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Asia Cup 2022, Group B Match, Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast, Live Streaming

Asia Cup 2022 will get underway on Saturday evening with the clash between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan at the Dubai International Stadium. Both Mohammad Nabi and Dasun Shanaka would hope for their sides to show a spirited display and get off to a winning start in the tournament. Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are placed in Group B alongside Bangladesh. In the T20 World Cup that was played last year in the UAE, teams batting second had a huge advantage because of the dew so it needs to be seen whether the history repeats itself in the Asia Cup. Sri Lanka and Afghanistan have played just one T20I against each other in which, Sri Lanka emerged triumphant.

SA emerging squad take on Zimbabwe with eye on 2023 Women's World Cups

Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Friday released the latest South African Emerging squad for a five-match Women's T20 series against Zimbabwe in Tshwane.

Nortje backs Elgar's thought processes despite indifferent Day 2

Proteas' speedster Anrich Nortje backed his captain Dean Elgar's thinking as the second day of the second Test ran away from them in what could be the worst possible way.

Rare India-Pakistan meeting in Asia Cup 'exciting' for Rahul

India's KL Rahul said on Friday his team is looking forward to playing Pakistan in a high-stakes Asia Cup clash this weekend with the arch-rivals only meeting each other in multi-nation events due to political issues between them.

World class player like Virat Kohli isn't affected by what people are saying: KL Rahul

Rohit Sharma has stoutly defended all questions on Virat Kohli's prolonged bad patch, his deputy KL Rahul followed suit stating the obvious template answer, that it's all "noise on the outside". From being one of India's greatest batters of all time, Kohli's slump in form has given rise to a debate if his presence in the playing XI in T20Is is affecting the balance of the side. "We don't really give much importance to such comments. It doesn't really affect a player, especially a world-class player like Virat will not be affected by what people are saying (on the outside)," Rahul said, ditto of what Kohli used to say when something specifically critical used to be asked and current skipper Rohit does the same when questioned on his predecessor.

I can do it, I'm the right man for president's post: Bhaichung Bhutia ahead of AIFF elections

Bhaichung Bhutia on Friday cited his "credibility", "experience" and his equivalent in cricket, Sourav Ganguly, to hammer home the point that he is "definitely the right man" to lead the All India Football Federation (AIFF). Both Bhutia and Ganguly are iconic former captains of their respective sport and while the cricketer was born and brought up in Kolkata, the ace footballer shares a deep bond with the city, having spent so much time there while playing for Mohun Bagan and East Bengal in his heyday. Bhutia threw his hat into the AIFF election ring once again even as former goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey, seen as the BJP candidate, has emerged as the front runner for the top job. Both the former players filed their nominations on Thursday.

Virat Kohli needs to score runs not only for India but for himself: Sourav Ganguly

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Friday said struggling batting maestro Virat Kohli needs to score runs not only for India but "for himself" too. In the Asia Cup starting here on Saturday, Kohli will resume the quest to score his first international hundred since 2019, having failed in all his previous attempts. "He needs to score runs not only for India but for himself. Hopefully it will be a good season for him. We all are confident that he'll come back," Ganguly said during an interaction.

Asia Cup: Another blow for Pakistan, Mohammad Wasim ruled out with injury

Asia Cup when young pace bowler, Mohammad Wasim junior, was also ruled out of the tournament with a left side strain. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed that Hasan Ali who was dropped for the continental tournament because of indifferent form has been named as replacement for Wasim junior.

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Asia Cup 2022, Group B Match, Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast, Live Streaming

SA emerging squad take on Zimbabwe with eye on 2023 Women's World Cups

Nortje backs Elgar's thought processes despite indifferent Day 2

Rare India-Pakistan meeting in Asia Cup 'exciting' for Rahul

World class player like Virat Kohli isn't affected by what people are saying: KL Rahul

I can do it, I'm the right man for president's post: Bhaichung Bhutia ahead of AIFF elections

Virat Kohli needs to score runs not only for India but for himself: Sourav Ganguly

Asia Cup: Another blow for Pakistan, Mohammad Wasim ruled out with injury