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

IPL mini-auction likely to take place on February 16; franchises to submit retained players list by January 20

• The mini-auction before the 14th IPL edition is likely to take place on 16th February 2021.
• The Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI) has stated in a letter that there would be no player managers or player agents involved.
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‘You’ve got to be better than that’ – Ricky Ponting criticises Rohit Sharma for throwing his wicket away in the Brisbane Test

• The 33-year-old Sharma had gotten his eyes in, scoring 44 runs at a strike-rate in excess of 60 in the first innings.
• But then he perished to Nathan Lyon while trying to go for a lofted shot, holing out to Mitchell Starc.
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Ricky Ponting throws light on incident where he gave second ball to Glenn McGrath and it didn’t go well with them

• When the world’s greatest bowlers are being talked of, one cannot miss Australian legendary pacer, Glenn McGrath.
• Even when Ricky Ponting took the role from Waugh, McGrath remained at the forefront while pushing the team up.
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‘PCB selection committee showed no vision at all’ – Inzamam-ul-Haq disapproves Pakistan Test squad against South Africa

• Former Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq had some hard words for Pakistan selectors as they chose to go with some unusual choices.
• Inzamam added that selectors showed no vision while picking the national level team.
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Michael Vaughan takes a U-turn again; lauds India for staging a valiant fightback in Brisbane

• Former England skipper Michael Vaughan is known for actively giving his opinions about cricket matters going around the world.
• In fact, he has been a big critic of India right from the day their Australia tour began in November.
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Confidence with which Rahul Dravid played Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis made us believe that he is special: Inzamam-ul-Haq

• The 50-year-old Pakistan batsman narrated the incident where he got to know how capable Rahul Dravid was.
• Inzamam saw him playing first time in Canada, and people told him that the new Indian boy plays well.
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