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

Ben Stokes releases statement slamming ‘The Sun’ newspaper for publishing sensitive information about his family

• The Daily published an article which revealed sensitive information about the Kiwi-born cricketer’s family and their past which has a sad incident.
• The story deals with how Stokes’ sister and brother, Tracey, eight, and Andrew, four, were murdered by his mother’s ex before the birth of Ben.
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BCCI ACU chief explains why Virat Kohli or MS Dhoni would never fall prey to bookies

• The spot-fixing menace has rocked Indian cricket once again. India have already suffered a lot in the past due to these scandals in the last couple of decades.
• At the start of the millennium, India had to ban the likes of Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja for their involvement in spot-fixing.
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Bollywood actress Sonal Chauhan opens up on her relationship rumours with KL Rahul

• KL Rahul, the young Indian cricketer who has been struggling with his scoring abilities in the recent past.
• The days are not going well for the cricketer who had been left out of the Indian Test squad of late but still finds his place in the limited-overs squad, which is going to play a three-match T20I series against South Africa.
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Sourav Ganguly feels Virat Kohli and selectors are the right people to take decision on MS Dhoni’s future

• The 38-year-old veteran stumper has not featured in Indian team since the World Cup 2019 semi-final exit.
• It was expected as his last assignment, before putting his guards down.
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Chandigarh police denies providing security to Team India ahead of the second T20I against South Africa

• The second T20I of the three-match series between India and South Africa will be played in the PCA stadium in Mohali, Chandigarh.
• The first match scheduled at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala was abandoned due to heavy rains.
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Investigating VB Chandrasekhar’s close friends led to TNPL betting probe

• Tamil Nadu Premier League recently concluded its 4th successive season in August 2019, but it looks like a lot is still left after its conclusion.
• This time all the team owners and management members have been bought under scanner after the claims made by some players and the demise of one of the team owners has given some air to the illegal claims.
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Monty Panesar wants to join politics, ready to start as London mayor

• Monty Panesar, the English off-spinner has turned into an author who made his debut for England back in 2006.
• Recently he released his book named “The Full Monty”, and had distributed its copies to Indian cricket team in the UK during the World Cup 2019.
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Jonty Rhodes opines on why he prefers Virat Kohli over Steve Smith

• After Steve Smith dethroned the Indian skipper in Test batsmen’s rankings, the debate about who is the best in the world has opened.
• It is difficult to choose if we are asked to pick one out of them, but South African former cricketer Jonty Rhodes has picked the best between the two.
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