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Ajit Agarkar banks on Prithvi Shaw to be picked for the last two Tests against England

• Ajit Agarkar, Mumbai chief selector and former India cricketer, felt that Prithvi Shaw is ready for international cricket and he should be picked in the Test side.
• The third Test between India and England will commence on August 18 and the selectors are likely to pick the squad for the next two matches during the same period.
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No one will die, says Dean Jones on India’s Asia Cup scheduling

• Team India is scheduled to play Asia Cup soon after the ongoing England tour.
• The tournament will start on September 15 and the Men in Blue will be playing two back-to-back matches against the qualifying team and Pakistan on 18 and 19.
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England vs India: Indian star player deemed fit for the third Test

• Team India was confident going into the Test series against England. Even the head coach of the team, Ravi Shastri sounded positive and termed Indian side as the best travelling team in the world.
• He also stated that the team will take the England Test tour as another home series.
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Harbhajan Singh comes down hard on Indian head coach Ravi Shastri

• The Virat Kohli-led Indian side faced an innings defeat the Lord’s Cricket Stadium and conceded 2-0 lead to the dominant England team.
• The second Test at the Home of Cricket ended in just two three days after the opening day was washed out due to rain.
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Virat Kohli must play at Trent Bridge even if half-fit, says Sunil Gavaskar

• If their performance in the field wasn’t enough to shudder the fans, the news that captain Virat Kohli remains a doubtful starter for the third Test at Trent Bridge will definitely make them feel worse.
• Kohli is nursing an old back injury and was seen receiving treatment on the ground at Lord’s during India’s second innings.
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Get Rishabh Pant into the team, says Sunil Gavaskar

• With India’s gloveman in the ongoing England Test series, Dinesh Karthik, failing to impress, we might see Rishabh Pant making his debut at Trent Bridge in the third Test.
• It would also mean that captain Virat Kohli would see yet another changed team for a Test match, something which is seen regularly since he has taken over as the full-time captain in 2015.
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Steve Smith and David Warner to feature in the upcoming Premier Cricket season

• The two former mainstay of Australian batting across the three formats, former skipper Steve Smith, his deputy David Warner were slapped with a 12-month ban from international and domestic cricket for their involvement in the ball-tampering scandal.
• The incident is from the third Test on Australia’s tour of South Africa, where youngster Cameron Bancroft was also handed a nine-month ban for tampering the ball.
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Tamil Nadu cricketer overtakes Virat Kohli’s yo-yo score

• The yo-yo test has been a debated topic in the Indian cricketing fraternity and is one of the criteria to make oneself eligible for national team selections.
• Previously, a number of cricketers have faced the wrath of failing the test and subsequently was eliminated from their teams.
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AB de Villiers is confident that the UAE T20 event will be beneficial for emerging players

• South African cricket has produced a number of legendary cricketers over the years, Pretoria-born AB de Villiers is one of them.
• His international career spanned 14 years since 2004 after which he eventually hung his boots from the highest level back in May this year.
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Ajit Agarkar breaks his silence over selection controversy in Mumbai cricket

• Ajit Agarkar-led selection panel announced the probable list for the upcoming domestic season for Mumbai recently which has irked many.
• The list didn’t include some of the upcoming youngsters which have irked the players and the coaches.
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Smriti Mandhana idolises the legendary batsman

• Smriti Mandhana has been climbing the ladder of success ever since she has made her international debut in 2013.
• The left-handed batter came into the limelight after her scintillating knock in the ICC Women’s World Cup last year against England and Windies.
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BCCI appoints Ramesh Powar as India Women’s team head coach until World T20

• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed the former India cricketer Ramesh Powar as the head coach of the India Women’s team.
• He has been asked to continue until the ICC Women’s World T20 which is scheduled to begin on November 9 after being named the interim coach in July.
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Ben Stokes not found guilty in Bristol night-club brawl

• Ben Stokes hasn’t had the best of times of late in his cricketing career.
• Last year, he found himself involved in a brawl outside a night-club in Bristol last year in September.
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Bangladesh announced preliminary squad for Asia Cup 2018; include a bunch of new faces

• Who will wear the crown of excellence of Asian cricket on their head? The tournament is all be played in the UAE from 15th of September 2018.
• This is the first time ever in the history when five Test-playing nation will fight for the biggest title of Asian cricket.
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England vs India: Ravi Ashwin deemed fit to play Trent Bridge Test

• Team India is fretting over the fitness of their skipper Virat Kohli after he suffered a lower back injury in Lord’s Test.
• They are currently 0-2 down in the five-match series and are facing a whole lot of problems ahead of the do or die game at Trent Bridge.
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England vs India: Ben Stokes added to England’s squad for the Nottingham Test

• Back in September 2017, English all-rounder, Ben Stokes found himself tangled in a brawl outside a nightclub after which he was provisionally banned by the England Cricket Board (ECB).
• Moreover, his name was withdrawn from the Test squad in the Ashes against arch-rivals Australia last year.
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