacle when it comes to on and off-field rivalry in international cricket, but India skipper Virat Kohli insists that his side will treat the match like any other game when the two nations lock horns at the Champions Trophy on June 4.

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