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If Virat or Ravi bhai has players in mind for
COLOMBO: India’s temporary white-ball captain Shikhar Dhawan on Saturday said that his team management would certainly check out if skipper Virat Kohli or coach Ravi Shastri has any specific player in mind going into the big-ticket ICC T20 World Cup. Dhawan will lead a young squad with six uncapped players in a six-match limited overs…
PCB requests New Zealand to play two additional T20Is during
The Pakistan Cricket Board has requested New Zealand Cricket to play two additional T20I matches when its team tours the country later this year before the World T20 Cup in UAE. According to details, the New Zealand team is scheduled to play three One-Day Internationals and as many T20 matches in September-October during the tour,…
Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam among 11 Pakistan Test players to
KARACHI: West Indies-bound Pakistan national team’s Test players will depart for Barbados for a two-match series on July 26. Pakistan is currently locking horns with England in a three-match T20I series and will face West Indies in five T20Is from July 27. The visitors will then lock horns with West Indies in a two-match Test…
Pakistan made a mistake by removing Sarfaraz, Arthur in 2019:
Former Test captain and wicketkeeper Rashid Latif believes Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has made a big mistake by removing Sarfaraz Ahmed and Mickey Arthur as skipper and coach of the national team after the 2019 World Cup. “Why was Mickey Arthur removed…what was the reason for his sacking? The team had done well under him…
There’s a formidable look to Shikhar Dhawan-led India in Sri
NEW DELHI: While India prepares for the bigger ‘Test’ in the English conditions, back near home, another India squad is in Sri Lanka and will begin the six-match limited-overs tour with the first ODI on Saturday. Touted as an audition for the vacant T20 World Cup spots, the tour also offers an in-depth look into…
‘Impossible to wear mask all the time’: Ganguly defends COVID-positive
Sourav Ganguly, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Friday defended Rishabh Pant after the wicketkeeper-batsman tested positive for COVID-19 in England ahead of India’s five-match Test series against the hosts. On Thursday, the BCCI revealed that Pant and training assistant Dayanand Garani tested positive for the virus in…
Interactive: The new faces in Indian cricket team
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I see more wrestlers than cricketers in Pakistan T20I team:
Former Pakistan seamer Aaqib Javed says he “sees more wrestlers than cricketers” in the current national team for T20 Internationals. Aaqib, who has worked with the Pakistan under-19 outfit as head coach and bowling coach with the senior side in the past, slammed the team management and selectors for having no proper policy or plans.…
His thoughts, ideas and values will continue to inspire: Sachin
NEW DELHI: Legendary batsman and former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday recalled “wise words” by Nelson Mandela on Nelson Mandela International Day. Tendulkar reminisced the time when he had met the former South African President when India went to play against Proteas in the 90s. “Sport has the power to change the world, it…
T20 World Cup 2021: India in Group 2 with Pakistan,
T20 World Cup 2021: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced the groups for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021, which is set to take place from October 17 to November 14 in Oman and the United Arab Emirates. (In Bengali) The two groups have been selected on the basis of team rankings…