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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has released spinner Abrar Ahmed and top-order batter Kamran Ghulam from the Pakistan squad for the first Test and he will now represent Pakistan Shaheens in the second four-day match against Bangladesh ‘A', which will start at the Islamabad Club on Tuesday, 20 August. Ghulam has been appointed as Pakistan Shaheens captain for the second four-day match.
After making his debut in the India-England Test series in February, Indian domestic run-scoring stalwart Sarfaraz Khan hasn't played a competitive match in five months. The 26-year-old batter last played in the fifth and final Test of the series, where he scored 56 off just 60 balls in India's only innings. Sarfaraz - who had a prolonged wait before his Test debut - isn't guaranteed a middle-order slot for India, as Virat Kohli and KL Rahul are set to return. Yet, the batsman has kept up a gruelling practice routine, and aims to get among the runs in the ongoing Buchi Babu cricket tournament.
India's ODI captain Rohit Sharma is enjoying some good time off the cricket field. After the Indian cricket team's 0-2 ODI series loss to Sri Lanka, Rohit Sharma and Co. have got a gap of more than a month before coming into action again. India will next take on Bangladesh in a two-match Test series, starting September 19. During the ongoing break, several players are spending some quality time and captain Rohit is no expection. He was seen driving his blue-coloured Lamborghini Urus on the streets of Mumbai, a video of which is going viral on social media.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has made it mandatory for all the centrally contracted players, who are fit and off national duty, to participate in domestic cricket. Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer are the ones who have already been at the receiving end of the Board's fury for not playing domesic cricket when possible. The two players were excluded from the list of central contracts that was announced by BCCI earlier this year as they missed out on domestic games despite being fit and also away from international circuit.
Officials in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have claimed that board president Nazmul Hassan Papon has offered to quit his post, in a bid to co-operate with the Muhammad Yunus-led government to bring reforms. Nazmul is currently serving his fourth term as BCB President, and has been hiding in London ever since the unrest in the country began, which eventually led to the downfall of the Sheikh Hasina government.
With Jay Shah, the Secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) ruling out India hosting the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as a potential host for the tournament. At the same time, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has asked for more time to save the tournament from being moved out of the country. In May this year, the ICC had unveiled the schedule of Women's T20 World Cup to be hosted by Bangladesh from October 3-20, with warm-up matches scheduled to begin from September 27.
After a historic Olympic record-breaking javelin throw gold medal at Paris Olympics 2024, Pakistan Test cricket head coach Jason Gillespie has invited Arshad Nadeem to the Pakistan dressing room. Stating that sharing his gold medal would be a "fantastic boost to the team", Gillespie sent an open invitation to Nadeem to visit the Pakistan dressing room. Nadeem threw a magical 92.97m throw to clinch gold, ahead of India's Neeraj Chopra, who finished with silver. In fact, Nadeem threw three of the four best throws of the final.
Gautam Gambhir kicked off his reign as head coach of the Indian team with the tour Sri Lanka last month. However, he endured a mixed outing as the team won the T20I series, but conceded the ODIs despite the presence of big stars like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and others. was appointed as the national team's head coach on July 9, 2024, replacing Rahul Dravid whose contract expired after the T20 World Cup in June. Before Gambhir's appointment was made official by the BCCI, reports had emerged on social media claiming that the Indian team might adopt a hybrid model of coaching (different coaches for different formats).