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Rahul Dravid stopped Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly from playing the 2007 T20 World Cup: Lalchand Rajput

• Lalchand Rajput, the former Indian coach, revealed how Rahul Dravid stopped the likes of Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar from playing the 2007 T20 World Cup.
• The T20 World Cup was also MS Dhoni’s first assignment at the highest level.
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No training camp for Team India before August: Sourav Ganguly

• Back in March, Indian cricket came to a halt after their home ODIs against South Africa had to be shelved due to the coronavirus pandemic.
• The cricketers have been spending their time in lockdown with their family, though a few of them have returned to the park.
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I feel MS Dhoni should play for India again: Kuldeep Yadav

• Kuldeep Yadav, the Indian chinaman bowler, reckons that MS Dhoni’s days for Team India aren’t over.
• The 25-year-old said that the team is missing the 38-year-old and wants him to don the national colours again.
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Former cricketer Sanjay Dobhal passes away aged 53 after late detection of COVID-19

• The Coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc across the world and even the cricketing arena has not been spared.
• Several cricketers have already contracted the virus while Pakistan’s former first-class cricketers Zafar Sarfaraz and Riaz Sheikh succumbed to it.
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Sharanya Sadarangani becomes the first women’s cricketer to play in the 2020 ECS T10 League

• Sharanya Sadarangani, on Monday, June 29, became the first women’s cricketer to take part in the ongoing edition of the European Cricket Series T10 League (ECS).
• Her team went on to lose the game by five wickets. KSV made a horrendous start and were reduced to 51 for nine in only the seventh over.
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India’s Nitin Menon becomes the youngest ICC Elite Panel Umpire

• India’s Nitin Menon has been included in the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires for the season 2020-21.
• The other members of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires are Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough.
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