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Australia Announce Test Squad For Pakistan Tour

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Australia have named a full-strength Test squad for next month’s tour of Pakistan. This series will comprise of 3 Tests, 3 ODIs, and a T20I match. Andrew McDonald will serve as the interim head coach of the side following the resignation of Justin Langer .

Pat Cummins will be leading the Australian side in a historic three-Test tour and he will be accompanied by prominent names of Josh Hazlewood, David Warner, Mitchell Starc,  Steve Smith. Scott Boland who thrilled fans with a stunning debut at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during that series — including a spell that saw him take six wickets for seven runs — has been retained. However, the 18-member squad has more backup in the spin department for stalwart Nathan Lyon, who is joined by leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson and left-arm bowler Ashton Agar.

Australia have also added Mitchell Marsh as another all-rounder to the squad while Josh Inglis is the second wicket-keeper in the squad.  The Tests will be part of the ICC World Test Championship, while the ODIs will be part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League, a 13-team competition from which the top seven teams and hosts India will qualify directly for the 2023 event. This tour will be their first Pakistan tour in 24 years.

Australia Test Squad

Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Michael Neser, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner

Virat Kohli gives a hilarious reply to Ravi Kumar when he asked about his weakness

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India lifted a record-extending fifth ICC U19 World Cup title after defeating England in the final  att the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Saturday. However, former Indian captain Virat Kohli interacted with India’s U19 cricketers ahead of the u-19 World cup final.

BCCI had organized an online session of the team with former Team India captain Virat Kohli. Meanwhile, during the conversation U-19 fast bowler Ravi Kumar engaged in a fun bunter with former Indian captain Virat Kohli.  The young fast bowler Ravi Kumar had asked Virat Kohli about the latter’s weakness during the one-off session over a zoom video call. The former Indian captain Virat Kohli gave a hilarious reply to the question.

During this session, Ravi Kumar asked Virat Kohli , “What is your weakness ?” To which, Virat replied without wasting any time, “kyun abhi se out karne ki training kar raha hai kya (Why? Are you planning to get me out now only ?)”.

Ravi Kumar played a pivotal role in India’s four-wicket win at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Saturday where he picked four wickets for 34 runs in nine overs. The pacer scalped 10 wickets in six games. The young pacer after the U-19 World Cup victory said that the coaches told him to stick to basics and he exactly did that. “Coaches kept telling me to do the basics and not worry about the results. The plan was to maintain tight line and length. The ball was sticking a bit and wanted to bowl full to get some movement,” said Kumar.

Suryakumar Yadav revealed that Kieron Pollard tried to sledging him during the 1st ODI

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Suryakumar Yadav has done reasonably well in 1st ODI match against West Indies. The right-handed batter scored an unbeaten 34 off 36 balls in the first ODI. He ompleted the job in some style as India hunted down the target in only 28 overs, with 6 wickets in hand

After the match, Suryakumar revealed that there was a bit of a chat between him and West Indies captain Kieron Pollard when the former was batting in the middle. Although both are teammates at Mumbai Indians in the IPL and were retained by the franchise ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction. During the second innings. West Indies caotain Pollard chirped some words at the middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav.

“Pollard told me a few things. ‘Midwicket was open, why are you not flicking as you do in IPL’ but it was different here… I wanted to stay there till the end,” Suryakumar said in a chat with the official broadcasters.

Earlier Indian bowling came to the party in the 1000th ODI match as they bundle West Indies out for 176 in the first ODI in Ahmedabad. Although the whole unit bowled well as a whole, but it was the spinners who made it turn right from the word go. Skipper Rohit Sharma must be credited for introducing Washington Sundar as early as the seventh over . India took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series and will take on the West Indies in the second game on Wednesday.

PSL 2022: Babar Azam Takes A Outstanding Catch To Dismiss Captain Asif Ali

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The ongoing season of PSL 2022 has been quite an entertaining one so far. From blistering knocks to sensational bowling efforts, it has been a complete treat for the fans to watch.

In the ongoing PSL match between Karachi Kings and Islamabad United, taking an outstanding catch to dismiss United’s hard-hitting batter Asif Ali .  It all happened during the final stages of first innings when Asif Ali tried to play a shot over the cover in Usman Shinwari’s delivery. Asif Ali mistimed his shot which gave an opportunity to Karachi Kings captain Babar Azam to think of attempting a catch. He was running backward with the ball was going away from him, and it looked like the ball was out of his reach when something extraordinary happened.

