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

Shahid Kapoor set to act in remake of cricket-based Telugu movie Jersey

• Shahid Kapoor, the veteran Bollywood actor, recently tasted massive success with his movie ‘Kabir Singh’ opposite Kiara Advani.
• The Telugu version of Jersey revolves around a protagonist named Arjun (played by Nani) and how he strains every sinew to make a name for himself in Indian cricket.
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Virat Kohli turns a headache for Steve Smith as he bridges the gap for No. 1 Test rank

• Opener Mayank Agarwal continues to rise up the rankings. His innings of 108 has lifted him into the top 20 for the first time.
• He has progressed eight places to reach 17th position after contributing to India’s victory by an innings and 137 runs.
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Virat Kohli is a better captain than MS Dhoni and Sourav Ganguly: Gautam Gambhir

• The former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir opened up on Virat Kohli’s cricketing career for yet another time.
• On quite a lot of occasions in the past, Gambhir has opined on his Delhi-teammate’s pros and cons.
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‘The board is hurt’ – PCB reacts to SLC President’s ‘fed-up’ comment

• The Sri Lankan tour of Pakistan was seen as one of the first steps towards the eventual restoration of cricket in the terror-savaged nation.
• Islanders Sri Lanka will next play against Australia from October 27 in the three-match T20I series in Australia.
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IPL 2020: Andrew McDonald likely to be the head coach of Rajasthan Royals

• Andrew McDonald, the former Australian cricketer is tied with the speculation to coach Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2020.
• He is currently the most high profile active coach in cricket. Since his retirement, Andrew has diversely flourished his coaching career.
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To take care of Ranji cricketers financially is Sourav Ganguly’s main motto as BCCI president

• Enter Sourav Ganguly. Ganguly was a natural leader of men. For him, the ultimate priority was to restore the respect of Indian cricket back.
• Ever since that 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal, the board’s reputation has taken a lot of it.
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Mahmudullah setting his goals for ‘big series’ against India in November

• Mahmudullah Riyad has been a fulcrum of the Bangladesh national team for a long time, but he hasn’t had the best of years thus far.
• Barring a couple of half-centuries versus Australia and Zimbabwe, he hasn’t been able to score big.
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Came to know I have to be BCCI President at 10.30 PM on Sunday: Sourav Ganguly

• The former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been appointed as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
• The hint of the same had been dropped late on Sunday and the news was confirmed officially on Monday.
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