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

Sreesanth’s wife pleads makers of Bigg Boss not to shave his hair during a task

• Tainted Indian cricketer S Sreesanth is currently taking part in the Bigg Boss Season 12, hosted by popular Bollywood actor Salman Khan.
• However, he hasn’t had the best of times inside the house and got himself tangled in controversies. Subsequently, he has also threatened to leave the house owing to the taunts he has been receiving from the fellow contestants.
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Virat Kohli recollects the tragic day when his father passed away

• It has been a long and amazing journey for the Delhi batsman, who currently is being hailed as the finest batsman of this generation.
• Kohli recollected one of the saddest moments of his life when his father Prem Kohli passed away.
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Asia Cup 2018: Sourav Ganguly calls for one change in the Indian team ahead of clash against Pakistan

• Their next match is against arch-rivals Pakistan, whom they have beaten in the Group phase, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
• The 50-overs World Cup in England and Wales is scheduled to be played from the last week of May.
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Smriti Mandhana says Arjuna Award will motivate her to be a better player

• Only New Zealand’s Sophie Devine is ahead of her in the list with 700 runs in ten games.
• The Sangli girl felt that the recognition is a big boost for women’s cricket as it will help spread awareness.
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Asia Cup 2018: Saeed Ajmal has a suggestion for Pakistan team ahead of India game

• Pakistan were thumped by India in the group stage by eight wickets only a few days ago and they will be itching to pull one back on them in the Super Four encounter on Sunday.
• Meanwhile, Saeed Ajmal has suggested his team to play two spinners in this marquee clash and surprise India.
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APL 2018: PCB to not allow its current cricketers to play in the tournament

• The inaugural edition of the Afghanistan Premier League (APL) has been dealt with a severe blow even before it gets underway.
• The in-action cricketers who were set to make their presence felt will now have to play the domestic cricket or international cricket if any.
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Asia Cup 2018: Mushfiqur Rahim’s run-out against Afghanistan decoded

• Mushfiqur Rahim played an incredible knock for Bangladesh in the opening match of the Asia Cup against Sri Lanka.
• After Bangladesh lost their second wicket at the score of 18, the onus was on Mushfiqur to bail the team out of a precarious position.
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Matt Renshaw managed to get some advice from Rahul Dravid ahead of the UAE tour

• Rahul Dravid, one of the best batsman India ever produced and widely respected cricketer around the world is currently the coach of the India A and U19 teams.
• Renshaw was in India touring with the Australia A team but was forced out of the Unofficial four-day Test with a hamstring injury.
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Asia Cup 2018: Simon Doull takes a cheeky dig at Mohammad Amir’s dark past’

• Mohammad Amir’s form has been a worry for Pakistan for the last few One-Day Internationals which also saw him sitting out from the previous game against Afghanistan.
• Amir was a teenage sensation when he was caught in the spot-fixing scandal during a Test match in England.
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Key BCCI, PCB officials meet in Dubai; speculation rife over bilateral series

• The meeting featured four members each from the two boards and went on for more than an hour after a board meeting of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
• India and Pakistan last played a bilateral Test series in 2007-08 and bilateral ODI and T20I series in 2012-13.
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Reports: Bangladesh included 2 players bypassing selectors, captain

• They had a good beginning to this Asia Cup as they hammered former champions Sri Lanka in their first game.
• The question that is being asked hence: What’s the need of having selectors if players were picked without informing them?
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Hong Kong’s Ehsan Khan relives magical MS Dhoni dismissal

• Hong Kong‘s heroic right-arm off break bowler Ehsan Khan is still trying to come to terms with the fact that he snaffled MS Dhoni’s wicket.
• But Hong Kong’s moment of brilliance came when 33-year old Ehsan Khan removed MS Dhoni for a duck.
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Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan form the most destructive pair in the world, feels Sunil Gavaskar

• Rohit and Dhawan have scored 45 in 7.4 overs, 86 in 13.1 overs and 61 in 14.2 overs for the opening wicket in the three matches.
• While Rohit has hit two half-centuries against Pakistan and Bangladesh, Dhawan slammed a century against Hong Kong followed by a couple of the 40s.
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Pakistani fan, who sang India’s National Anthem, plans to do something unique during Indo-Pak clash

• A Pakistani fan decided to sing along when India’s national anthem was being played in Dubai ahead of the India-Pakistan match in the Asia Cup.
• For Sunday’s anticipated clash, Adil has decided to carry flags of both countries as a gesture of goodwill.
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Rohit Sharma’s captaincy talk of the town now; responsibility made him better batsman: Sunil Gavaskar

• A few days ago, dashing Indian opener Rohit Sharma was more in the news for his plight in Test cricket but halfway through Asia Cup.
• He has led India in nine T20Is and six T20Is and have lost only two games in them – one each in either version.
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Mithali Raj and Marizanne Kapp in the top 3 of ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings

• There was a lot of movement in the ranking tables at the end of the Sri Lanka v India and Windies v South Africa one-day international series.
• The Asian teams met in Galle and Katunayake, where India beat hosts Sri Lanka 2-1, while in Bridgetown, the series between the Windies and South Africa ended 1-1.
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