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Aakash Chopra builds World T20 XI by picking one player from each country; chooses Jasprit Bumrah over Virat Kohli

• Coronavirus pandemic has forced the cricketers to spend most of their time on social media platforms.
• Moreover, many of the players are coming out with different teams across different formats.
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Hardik Pandya is nowhere near the league of Imran Khan and Kapil Dev: Abdul Razzaq

• Abdul Razzaq, the former Pakistan cricketer, reckons that Hardik Pandya has a long time to go before he can be placed in the league of Kapil Dev and Imran Khan.
• As per Razzaq, Pandya has every other quality to emerge as a better cricketer if he is ready to put in the hard yards.
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‘I do not have anything personal against him’ – Abdul Razzaq clarifies his ‘baby bowler’ comment on Jasprit Bumrah

• Abdul Razzaq, the former Pakistan all-rounder, said that his words on Jasprit Bumrah were blown out of proportion.
• The stern words didn’t go down well with the netizens, who severely mocked the retired 40-year-old cricketer.
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Shadab Khan and D’Arcy Short’s Surrey contracts terminated

• Surrey has cancelled the contracts of their overseas stars- Shadab Khan and D’Arcy Short- after the postponement of the 2020 edition of the T20 Blast.
• Surrey has also deferred Michael Neser’s contract after the first seven rounds of the county championship were suspended.
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You might end up seeing me take up 10-metre rifle shooting and having a go in the Olympics: Manoj Tiwary

• Manoj Tiwary, the Indian cricketer has revealed that post-retirement from competitive cricket.
• Moreover, the right-handed batsman has a dream of representing India in that specific category in the Olympics.
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Have learnt to become mentally strong playing under Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir: Navdeep Saini

• The 27-year-old made his national debut last year against the West Indies and returned with a three-fer.
• However, it was Gambhir under whom Saini made his first-class debut for Delhi back in 2013.
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