Mohammad Rizwan and Afghanistan cricket team
In place of Babar Azam, Pakistan has appointed Mohammad Rizwan as the new captain of limited overs. He will lead the team on the tour of Australia and Zimbabwe. On the other hand, Afghanistan-A has won the title of Emerging Asia Cup 2024 by defeating Sri Lanka-A. Sediqullah Atal performed brilliantly for Afghanistan. He played an inning of 55 runs and got the Player of the Tournament award.
PCB announced central contract
Pakistan Cricket Board has announced its central contract for the 2024-25 international season. In this, 25 male cricketers have been given central contracts for 12 months. Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Irfan Khan and Usman Khan have been given central contracts by the Pakistan Cricket Board for the first time. All these five players have been kept in D category.
Shaheen Afridi demoted to central contract
Fast bowler Shaheen Afridi has to face demotion in the new players contract of PCB for the year 2024-25. Along with Test, his performance was very poor in T20 also and he failed to take wickets. Shaheen Afridi was included in Category A in the PCB players contract, this time he has been given a place in Category B. Earlier, his captaincy was also taken away from him.
Indian players will train even on Diwali day
Team India will take part in the practice session before the Test match to be played between India and New Zealand on 01 November. According to reports, the team management has decided to hold mandatory training sessions for all the players instead of optional training sessions. Team India players will practice on 30th and 31st October. All players will have to participate in this practice session. That means Team India players will not be able to take leave even on the day of Diwali.
Mohammad Rizwan becomes Pakistan’s limited overs captain
Just before the start of T20 World Cup 2024, Pakistan made Babar Azam its captain. During this period, some old players also returned to the team, but this did not benefit Pakistan cricket and the team was out of the group stage of T20 World Cup 2024. Just a few days after this World Cup, Babar left the captaincy again. Now in his place Mohammad Rizwan has been made the new limited overs captain of Pakistan.
Indian women’s team lost in the second ODI match
In the second ODI, New Zealand captain Sophie Devine won the toss and decided to bat first. Where he batted first and scored 259 runs losing 9 wickets in 50 overs. During this period, captain Sophie Devine scored the most runs for New Zealand. Sophie Devine scored 79 runs on 86 balls in this match. Opener Suzie Bates scored 58 runs. Chasing the target, the Indian women’s team was all out for 183 runs in 47.1 overs. With this, New Zealand won the match by 76 runs.
Team India will miss Shami: Andrew McDonald
Australia’s head coach Andrew McDonald said that seeing the way our batsmen talk about Mohammed Shami’s nature, his line and length, his way of working, it seems that Mohammed Shami will be out of the series. It is a big loss for Team India. Apart from this, Jasprit Bumrah will also miss him.
Afghanistan won the Emerging Asia Cup title
Sri Lanka A team won the toss in the final and decided to bat first. Sri Lanka A team, batting first in this match, scored only 133 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs and gave Afghanistan A a target of 134 runs to win. In response, Afghanistan A team chased the target in 18.1 overs and won the match by 7 wickets. Afghanistan has won the Emerging Asia Cup title for the first time.
Mohammed Shami apologized
Mohammed Shami posted a video of himself training on Instagram, captioning which he wrote, “Continuing my efforts, I am improving my bowling fitness day by day. I will continue to work hard to prepare for the matches and play domestic red ball cricket. Sorry to all the cricket fans and BCCI, but very soon I am ready to play red ball cricket, love you all.
Australian team announced
The Australian team has to play a three-match T20 series against Pakistan in November and for this, Australia has now announced its squad. The special thing is that no one has been made captain in this. Young players have got a chance in the Australian team for the T20 series. A total of 13 players have got a chance in the squad.
Dinesh Karthik advised Kohli to play domestic cricket
Dinesh Karthik has advised Kohli to play in domestic cricket, whereas last time when all the big players played in Duleep Trophy, BCCI did not name Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the squad. He said that we know what he is capable of doing. He probably needs to go back to domestic cricket. There is no doubt that left-arm spinners are a big threat. Kohli’s Test record against spin in the last 2-3 years has not been good.
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