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Not many are giving the West Indies a chance with as many as 12 players, who took part in the World Cup 12 months ago, not travelling to Australia for different reasons. The team will be missing the likes of Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Lendl Simmons who all have retired from international cricket. Andre Russell and Sunil Narine are also not here.
Binura Fernando on Sunday replaced injured pacer Dilshan Madushanka in the Sri Lankan squad for the T20 World Cup. "The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 has approved Binura Fernando as a replacement for left arm fast bowler Dilshan Madushanka in the Sri Lanka squad," said the ICC in a statement.
The 2022 T20 World Cup kicks off on October 16, with the qualifiers scheduled to be held first, before the Super 12 round begins. The schedule of the entire tournament has been laid out, with venues and timings fixed. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has also included the possibility of having a 'reserve day' in the tournament, but this feature has only been added for the semi-finals and the finals. In a case where the semi-finals and finals do not take place on the designated days, the reserve days will come into effect.
MELBOURNE : Test skipper Pat Cummins is ready to be Australia's one-day captain on a rotational basis and is even open to sharing the responsibility with David Warner, the 29-year-old said on Sunday.
MELBOURNE : Recovering all-rounder Daryl Mitchell is targeting a return to action in New Zealand's second match of the Twenty20 World Cup against Afghanistan on Oct. 26, head coach Gary Stead said on Sunday.
India captain Rohit Sharma made a young fan's day at the WACA in Perth as he gave the opportunity to a 11-year-old to bowl at him. During one of the nets sessions in Perth, Rohit spotted the youngster bowling very well as a part of kids' activity, and realising his potential, he called Drushil Chauhan to bowl to him at the nets. Team India's Analyst Hari Prasad Mohan narrated the entire incident on why Rohit decided to face the youngster at the nets and it will definitely melt your heart.
T20 World Cup, UAE vs Netherlands, Group A, Live Score Updates: The United Arab Emirates and Netherlands would be squaring off against each other in the second match of the ongoing T20 World Cup on Sunday at Geelong. Netherlands would be led by Scott Edwards while UAE would be captained by Chundangapoyil Rizwan. This match would be played right after the opening game of the World Cup between Sri Lanka and Namibia at the same venue. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Cricket icons Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar are among the eight former international cricketers who are “ineligible” to vote in the elections of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on October 20 as they haven’t submitted their MCA voter’s identity card before the polls. On Friday, election officer JS Saharia posted a list of eight former international cricketers — Tendulkar, Gavaskar, Agarkar, Manjrekar, Paras Mhambrey, Wasim Jaffer, Vinod Kambli and Avishkar Salvi — stating that “Following former international cricketers have not submitted the voter’s Identity Card, so hereby declared ineligible to vote.” “It’s very unfortunate,” former India batsman Sandeep Patil, who’s contesting for the MCA president’s post from the Mumbai Cricket group, told TOI.