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Asia Cup: Ravindra Jadeja becomes seventh Indian bowler to take 200 wickets in ODIs
Jadeja reached the magical 200-wicket mark in ODIs by trapping Shamim Hossain lbw with turn and bounce during his spell of 1-53 in ten overs. He has also become the only left-arm spinner from India to take 200 wickets in ODIs, with others being Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Kapil Dev.
Asia Cup: Win against Pakistan gave more satisfaction; match against Sri Lanka was also terrific, says Ravindra Jadeja
India reached the final of the Asia Cup to be held on September 17 after winning over Pakistan and Sri Lanka by 228 runs and 41 runs respectively. Their last game of Super Four stage is against Bangladesh on Friday, following which they will play Sri Lanka in the final on Sunday.
Asia Cup: Tilak handed ODI cap; Kohli, Hardik, Kuldeep, Bumrah, Siraj rested as India win toss, elect to bowl against Bangladesh
India are already in the final of the Asia Cup, which makes their clash against Bangladesh a dead rubber, thus paving the way for the likes of Tilak, Suryakumar Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami and Prasidh Krishna to have some game time.
'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.
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