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'Not telling our Plan B now', says Babar Azam on Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf's fitness status ahead of World Cup
The pace duo picked up niggling injuries during Pakistan Super Four clash against India at the Asia Cup and were sitting on from the sidelines when the side crashed out of the tournament after suffering a 2-wicket loss (DLS) against Sri Lanka on Thursday.
England's Nat Sciver-Brunt hits record century in her 100th ODI
Sciver-Brunt's brilliant knock and a 65-ball 95 by Maia Bouchier helped England Women reach a challenging 272/8 in 50 overs. Sciver-Brunt, the No.1 ranked batter and all-rounder in the ICC Women's Player Rankings was in top form on Thursday as she unfurled some outrageous strokes on her way to a spectacular hundred in her 100th ODI.
Asia Cup: Mendis, Asalanka help Sri Lanka overcome Pakistan by 2 wickets, reach final
Sri Lanka made it to the final for the 11th time in the Asia Cup and will meet India in the final. This is their second final in a row.
Asia Cup: Rain halts play after Sri Lanka bundle out half of Pakistan team
After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Pakistan's start was not good as they lost opener Fakhar Zaman early in the inning. However, Abdullah Shafique struck a fine half-century, 52 off 69 balls to prop up their innings.
Asia Cup: Zaman Khan debuts in ODI, two changes in each side as Pakistan win toss, elect to bat first
The match starts at 5.15 pm with the team getting 45 overs each. Powerplay overs will be 9 overs.
‘Clarity in my head’: Records tumble as Stokes comes clean on retirement call ahead of World Cup
Stokes retired from ODI cricket last year and even told reporters at the conclusion of this year's Ashes series that he had no plans of performing a backflip on that decision and returning to action for the World Cup that commences in India next month.
Asia Cup: Rohit Sharma has shown that form comes back in some way ahead of a big tournament, says Piyush Chawla
Rohit is leading the run-charts in the Asia Cup, scoring 194 runs in four innings, averaging 64.66, including hitting three half-centuries at a strike-rate of 108.98. The right-handed batter had topped the 2019 Men’s ODI World Cup run-charts with 648 runs laced with five hundreds.
Asia Cup: Think more about how my length should be rather than getting a wicket, says Kuldeep Yadav
Kuldeep credited his good run to changing the mindset from getting a wicket to thinking about bowling in the right length, ever since he made a comeback from knee injury last year. That injury cut Kuldeep’s time in IPL 2021 second half in the UAE, forcing him to go under the surgeon’s scalpel.
Shubman Gill rises to career-best second position in ICC Men’s ODI Rankings; Rohit, Kohli make gains
Gill, who has slammed two half-centuries while amassing 154 runs in the ongoing Asia Cup, has 759 rating points and is the highest-ranked among three India players who are now in the top 10 of the ranking for the batters in ODIs, the first time this happened since January 2019.
When agony and ecstasy happen: The arduous task of booking 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup tickets
Saptak had tried on other ticket sales days to get at least one ticket for the India-South Africa game at Eden Gardens, but couldn’t get any despite waiting in the queue for almost two hours and error messages cropping up on seat selection.
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