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Reports Suggest Suryakumar Yadav to Lead India in T20Is Against Australia
Newsmen Sports Desk -
Scheduled to kick off on November 23 in Vizag and wrap up in Hyderabad on December 3, the five-match T20 series might see Yadav stepping into the captain's role.
Ben Stokes Contemplates His ODI Future Following Disappointing World Cup Exit
Newsmen Sports Desk -
Stokes, who initially stepped away from the format to manage his workload as Test captain, expressed the need for careful consideration regarding his ODI involvement. Despite the premature end to England's title defence, Stokes highlighted the upcoming responsibilities as Test captain, indicating a potential factor in his decision-making process.
Matthew Wade to lead the 15-member Australian squad for T20I series against India
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Multi-format all-rounders Cameron Green and Mitchell Marsh will return home following the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup along with fast bowlers Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood to prepare for the Test summer against Pakistan and West Indies, which starts in Perth eleven days after the final T20 match in India.
Men’s ODI World Cup: Stokes hints return to the England squad after “frustrating niggle” injury
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The 32-year-old is set to return to the England squad on Saturday’s match against Proteas.
Women's T20 games at CWG played a key role in getting cricket an Olympic berth in LA 2028
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Besides the Inclusion of Women's T20 competition as a medal sport at last year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, the success of professional leagues like the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Major League Cricket also helped in convincing the La 2028 administrators that cricket will be a game changer and thus proposed it as one of the additional sports.
IOC Session gives final nod to 6-nation cricket competition in Los Angeles Olympic Games in 2028 (Ld)
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday gave its final approval for the inclusion of T20 cricket as an additional sport in the Los Angeles Olympic Games.
EB approves T20 cricket's inclusion in Los Angeles Olympic Games; IOC Session to vote on Monday (Ld)
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The proposal to include cricket (T20) along with baseball softball, squash, lacrosse (sixes) and flag football, a limited contact version of American Football, as additional sports for the Los Angeles Olympic Games cleared a major hurdle on Friday when the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) sent the proposal for voting by the IOC session starting here on Monday.
There are similar basics in T20 cricket and 50-over cricket, and Suryakumar has ticked all the boxes: Mark Waugh
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"It's not about those ducks. All those things that people have been talking about, stuff like 'Is he just a T20 player? Is he good enough to be a 50-overs player?'. He sure is, you don't lose your talent overnight. There are similar basics in T20 cricket and 50-over cricket. Hit the ball, run hard, put the bad ball away, he can do all those things really well," Mark Waugh told JioCinema.
ICC to announce New York as venue for 2024 Men's T20 World Cup matches: Report
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The venue could be understood to play host to the marquee clash between India and Pakistan. A similar venue was supposed to be built in Van Cortlandt Park in the borough of Bronx. But some of the neighborhood residents and a nearby cricket league voiced strong opposition to the plans, forcing the city officials and ICC to abandon the plan.
‘Clarity in my head’: Records tumble as Stokes comes clean on retirement call ahead of World Cup
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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.
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