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After the heady excitement of England versus Australia at The Oval, Test cricket takes a back seat amidst a welter of shorter format cricket.
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India's Asia Cup 2023 Squad: No KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer In 15-Member Team Picked By Experts
As the wait for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to announce the Asia Cup 2023 squad continues, some former cricketers including Ravi Shastri, MSK Prasad, and Sandip Patil have revealed their choice of players. There was a huge focus on the return of Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, and Shreyas Iyer during a discussion between the experts. While Bumrah is a part of the India squad for the Ireland T20I series, the likes of Iyer and Rahul are still practicing in the nets and trailing in closed-door setups.
India Tour Of Ireland 2023: Date, Time, Squads, Telecast, Live Streaming - All You Need To Know
India's tour of Ireland kickstarts on August 18, with Jasprit Bumrah leading the Indian team in a 3-match T20I series. With most of the senior players rested, especially keeping the Asia Cup and the ODI World Cup in mind, the series offers several Indian youngsters an opportunity to showcase their skills and stake claim for a regular spot in the team. Both Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya are absent from the team, hence, Bumrah will be leading the troops in the shortest-format assignment.
New Zealand To Tour Bangladesh For Three ODIs In Build-up To World Cup
New Zealand will tour Bangladesh for the first time in 10 years, when they travel to the country for a split ODI and Test series in September and November. The three-match ODI series will be the dress rehearsal for the two teams ahead of the World Cup in India. The World Cup begins with last edition's runners-up New Zealand taking on defending champions England in Ahmedabad in a repeat of the 2019 final. Bangladesh begin their World Cup journey against Afghanistan on October 7 in Dharamsala.
UAE vs New Zealand, 1st T20I: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast, Live Streaming
United Arab Emirates are all set to host New Zealand for a three-match T20I series, which will kick-start from Thursday in Dubai. The Blackcaps will be playing their first T20I match since April and will look to prepare for the upcoming series against England and the T20 World Cup 2024. Interestingly, the two teams have never played a T20I match against each other before and this will be first time that New Zealand and UAE will be squaring off against each other in the shortest format.
"We Face Shaheen, Haris In Nets": Pak Star Responds To Reporter's "Bumrah Is Coming Back" Question
The countdown for the Asia Cup clash between India and Pakistan has begun. It isn't often that the two teams get to face each other in international cricket. The excitement around the contest, hence, is always huge. While there remain about a couple of weeks before the Asia Cup gets underway, Pakistan batter Abdullah Shafique is already facing questions from the press about facing the Indian team. A reporter, in fact, compared the bowling attacks of the two teams and asked Shafique about the benefits of facing the likes of Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf in the nets.
"Whereabouts Failure On Account Of Glitch In Application": Suspended Race Walker Bhawna
Indian race walker Bhawna Jat on Thursday blamed her failure to fulfil NADA's whereabouts conditions to glitches in the mobile application, through which she had to fill up the form, and subsequently losing her phone. The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has provisionally suspended Bhawna for failing to furnish the required whereabout details, forcing the national federation AFI to withdraw her from the World Championships in Budapest.
R Ashwin Breaks Silence On Non-Consideration For ODI World Cup 2023
The 2022 T20 World Cup saw Ravichandran Ashwin make a dramatic return to the shortest format of the game. Banking on his Indian Premier League form, Ashwin found a place in India's T20 World Cup squad. While such a return to 50-over format can't be entirely ruled out, it doesn't look like the off-spinner is the selectors' plans for the ODI World Cup this year. When asked about his absence from the one-day format, especially in reference to the World Cup, Ashwin said that he had decided long ago to not give any mental space to such thoughts.