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IPL 2019: Hazratullah Zazai attends Kings XI Punjab trials ahead of the auction

• The auction for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is all set to take place on December 18 in Jaipur.
• Earlier this month, they released as many as 12 players from their line-up and are now left with only 10 players.
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Australia fined for slow over rate in Brisbane T20I

• Australia have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate in the rain-affected first T20I against India at Gabba, Brisbane which they eventually won by four runs (DLS Method).
• The charge was leveled by on-field umpires Simon Fry and Paul Wilson, third umpire Gerard Abood, and fourth umpire Shawn Craig.
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Kagiso Rabada reveals the toughest batsman he has bowled to

• He was impressive in the three-match ODI series against Australia as he finished with seven wickets.
• Moreover, he also did well in the one-off T20I against the same opposition at Carrara Oval in Queensland.
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Nobody has the right to tell him when to retire, says Shahid Afridi on MS Dhoni

• However, former Pakistani skipper, Shahid Afridi has shut down all those critics with his latest statement.
• One of Pakistan’s greatest all-rounders, Afridi said that no one else can do what MS Dhoni has done for Indian cricket thus far.
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Australia vs India: Mitchell Starc called up for the T20I series decider

• The Indian bowlers came back hard and restricted them to 132/7 in 19 overs. However, rain might have possibly saved the day for the home team.
• With Starc coming in now, he could well be drafted straight into the XI for the final game of the series.
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Mithali Raj’s manager calls Harmanpreet Kaur ‘manipulative, lying, immature’

• Harmanpreet Kaur and Ramesh Powar dropped Mitali Raj from the crucial game and when India couldn’t win the game all hell broke loose.
• They were served with a lot of criticism from all quarters as people couldn’t understand this decision.
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CSK shares trading in off-market; company gets evaluation of Rs 450 crore

• However, people privy to the matter have reportedly said that this might not take shape immediately.
• Rajasthan Royals was the other team which was also suspended for the same reason and made their comeback this year.
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This is not the way to treat someone who gave her everything to the game: Mithali Raj’s coach

• A controversy, however, stirred up on veteran Mithali Raj’s exclusion from the team in the important game.
• Mithali’s personal coach R. S. R. Murthy expressed his disappointment over the same and criticized the Indian skipper.
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Seven dead, one injured after cricket game turns violent in Pakistan

• A conclusion of a cricket game between children in Pakistan resulted in seven deaths and one being severely injured.
• The situation deteriorated when the adults decided to interfere and it soon caused a lot of uproar.
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Navjot Singh Sidhu accepts Imran Khan’s invitation to visit Pakistan

• Former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu has been invited to attend the foundation ceremony by his close friend and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.
• Sidhu had accepted the invitation for Imran’s oath-taking ceremony and felt that it was the starting point of improving the relations between the countries.
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I look upto how Bhuvi bowls with responsibility across all three formats: Khaleel Ahmed

• India did well to restrict Australia in the earlier stages of the game. That advantage had a lot to do with how pacer Khaleel Ahmed bowled.
• Khaleel used the opportunity to make up for his poor bowling at the Gabba. Though he went for 19 runs in his last over, he was quite fluent in his first spell.
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Mickey Arthur wants Wasim Akram to fix Mohammad Amir’s bowling issues

• The Karachi Kings coach Mickey Arthur wants the franchise’s team director Wasim Akram to help fix the wrist position of left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Amir.
• The South African also spoke about continuing with Imad Wasim as the captain of Karachi Kings and praised him for the way he led the side in the previous edition of the league.
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Michael Clarke doesn’t want to blame Virat Kohli on tiff with umpires in Melbourne

• The controversy though did not involve players from the opponent teams but Indian captain Virat Kohli who was visibly upset.
• The washout of the match meant India continue to trail 0-1 in the three-match series with the final match scheduled in Sydney on Sunday.
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Melbourne washout big setback for India: Sourav Ganguly

• India had a great opportunity to win three bilateral overseas T20I series this year had they won the three-match series against Australia.
• They also won a triangular series in Sri Lanka in between which featured the hosts and Bangladesh.
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Pakistan set to get its first green cricket stadium

• If this project materialises, Karachi will be home to Pakistan’s first and Asia’s second solar-powered stadium.
• In the UAE, solar panels have been installed to meet the energy needs of various stadiums located in the region.
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