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Cricket West Indies announce 14-man Test squad for England tour

• Cricket West Indies (CWI) has selected a squad of 14 members that will take the flight for the England tour next month.
• The three matches of the Wisden trophy 2020 will be played entirely in a bio-secure environment.
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Hardik Pandya picks his all-time IPL XI; Rohit Sharma not given captaincy duties

• Though there is a possibility that the IPL might happen later this year, there is still no confirmation from the BCCI over the same.
• Virat Kohli is the undisputed number three in almost every XI while his RCB teammate AB de Villiers is at number four in this line-up.
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Mahmudullah picks Virat Kohli as one of the three best batsmen in the world

• Mahmudullah Riyad, the Bangladesh all-rounder, has named Indian skipper Virat Kohli as one of the best three batsmen in world cricket.
• Kohli is currently the only batter, who has an average in excess of 50 in the all three formats at the highest level.
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‘My family got abused, people made a mockery of my father’ – Hardik Pandya on the dark days after Koffee With Karan fiasco

• He attended the popular show ‘Koffee With Karan’ and made some comments, which were deemed as sexist.
• Going down the memory lane, Pandya said that after the incident, his family had to face abuses.
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Pakistan cricketers apprehensive of lengthy training camps ahead of England tour

• International cricket is set to resume after the massive coronavirus outbreak that brought cricket to a halt back in March.
• England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) agreed for a three-match Test series against the West Indies in July.
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I can’t see how Alex Hales plays again while Eoin Morgan is captain: Michael Vaughan

• When 2019 had started, everyone would have hoped to see Alex Hales in the World Cup 2019 squad for the England team.
• However, due to his use of recreational drugs, the batsman was dropped from all formats of the England squad.
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