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Shakib Al Hasan has returned as captain of Bangladesh's Twenty20 team for the Asia Cup and World Cup, the country's cricket board (BCB) said on Saturday, putting to rest speculation over the all-rounder's future due to his ties with a betting company.
Shakib Al Hasan as the skipper of the T20 team for the upcoming Asia Cup, the New Zealand tri-series and the T20 World Cup. While the Asia Cup will be held in the UAE, Australia will host the T20 showpiece in October-November. The BCB made the announcement after weeks of uncertainty as Shakib was told by the Board to choose between playing for Bangladesh or keeping his endorsement with a "betting company" Betwinner News.
The KL Rahul-led Indian team has left for Zimbabwe for the upcoming three-match ODI series against the side, starting August 18. BCCI shared the pictures of Indian players posing inside the plane. While the first picture had Shikhar Dhawan, Deepak Chahar and Prasidh Krishna standing together, the rest of the shared pictures included the likes of acting head coach VVS Laxman and players Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Rahul Tripathi and Ruturaj Gaikwad. "Zimbabwe bound!" wrote BCCI while sharing the pictures on social media.
Former India opening batter Aakash Chopra has said that he would have avoided changing Shikhar Dhawan as the captain for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, beginning August 18. When the squad for the series was originally announced, Dhawan was named captain and Rahul was not mentioned. However, earlier this week, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that Rahul has been deemed fit to play and will join the squad as captain, with Dhawan acting as his deputy.
The social media accounts of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) showed pictures of Prasidh Krishna, Deepak Chahar, Shikhar Dhawan, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rahul Tripathi in the flight. NCA head VVS Laxman was also spotted, suggesting that he could be the head coach for the ODI series against Zimbabwe.
Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan on Saturday shared pictures with India opening batter Shikhar Dhawan and the rest of the Indian team. He also joked that he was asked a couple of riddles by the Indian opening batter. "At 4 in the morning I was like a boy in a candy shop. Got very excited to meet and chat with our men in blue About their upcoming tour. Also @SDhawan25 asked me a couple of riddles," tweeted the'Jug Jug Jeeyo'actor.
India opener Shikhar Dhawan has said that his focus is on the upcoming ODI Cricket World Cup in 2023 and he wants to feature in as many matches as he can leading to the marquee cricketing event. "My focus is definitely on next year's 50-overs World Cup and for that, I want to play as many matches as possible for India and do well in them. In between, there is the IPL as well, so I will try to continue to perform there and look to play the domestic one-day and T20 matches and keep myself match-fit and ready," Dhawan told The Times Of India.
KL Rahul will make his comeback into the national side for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, but his bigger test will be the Asia Cup, beginning August 27 in the UAE. Rahul had missed the T20I series against West Indies after testing positive for COVID-19, and prior to that, he had missed series against South Africa and England due to injury. Now, former national selector Saba Karim has said that he looks at Rahul as an opener alongside Rohit Sharma in the shortest format of the game.