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IPL 2019: SRH announce its captain for the upcoming edition

• The SRH begins their campaign against Kolkata Knight Riders, who they defeated in the qualifier last year to make the finals.
• The SRH though will be without their star opener Shikhar Dhawan who has gone to Delhi Capitals this season in exchange of three players.
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Ireland to host West Indies, Bangladesh for tri-series before World Cup

• The series will kickstart on May 5 before the top two teams take on each other in the final on May 17.
• With the conditions in Ireland not very different from that in England, the players will have a chance of getting accustomed to the conditions.
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I had a good, normal conversation with Bonnie Paine, reveals Rishabh Pant

• Everyone remembers the witty banter between the Indian wicketkeeper and the Australian captain during India’s tour Down Under last year.
• It went on and advanced into a series of exchanges and the 21-year-old Pant earned the ‘babysitter’ tag.
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Bangladesh spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraj marries after surviving the terror scare in New Zealand

• The team was in Christchurch for the third Test of their tour to New Zealand and some of the players.
• Fifty people died in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch in what is believed to be one of the worst shooting incidents not only in New Zealand.
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IPL 2019: Rajasthan Royals unveil their jersey for the upcoming season

• The Rajasthan Royals (RR) have officially decided to turn Pink this year for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
• Almost all the players of the teams have joined the Royals camp ahead of their first game of the season.
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Bangladesh fast-bowler Mustafizur Rahman gets hitched

• Bangladesh players recently returned back home from New Zealand after a curtailed Test series against New Zealand.
• However, they are now back in Bangladesh and are looking for some time off from international cricket.
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We have a lot of firepower in our batting line-up, says KXIP bowling coach Ryan Harris

• Ryan Harris, who played 27 Tests for Australia between 2010 and 2015, has 161 international wickets.
• He said that the team needs to learn from defeats they face in the tournament and focus on the next games.
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IPL 2019: KKR’s Chris Lynn prefers big hitting when batting with Sunil Narine

• Australian opener Chris Lynn, too, is eagerly waiting to get into the job right from the word go and he believes that he is in better shape.
• Lynn prefers the idea of a brisk start and admitted that he favours the big shots, especially when batting with Narine.
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