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

Serbian actress Natasa Stankovic writes a long message for Hardik Pandya on his 26th birthday

• Hardik Pandya, the star Indian all-rounder sustained a lower back injury during the World Cup 2019, and last week he underwent successful surgery in London.
• It is expected that he will have to stay away from cricket for a span of more than five months.
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Pakistan maintain No.1 spot in ICC T20I rankings despite 0-3 loss; Sri Lanka jump to 7th place

• Recently, Pakistan, the top-ranked team in the T20Is, suffered a humiliating 0-3 loss to a second-string Sri Lanka at home but still, they remained at the peak.
• The Lankans were placed at No.8 before the series and saw themselves improving by one position to No.7.
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Ireland and England likely to tour Pakistan in near future

• Albeit some top cricketers are still reluctant to tour Pakistan, international cricket is slowly, but surely making its way to the Asian country.
• Recently, Sri Lanka played an ODI and T20I series, and the visitors’ players were more or less satisfied with the security arrangements.
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‘Security not there to watch the match for free’- Sunil Gavaskar after pitch invasion in Pune Test

• Pitch invasion has been a pretty common phenomenon in ongoing South Africa’s tour of India.
• The latest one was seen in the second Test at the MCA Stadium in Pune. The incident happened during the 45th over of the Proteas’ innings on Day three.
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Resolution of Sarfaraz Ahmed’s removal as Pakistan captain submitted in Punjab assembly

• Pakistan are undoubtedly ICC’s number-one ranked T20I team with Sarfaraz Ahmed being one of the reasons behind their dominating run.
• However, of late, the captain has had to go through a lot of stress, more so after the 0-3 whitewash at the hands of Sri Lanka at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
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Ranveer Singh broke down while shooting the climax of ’83, reveals Director Kabir Khan

• It is no secret that Ranveer Singh is one of the most hardworking and versatile actor going around today.
• They brought out the real World Cup for Ranveer too. Overwhelmed, he broke down when I shouted ‘Cut’.”
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