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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif urged all-rounder Imad Wasim to reverse his retirement from international cricket. The 34-year-old all-rounder brought curtains down his cricket career on Friday with a post on social media stating that he feels it is the right time to retire. Latif on Saturday took to X, labelling Wasim as Pakistan's "best spinner" and urging him to reverse his retirement from international cricket.
India's top two singles players Sumit Nagal and Sasi Kumar Mukund have conveyed to the national tennis federation that they won't travel to Pakistan for the next Davis Cup tie and the baffled AITA has decided to discuss the players' refusal at its next Executive Committee meeting. Nagal is India's best-ranked singles player at number 141 in the ATP chart and Mukund is second-best at number 477.
KL Rahul didn't play with a "do-or-die" mindset as he didn't want to expose India's tail-enders, which is probably one of the biggest reasons for host country's World Cup final defeat, feels Pakistan legend Wasim Akram. Batting first, India posted a modest total of 240 in 50 overs and Rahul scored a painstaking 66 off 107 balls with a solitary boundary to his credit. "If I have to pick any particular reason, I suppose the middle order should have played with a ‘do or die' mindset," he told Star Sports.
Promising batsman Uday Saharan will lead defending champions India in the ACC Men's Under-19 Asia Cup to be played in the UAE from December 8. Saharan, a 19-year-old cricketer from Punjab, has been on the selection radar for a while and he was also drafted in as a back-up player after the Indian squad was hit by Covid during last year's Under-19 World Cup in Antigua. Saumy Kumar Pandey was named as vice-captain of the 15-member side. India are the most successful team in the U19 Asia Cup having won the title eight times.
With their sights set on a three-match Test series against Australia starting next month, the Pakistan cricket team is sweating it out in a training camp in Rawalpindi. The players also engaged in a two-day scenario match, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at the Pindi Cricket Stadium. Saturday's marks the third day of their training camp, which will conclude on November 28, ahead of the team's departure to Australia a day later. During Saturday's training camp, pacer Hasan Ali was seen having a freestyle wrestling with the masseur of team, Malang Ali.
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has criticised the Pakistan cricket team over Babar Azam stepping down as the captain of the side following the Asian team's Cricket World Cup 2023 debacle. Babar stepped down from his role in mid November. Pakistan lost five out of their nine matches at the mega event and failed to qualify for the semifinals. Babar came under a lot of pressure from both experts and fans regarding his captaincy and his lack of form with the bat did not help the matter. Shan Masood was appointed Test captain while Shaheen Afridi took over as the T20I captain.
Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar trolled India's star batter Suryakumar Yadav post his match-winning knock against Australia in the first T20I in Visakhapatnam. Akhtar shared a reported conversation between former India captain Ravi Shastri and ex-Australia opener Matthew Hayden on Friday. In the reported interaction, Shastri praised Suryakumar's performance and asked Hayden about what could stop the batter. To this, Hayden replied that tell him it's an ODI game. The post from Akhtar was criticised heavily by the netizens.
After India's heartbreaking World Cup final defeat to Australia last week, the biggest topic of discussion has been the future of veterans Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in T20Is. With the T20 World Cup to be held next year, Team India is set to enter a transition phase. Reports have claimed that head coach Rahul Dravid is unlikely to continue extend his contract, with Rohit also unlikely to feature in the shortest format. While there was no mention of Kohli in those reports, the former India captain has also not played a T20I in over an year.