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Virat Kohli Finally Ends Century Drought After Close To Three Years With Scintillating Knock vs Afghanistan

Virat Kohli finally ended a long wait, one which had started from November, 2019, when he last scored a century in international cricket. On Thursday, the wait of more than two years and nine months ended when the former Indian cricket team captain reached the triple-figure mark with six off Fareed Ahmad in the 19th over of the Asia Cup Super 4 match against Afghanistan. That shot meant that after almost three years, Kohli hit a ton - which was his 71st century across formats! With an authoritative pull shot against Fareed Ahmad's short ball, he cleared the deep mid-wicket boundary to reach the momentous mark.

Blast from the past: Legends of world cricket getting ready to go toe to toe across two leagues

Asia Cup ends in Dubai and before the World Cup starts in Australia. If it comes across as an overdose, don’t say we have not warned you. Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly are associated with the two different leagues in different ways.

Proteas to play New Zealand, Bangladesh in T20 World Cup warm-ups

The Proteas will play in two official warm-up fixtures against New Zealand and Bangladesh ahead of next month's T20 World Cup in Australia.

India vs Afghanistan Live Score Updates: India Look To Bow Out With A Win vs Afghanistan

IND vs AFG, Asia Cup 2022: India and Afghanistan will be squaring off in their last Asia Cup Super 4 match on Thursday, at Dubai International Stadium. Both the teams will be playing for respect as they lost their respective chances of making it into the final of the tournament, which is to be played on Sunday. India and Afghanistan lost their first two Super 4 matches against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, and will look to register a win before bowing out. It will be interesting to see whether the Rohit Sharma-led side would make any changes to their Playing XI or not. (Live Scorecard)

"Two Other Teams Playing...": On Repeatedly Being Asked Questions On India, Wasim Akram Says This On Air

Ahead of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Asia Cup Super 4 encounter in Sharjah on Wednesday, legendary pacer Wasim Akram came up with a witty reply as host Mayanti Langer asked him a question on India. While Mayanti asked Wasim to share his views of India's twin-losses to Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the legendary pacer passed this question away to the other expert on the panel, Sanjay Manjrekar. Akram said they had talked enough about India while ignoring Wednesday's game between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Ravi Shastri questions decision to not include Mohammed Shami in Asia Cup squad

Ravi Shastri on Thursday raised questions over the exclusion of ace India pacer Mohammed Shami from the Asia Cup squad where the fancied Indian team lost two consecutive matches and failed to qualify for the final. The Indian cricket team failed to defend their total after having batted first in two consecutive matches within a span of four days. India was beaten by Pakistan on September 4 and then Sri Lanka also managed to hunt down the target posted by Indian batters.

Deepak Chahar Replaces Avesh Khan In India's Asia Cup Squad

The All-India Senior Selection Committee has named Deepak Chahar as a replacement for Avesh Khan for Team India's final fixture in the ongoing Asia Cup 2022. "Avesh Khan is recovering from an illness and has been advised rest by the BCCI medical team," stated an official statement. Avesh Khan did not have a very good Asia Cup. He was expensive in his two overs against Pakistan, ending with a spell of 1/19. In the next match against Hong Kong, the bowler had a terrible outing and was hit all over the park. He finished with terrible figures of 1/53 in four overs.

India vs Afghanistan, Live Streaming: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast, Live Score

Rohit Sharma-led India will be squaring off against Afghanistan in their final Super 4 clash of the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 on Thursday at the Dubai International Stadium. Team India are already out of the reckoning for a place in the final and the side would be playing for their pride and they would try to register at least one win in the Super 4 stage. Before this match, India faced defeats against Pakistan and Sri Lanka and the side have been subjected to criticism for few selection calls like playing Deepak Hooda as a finisher ahead of Dinesh Karthik and Axar Patel. So it will be interesting to see what team combination India goes in with for clash against Afghanistan.

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Virat Kohli Finally Ends Century Drought After Close To Three Years With Scintillating Knock vs Afghanistan

Blast from the past: Legends of world cricket getting ready to go toe to toe across two leagues

Proteas to play New Zealand, Bangladesh in T20 World Cup warm-ups

India vs Afghanistan Live Score Updates: India Look To Bow Out With A Win vs Afghanistan

"Two Other Teams Playing...": On Repeatedly Being Asked Questions On India, Wasim Akram Says This On Air

Ravi Shastri questions decision to not include Mohammed Shami in Asia Cup squad

Deepak Chahar Replaces Avesh Khan In India's Asia Cup Squad

India vs Afghanistan, Live Streaming: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast, Live Score