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BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly will be back as the president of his state unit, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), the former India captain said on Saturday. Ganguly, who had to step down from the BCCI president's post as there is no precedence of anyone continuing in the top job for more than three years, had been the CAB president for four years between 2015 to 2019 before coming to the BCCI.
World Cup win is not very far now, India's star all-rounder Deepti Sharma declared after the team's record-extending seventh Women's Asia Cup title triumph on Saturday. Barring an aberration against Pakistan that came courtesy some bizarre planning and experiments, the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side ruled the roost in the continental T20 tournament.
India hammered Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in Sylhet to clinch a seventh Women's Asia Cup title on Saturday. After restricting Sri Lanka to a total of 65/9, India chased down the total inside nine overs. After the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side lifted the title, the Board of Control for Cricket in India shared a sneak peek of the team's celebrations in Sylhet. The video starts with the players standing in a huddle, with their backs against the trophy. However, it didn't take long for the celebrations to get out of hands as the players started dancing to ecstatic chants.
England and India are among the teams bidding to take Australia’s crown as the Twenty20 World Cup begins on Sunday.
Rosy, who turns 25 in a fortnight, lit up the opening day with another sensational performance, exactly 15 days after clearing 4.20m to set up a new national record at the 36th National Games in Gandhinagar. She had then gone past V S Surekha's earlier national mark of 4.15m set in 2014. Railways' Ravina found redemption after some disappointing performances as she won the women's 20km Race Walk with a new meet record time to boot.
Kane Williamson, who says they "don't really have a choice in what people call" the last edition's runner-up team heading into the T20 World Cup. New Zealand reached the final of the T20 World Cup in the UAE last year where they lost to Australia. After losing the 2019 World Cup by the smallest of margins to England, New Zealand went on to win the inaugural ICC Test Championship title, beating India in the final last year.
Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur added another feather to her hat after she surpassed New Zealand all-rounder Suzie Bates to become the most capped Women's T20I player in the history of the game. The 33-year-old made her 137th appearance in the final of the Asia Cup against Sri Lanka at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Bangladesh on Saturday. Harmanpreet played her 136th T20I against Thailand in the semi-finals of the Asia Cup to level the record with Bates. The New Zealander is now placed second on the list with 136 matches in T20Is. Bates has scored 3613 runs with a century to her name.
Pakistan had the ideal dress rehearsal for the T20 World Cup as the Babar Azam-led side defeated New Zealand in the final of the T20I tri-series on Friday at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. While all the focus was on star batters Babar and Mohammad Rizwan, it was Mohammad Nawaz who inspired Pakistan with an all-round show. With Pakistan set to face arch-rivals India in their opening match at the T20 World Cup, Nawaz spoke in detail about his journey, and how the team has been gearing up for the blockbuster clash.