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New Zealand All-rounder Colin De Grandhomme Announces Retirement From International Cricket

New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme has announced retirement from international cricket on Wednesday. The country's apex cricket board shared the news on social media. The board added that the all-rounder came to the conclusion after discussing about it with New Zealand Cricket, which agreed to release him from central contract. Grandhomme said that he was "fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to play" for New Zealand. The 36-year-old said that he took the decision to call time on his international career as it was getting hard for him to train his ageing body with injuries alongside it.

India vs Hong Kong, India's Predicted XI: Should Rishabh Pant Replace Struggling KL Rahul?

After edging past Pakistan by five wickets on Sunday, India play their second match of the ongoing Asia Cup against Hong Kong on Wednesday. The Indian team management will continue to deal with the selection dilemma as it was forced to make some in-form players warm the benches during the match against Pakistan and not all the picks in the playing XI reaped expected performances. India's top two made a paltry contibution as Rohit Sharma scored 12 runs off 18 balls and KL Rahul got out for a first-ball duck.

'Two of the best days of our lives': Hong Kong ready for challenge of India and Pakistan

Earlier this month, Hong Kong lost a match against Jersey, an island whose entire population would fit inside the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad with room to spare.

Asia Cup 2022, India vs Hong Kong: Ravindra Jadeja, the buffer for rusty top-order

All-rounder's evolution as a batter in focus as India hope star players Rohit, Virat and Rahul strike form against Hong Kong todayDUBAI: As the Indian players deboarded the team bus for an optional practice session here at the ICC Academy on Tuesday evening, the photographers trained their lenses on Virat Kohli. As it turned out, this is the second practice session Kohli had decided to skip on either side of the Pakistan match last Sunday. As everyone looked around for Kohli, it turned out regular captain Rohit Sharma too was missing. So was head coach Rahul Dravid. India's top-three - Rohit, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli - have looked rusty and nowhere close to being at their fluent best, so Wednesday's match against minnows Hong Kong here at the Dubai International stadium could be just the right opportunity for them to get going.

"Once Read, I Had Died...": Ravindra Jadeja's Hilarious Take On Rumours Regarding Him

Cricketers, that too from the Indian team, often have to go through intense scrutiny on social media. Their success is celebrated wildly while their failures are criticised quite strongly. Sometimes false rumours do the rounds regarding their private lives too. Talking about the rumours that keeping surfacing about him on the internet, Indian cricket team allrounder Ravindra Jadeja had a hilarious incident to narrate.

Asia Cup 2022: I was mentally ready to bat at number four, says Ravindra Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja, who made a crucial 29-ball 35 in India's tense win over arch-rivals Pakistan, on Tuesday said he was "mentally ready" for the challenge. Against Pakistan, Jadeja came out to bat after opener KL Rahul and captain Rohit Sharma got out for nought and 12 respectively. He shared 52 runs with Hardik Pandya (33 not out) for the fifth wicket before the latter took India past the target of 149. "Of course (I knew it was coming)... I knew such a situation would come after seeing their playing XI. I was mentally ready. Luckily, I scored those crucial runs for the team," Jadeja said of India's famous five-wicket win against Pakistan in the Asia Cup opener on Sunday.

Asia Cup 2022, Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Rashid Khan Put Bangladesh In Deep Trouble

Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score Updates: Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan have put Bangladesh in deep trouble. Mujeeb dismissed Mohammad Naim early and later took the wickets of Anamul Haque and Shakib Al Hasan later, while Rashid sent Mushfiqur Rahim back to the hut.

Watch: Injured Pakistan Pacer Naseem Shah Gets Emotional While Leaving Field During India Clash

The India-Pakistan Asia Cup 2022 clash saw several memorable moments with the Rohit-Sharma led ultimately prevailing by five wickets on Sunday. For Pakistan, teenage pace sensation Naseem Shah made his T20I debut and impressed everyone with his speed and control. He finished with figures of 4-0-27-2 and accounted for the wickets of KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja. However, towards the end of the innings, Shah looked like suffering from cramps. Despite that, he was brave enough to continue and left the after the 18th over.

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New Zealand All-rounder Colin De Grandhomme Announces Retirement From International Cricket

India vs Hong Kong, India's Predicted XI: Should Rishabh Pant Replace Struggling KL Rahul?

'Two of the best days of our lives': Hong Kong ready for challenge of India and Pakistan

Asia Cup 2022, India vs Hong Kong: Ravindra Jadeja, the buffer for rusty top-order

"Once Read, I Had Died...": Ravindra Jadeja's Hilarious Take On Rumours Regarding Him

Asia Cup 2022: I was mentally ready to bat at number four, says Ravindra Jadeja

Asia Cup 2022, Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Live Score: Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Rashid Khan Put Bangladesh In Deep Trouble

Watch: Injured Pakistan Pacer Naseem Shah Gets Emotional While Leaving Field During India Clash