Captain Babar Azam outstretched his right hand and the ball fell right into his palm. The commentators could not believe what just happened. Notably, Karachi Kings skipper Babar Azam set a new record in the Pakistan Super League as he took stellar catches against Islamabad United at the National Stadium Karachi. Babar has become the only non-wicketkeeping fielder to take 35 catches after he took three amazing catches in Sunday’s clash.

However two-time champion Islamabad United won by a commanding 42 runs to hand Karachi Kings their fifth straight loss in the Pakistan Super League. With this win, Islamabad United finds themselves 2nd in the Pakistan Super League 2022 points table, while Babar Azam’s Karachi Kings continue to be at the bottom of the league table.

Former Australia’s coach, Justin Langer to get an offer from ECB for the position of Head Coach

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England would be prepared to make Justin Langer the highest-paid head coach in their history following his bitter departure from the Australia job over the weekend.

The ECB board might shell out an eyebrow-raising sum of money to hire Justin Langer. Langer, who had taken over as Australia’s coach in 2018 after the Sandpaper-gate scandal in South Africa, on Saturday stepped down unhappy with CA’s decision to offer him just a six-month contract for guiding the team to its maiden ICC T20 World Cup trophy in the UAE and a 4-0 Ashes triumph at home.

The 51-year-old became a free agent on Saturday when he turned down a six-month extension to his current deal and quit with immediate effect. The ECB chief executive Tom Harrison recently has admitted the board will look for the best candidate while looking into the financial constraints “We have to make the right decisions around coaching budgets. Clearly, you are coaching England. We need the best coaches available to do that,” said Harrison.

Meanwhile, Former Australia opening batter Matthew Hayden has suggested that ECB must sign Langer, given his four-year tenure while Ponting said that this was a strange time for a coach to depart. “Sign him up. If he can turn Cricket Australia around in four years, imagine what he could do with England. God help us,” said Hayden.

Former England skipper Andrew Strauss, who took over as England’s managing director of cricket from Ashley Giles, was quoted as saying after Langer resigned from his post as Australia’s head coach that, “I know him (Langer) well and, on the surface, he’s done a very good job with that Australian cricket team so I wouldn’t rule him out (for the coaching job),” Strauss said.

India vs West Indies, 1st ODI: Virat Kohli Convinces Rohit Sharma To Take A Review

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India won their 1000th ODI match against West Indies. Thr Men in Blue defeated Caribbean team by six wickets in the first ODI of their three-match series in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Chasing a target of 177, the hosts reached 178 for four in 28 overs.

The historic game marked the beginning of a new chapter for India as Sharma takes over from Virat Kohli as captain in the white-ball formats. However many people Talks about the rumoured rift was reignited after Rohit was named the new white-ball captain of the Indian team. There have been media speculations with multiple reports over the last two three years claiming a tension between the two senior Indian cricketers .

Although they have proved everyone wrong in their field behavior. Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli helped current captain Rohit Sharma get a successful DRS during the first ODI against West Indies. Virat Kohli convinced captain Rohit to take Decision Review System (DRS) in the 21st over. At a time when wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant was not sure about the bat edging the ball. Then Kohli came in and convinced Rohit to take the review. ex-skipper Kohli urged Rohit to go for the review. “Mere hisaab se out hai ” Kohli told Rohit.

Kohli’s judgment turned out to be right as Shamarh Brookes had edged the ball. Brooks was dismissed for 12 off 26 as India got their 6th wicket. Meanwhile, Chahal became the 2nd fastest Indian spinner after his spin partner Kuldeep Yadav picked up 100 wickets in ODI cricket. Chahal removed big-hitting Nicholas Pooran in the very first over of his spell under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy in the first ODI.

India vs West Indies, 1st ODI: India beat West Indies by 6 wickets

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India defeated West Indies by six wickets in the first ODI in Ahmedabad. Team India made the 1000th ODI more memorable by defeating West Indies. There were quite a few changes in India team. Ishan Kishan was picked as an opener while Deepak Hooda, who also bowls off-spin, was given his maiden ODI cap. Siraj, Prasidh Krishna were selected as the frontline seamers and Shardul Thakur was picked as the seam-bowling all-round option.

Skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to field first. Openers Shai Hope and Brandon King mustered eight and 13 runs respectively as skipper Kieron Pollard bagged a golden duck. Nobody could really get going besides Jason Holder smashing a half-century and Fabian Allen notching up 29 runs to take West Indies to 176. Yuzvendra Chahal reached his milestone of 100 wickets in the 50-over format and Washington Sundar also picked three wickets.

