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T20 World Cup: Mohammed Shami has shown positive signs in his recovery, we couldn't have risked playing Jasprit Bumrah, says Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma on Saturday. Speaking at the captains' media interaction ahead of the T20 World Cup, Rohit gave an update on Shami, who has been drafted into the squad despite having not played a competitive game since July. "Shami had COVID two-three weeks ago. He was called to the NCA then, he worked hard for the last 10 days and he is in Brisbane. He will practice with us tomorrow," Rohit said.

Not a big fan of Mankading, says Aaron Finch

Aaron Finch is "not a big fan" of 'Mankading', a controversial dismissal where bowlers run out batters backing up at the non-strikers' end. Mankading, informally named after former India cricketer Vinoo Mankad, has been in the news of late after Deepti Sharma ran out Charlie Dean at the non-striker's end for leaving her crease too early to hand a 3-0 ODI series sweep in England last month.

Shaheen Afridi is fully fit, dedicated to give his 100 percent: Babar Azam

Shaheen had missed the Asia Cup and the seven-match T20I series due to an injury. It would be interesting to see if the pacer, who received treatment in London, participates in the warm-up games before the encounter against India. The India-Pakistan clash in the 2022 T20 World Cup is among the most awaited sporting events of the year.

T20 World Cup: I already have my XI against Pakistan, says Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma said that the playing XI for the match has been decided and he doesn't believe in a last-minute decision as he wants them to prepare well. The India-Pakistan clash in the 2022 T20 World Cup is among the most awaited sporting events of the year. The two arch-rivals clashing against each other at a stadium as iconic as the Melbourne Cricket Ground(MCG) in the marquee event, it really does not get much better than this. Both India and Pakistan are part of Group 2 in the Super 12 stage alongside South Africa, and Bangladesh while two teams will join them from the qualifiers.

'Tired' Australia favourites for T20 World Cup: Jos Buttler

Aaron Finch admitted his team was "tired" and needed to freshen up before their defence of the Twenty20 World Cup title, but England skipper Jos Buttler on Saturday said the hosts remain the favourites. The reigning champions head into the showpiece cricket tournament on home soil, which starts Sunday with the preliminary round after a lacklustre three-match series against the English. They lost 2-0, with the third game abandoned Friday evening due to rain, culminating eight matches for Australia in 26 days -- three of them in India. "I think the guys are probably a little bit tired at the moment," Finch said after the washed-out England match, where he fell for a first-ball duck. "The schedule has been so packed over the last six to eight weeks that we identified a couple of months ago that we wanted to make sure that we're in a position to be peaking at the right time of the World Cup and not beforehand. "So it's going to be important over the next couple of days to try and freshen everyone up as much as we can."

Indian Super League: Ten-man Chennaiyin FC hold Bengaluru

The match was an even affair, but Debjit’s red card after bringing down Roy Krishna outside the box could have turned the game decisively in BFC’s favour. Chennaiyin had exhausted their five substitutes and defender Vafa Hakhamaneshi had to do the goalkeeping duties for the last 10-odd minutes. It was nervous times for CFC but the defence held firm and did not allow Bengaluru strikers Krishna and Sunil Chhetri to take a crack at the goal.

FIFA Women's U-17 WC: India suffer 0-3 defeat to Morocco, out of reckoning for quarterfinal berth

Debutants Morocco scored through El Madani (50th minute), Yasmine Zouhir (61st) and Cherif Djennah (90+1) to script their maiden win in the tournament. India, who were also making their debut as automatic qualifiers as hosts, had lost to USA 0-8 in the opening match on Tuesday. They take on Brazil in their last group match on October 17, which will only be of academic interest. Morroco still remained in contention for a quarterfinal berth with three points after title contenders Brazil and USA played out a 1-1 draw in another Group A match here earlier in the day.

EPL: Ivan Toney strikes twice to give Brentford 2-0 win over Brighton

The 26-year-old gave his hopes of being included in England's World Cup squad a considerable boost with a superb all-round display, capped off by two goals that took his tally to 55 in 100 games in all competitions for Brentford. The Brighton players warmed up in t-shirts dedicated to Zambian team mate Enock Mwepu, whose career came to an abrupt end this week after he was diagnosed with a hereditary heart condition.

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T20 World Cup: Mohammed Shami has shown positive signs in his recovery, we couldn't have risked playing Jasprit Bumrah, says Rohit Sharma

Not a big fan of Mankading, says Aaron Finch

Shaheen Afridi is fully fit, dedicated to give his 100 percent: Babar Azam

T20 World Cup: I already have my XI against Pakistan, says Rohit Sharma

'Tired' Australia favourites for T20 World Cup: Jos Buttler

Indian Super League: Ten-man Chennaiyin FC hold Bengaluru

FIFA Women's U-17 WC: India suffer 0-3 defeat to Morocco, out of reckoning for quarterfinal berth

EPL: Ivan Toney strikes twice to give Brentford 2-0 win over Brighton