Top Stories: Things that made news in the cricket world today

‘He should pay attention to Indian cricket and IPL’ – Rashid Latif over Sourav Ganguly’s Asia Cup cancellation statement

• The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has decided to postpone the Asia Cup 2020 which was supposed to take place in September.
• At that time, neither any of the other boards or the ACC had not commented anything about the matter.
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PCB suggests Danish Kaneria to approach the ECB for reviewing his life ban

• Pakistan international Danish Kaneria, last month, had requested the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to allow him to play domestic cricket.
• The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), in 2012, had slapped a life ban on Kaneria for spot-fixing in English county matches.
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The Border-Gavaskar trophy is equivalent to the Ashes: Steve Waugh

• Steve Waugh, the former Australian skipper, said that India’s series against Australia holds the same weight as that of the Ashes.
• They were also on the threshold of a triumph in the second game at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
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‘If you don’t pick a proper team, don’t expect miracles from a captain’ – Aakash Chopra on Virat Kohli’s run as RCB skipper

• Aakash Chopra, the former Indian cricketer, reckons that a captain is as good as his team while speaking on Virat Kohli’s journey as the skipper of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
• Under Virat, RCB played the IPL final in 2016 against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), but ended up losing the game.
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Saleem Malik wanted to hit me with a bat after I sledged him: Kiran More

• Former Indian cricketer Kiran More has revealed how Pakistan batsman Saleem Malik once wanted to smash him with the bat.
• He said that the occurring took place in India’s Test against Pakistan at the National Stadium in Karachi way back in 1989.
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‘I deserved a spot in the team’ – Stuart Broad ‘frustrated’ after being dropped for first Test against West Indies

• The world witnessed the return of international cricket as the much-awaited Test series between England and West Indies kicked off from July 8 at Southampton.
• Amid the return of international cricket, one notable exclusion from England’s squad was of veteran Stuart Broad.
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