Chasing the target of 177, captain Rohit Sharma slammed a fifty as Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav chalked up 28 and 34 runs respectively. The Indian captain got out on 60(51) and soon after his dismissal Virat Kohli too returned to the pavilion on 8. Later Suryakumar Yadav 34(36) and debutant Deepak Hooda 26(32) wrapped up the proceedings, completing the 177-run chase in just 28 overs.

The second ODI will now take place at the same venue on Wednesday, February 9.  Kieron Pollard will be looking for a better batting performance from West Indies team in the next match as it has been their big issue for the last few years now.

Mitchell Johnson slams Pat Cummins after Justin Langer’s exit

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Former Aussie cricketers have slammed the national players for not backing Justin Langer as Australia’s chief coach. His four-year coaching contract was set to expire in June, and reportedly there were speculations as Langer’s contract might not continue further due to ongoing player dissatisfaction.

As the current skipper, Cummins is perhaps the most powerful man in Australian cricket, but many were intrigued as he failed to endorse Langer at any stage during the summer or in recent days as speculation around his future heated up.

Mitchell Johnson slams Pat Cummins after Justin Langer’s exit as head coach. “Pat Cummins has been lauded as some type of cricketing saint since his elevation to the top job this summer. Cummins might have delivered with the ball during the Ashes series, but he has failed his first big test as captain pretty miserably,” Johnson wrote in a column for The West Australian, as reported by Fox Sports.

Johnson mentioned that Cummins holds a lot of power, and it’s quite obvious that he had an agenda to change the coach. “He had plenty of public opportunities to endorse an extension for Langer. So, when he let it through to the keeper every time, it became pretty obvious he didn’t want it to happen. Cummins holds a lot of power and must have been central to what’s happened. He’s clearly had an agenda to get in a coach he wants. His recent interviews have been gutless by not respecting his coach when he could have been upfront from the start,” added the 40-year-old.

Justin Langer’s manager says the “views of a faceless few” have driven the World Cup and Ashes-winning coach out of his job four months ahead of the end of his contract, while his former skipper, Ricky Ponting, called Cricket Australia’s treatment of Langer “embarrassing”.

‘Tu bas six count karna aaj mere’ – When Dinesh Bana slammed 170 in a Challenger Trophy

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India U19 team created history after lifting the World Cup Trophy for the record fifth time at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Saturday. India are the most successful team at U19 World Cups, having won titles in 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018 previously.

India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Bana made the winning moment special for India as he completed India’s title win with a six. Coming in to bat after the fall of the 6th wicket, Bana upped the ante and remained unbeaten on 13 off just 5 balls. His cameo included 2 back-to-back sixes. His last six over long-on to give India their fifth title on Saturday. His shot reminded many of former India captain MS Dhoni’s six in the final of the 2011 World Cup final against Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium.

However, Bana was not the first-choice keeper for the Indian side. In fact, during a Challenger Trophy match between India B and India F, Bana’s friend and teammate Nishant Sindhu told him that the selectors are coming to see him play. Bana told to Sindhu to just count the sixes that he hits. Interestingly
similar incident had happened with legendary keeper-batter Dhoni .

Bana’s knock of 170 contained 14 sixes and 10 fours and easily convinced the selectors to give him a chance. In hindsight, the move to back him proved out to be the correct one as he played quite a few cameos including in the summit clash where his six to finish off the match 

BCCI announces cash reward for every player India U-19 Team

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Yash Dhull-led Team India defeated England by 4 wickets at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium to win a record fifth U-19 World Cup title. Previously, India had won the U19 World Cup in 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018.

Soon after India claimed victory in the final, BCCI secretary Jay Shah took to social media to announce cash rewards for the players and the members of the support staff. Each player will get Rs 40 lakh while the members of the support staff are set to get Rs 20 lakh. “I’m pleased to announce the reward of 40 lacs per player and 25 lacs per support staff for the U19 #TeamIndia contingent for their exemplary performance in #U19CWCFinal. You have made India proud,” Jay Shah said in a twitter post.

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly also expressed his wishes to saying the cash reward is a small token as the efforts put in by the under-19 contingent is invaluable. “Congratulations to the under 19 team and the support staff and the selectors for winning the world cup in such a magnificent way…The cash prize announced by us of 40 lakhs is a small token of appreciation but their efforts are beyond value .. magnificent stuff..@bcci,” Ganguly wrote on Twitter.

With this win, Dhull joined the illustrious list of captains — Mohammad Kaif, Virat Kohli, Unmukt Chand, Prithvi Shaw, who have lifted the U19 trophy for India in the past. Five titles and eight final appearances is a testament to India’s wide pool of talent and cricket structure as well.