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India vs West Indies: BCCI announces squads for T20I and ODI series

• India are scheduled to host West Indies soon after the historic Day-Night Test against Bangladesh concludes.
• The Caribbean side will visit the country to play 3 T20Is and as many One-Day Internationals.
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‘He smells very nice’ – Tim Paine’s hilarious one-liners on stump-mic go viral

• Pakistan is currently playing the 1st game of the two-match Test series against Australia at The Gabba in Brisbane.
• This is also the first match for the Men in Green in the ICC Test Championship. The visitors found it difficult to face the Aussie bowling line-up on Day 1.
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‘Whenever it is held, there should be a practice game before’ – Virat Kohli’s condition for playing D/N Tests in Australia

• The first-ever Day-Night Pink ball Test between India and Bangladesh is less than 24 hours away and the euphoria surrounding the historic occasion is at an all-time high.
• The Cricket Association of Bengal and the BCCI have left no stone unturned in making the feat a grand affair.
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First T20I between India and West Indies won’t be shifted out of Mumbai: MCA sources

• India are set to encounter West Indies in the three-match T20I series, starting from December 6.
• Virat Kohli and his troops are currently gearing up for the second Test against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
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Mickey Arthur questions Haris Sohail’s body language after he fails at the Gabba

• Haris Sohail’s poor tour of Australia continued on Thursday as he failed to deliver once again in the ongoing first Test at the Gabba.
•  The left-handed batsman, who impressed in this year’s World Cup, has looked all over the place in the testing conditions.
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Bengaluru police forms special investigation team to further investigate KPL fixing scandal

• The police are leaving no stone unturned in their quest to reach the roots of the match-fixing scandal that has rocked the Karnataka Premier League (KPL).
• The police has already made a number of high profile arrests as the investigation has opened up the pandora’s box. In the last couple of months, a number of players have been arrested.
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Hashim Amla looking forward to play in Pakistan; wants Test cricket to come back to the nation

• The 2020 edition of the Pakistan Super League (fifth season) is expected to be a glitzy affair with the who’s who of world cricket set to take center stage in the franchise-based tournament.
• The draft for the 2020 season is set to be a grand affair on December 6 and 7 with the likes of Dale Steyn, Jason Roy, Hashim Amla having thrown their hat into the ring.
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Shikhar Dhawan hospitalised after injuring his knee in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy game

• Not much is falling into place for Shikhar Dhawan at the moment.
• The southpaw, who has forged a formidable opening pair with Rohit Sharma since propelling India to the 2013 Champions Trophy in 2013, has struggled to do well in recent times.
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Didn’t have guts to speak about mental health, nobody cared: Abhinav Mukund

• With nearly 10,000 first-class runs under his belt, Abhinav Mukund has had an illustrious career for Tamil Nadu in the Indian domestic circuit.
• But somehow, he has had his travails whenever he donned the national jersey.
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‘I would have been racing straight to the match referee’s office’ – Mickey Arthur on Mohammad Rizwan’s controversial dismissal

• Pakistan started off with the first game of the two-match Test series against Australia on Thursday.
• It was an interesting first day of the opening encounter but one thing that hogged the spotlight was the wicket of Mohammad Rizwan, who was caught by the wicketkeeper while attempting a shot against fast bowler Patt Cummins.
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Gautam Gambhir ‘petrified of jalebis’ after being accused of missing air pollution meeting

• Gautam Gambhir was in the news during the first Test between India and Bangladesh in Indore. He was the part of the commentary team.
• At the same time, he was due to attend the crucial meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Urban Development over rising air pollution which he missed.
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It is not the only solution to rejuvenate Test cricket, says Rahul Dravid ahead of India’s first-ever day-night Test

• Team India is all set to usher in a new era when they make their debut in the Pink Ball Day/Night Test against the visiting Bangladesh unit at the iconic Eden Gardens on Friday, November 22.
• The fact that India would play a Day/Night Test was only a dream a month ago, but with the sparse crowd turning up in the recently concluded Test series against South Africa.
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Bangladesh’s famous ‘chai dada’ eager to serve tea to Virat Kohli

• MS Dhoni, the former Indian skipper, has a massive following across the globe. He is also regarded as one of the finest brains in cricket, who has a strong intellectual power to read the game’s situation.
• Out of all his followers, one special fan named Bhulu Chandra Ghosh is eagerly waiting to meet the Indian cricketer and he came up with some surprising revelations ahead of Day-Night Test.
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‘I think Pakistan were robbed’ – Former cricketers slam umpires for no-ball controversy

• The first day of the two-match Test series between Pakistan and Australia did not end without its fair share of controversy.
• Batting first at the Gabba, Pakistan got off to a great start with skipper Azhar Ali (39) and Shan Masood (27) stitching a 75-run stand for the first wicket.
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