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12 West Indies players refuse to tour Bangladesh for bilateral series due to COVID-19 fears and other reasons 12 West Indies cricketers, including Test skipper Jason Holder and Kieron Pollard, the ODI and T20I captain, have declined to tour Bangladesh due to COVID-19 fears. The Caribbean team is scheduled to play three ODIs and two Tests in Dhaka and Chattogram. (Read more about the Story) Reports: T Natarajan in line for Test debut in Sydney; KL Rahul to return Team India is set to again make a few changes to their playing eleven despite their morale-boosting eight-wicket victory over Australia in the Boxing Day Test. Prior to the game, India didn’t have Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami for various reasons. (Read more about the Story) Here’s how World Test Championship points table looks after NZ vs PAK Test New Zealand defeated Pakistan in the first Test of the two-match series on Wednesday. The visitors resisted the day well with Fawad Alam scoring a stunning century and skipper Mohammad Rizwan also hanging around with him. (Read more about the Story) Australia vs India: Sunil Gavaskar’s words of wisdom for Cheteshwar Pujara ahead of Sydney Test Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar reckons that Cheteshwar Pujara should go and have a chat with batting coach Vikram Rathour ahead of the third Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Pujara has scored 63 runs in two Tests at an average of 15.75 with a top score of 43 and is yet to hit his straps. (Read more about the Story) Sourav Ganguly hails India’s classic show at MCG with special mention to skipper Ajinkya Rahane India defeated Australia in the Melbourne Test by eight wickets and bagged a memorable win to level the series 1-1. The Ajinkya Rahane led team outclassed the hosts in both the departments as they came up as real warriors in the crucial hours. (Read more about the Story) New Zealand vs Pakistan: Fawad Alam scores his second Test century 4,188 days after his maiden ton Fawad Alam, the Pakistan left-handed batsman, scored his second Test century against New Zealand at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui. Chasing 373 runs, the visitors were in dire straits, losing their openers Shan Masood and Abid Ali without a run on the board. (Read more about the Story) Australia announce squad for the third Test against India; Joe Burns dropped Australia has announced the squad for the upcoming third Test of the four-match series against India to be played in Sydney from January 7, 2021. The opener Joe Burns has been finally dropped after his twin failures in Melbourne. (Read more about the Story) Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin survives an accident in Rajasthan Former Indian cricketer and the president of Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), Mohammad Azharuddin met with an accident while he was traveling to Ranthambore with his family for New Year’s celebration. The accident took place at the Kota Mega Highway near Soorwal in Rajasthan. (Read more about the Story) S. Sreesanth to be part of Kerala team in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Tournament 2021 Former Indian pacer S Sreesanth is all set to ply his trade in the domestic circuit as he has been named in Kerala’s team for Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 trophy 2021. The high profile domestic tournament will commence from January 10, and Sreesanth’s presence in the tournament will mark an end to his seven-year-long ban on charges of match-fixing. (Read more about the Story) ‘People have a problem with the way Virat Kohli expresses himself’ – Deep Dasgupta amid talks of promoting Ajinkya Rahane as full-time Test skipper India defeated Australia by eight wickets at MCG in utmost style to level the Border Gavaskar series. Since then, people can’t stop lauding the collective efforts of the team and India’s stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane. (Read more about the Story)

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