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

Actress Sonal Chauhan denies any truth in news on dating KL Rahul

• In recent times, there have been several rumours about a possible link-up between Indian cricketer KL Rahul and Sonal Chauhan.
• The actress and singer, who has predominantly worked in Hindi and Telugu films, is popular for her role in the Bollywood movie Jannat also starring Emraan Hashmi.
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Gautam Gambhir picks the semi-finalists of World Cup 2019

• You can take Gautam Gambhir out of cricket but can’t take cricket out of Gambhir.
• The cricketer-turned-politician who recently won the Lok Sabha election on the BJP’s ticket by a huge margin has come up with yet another observation on the upcoming World Cup.
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World Cup 2019: Pakistan asks three players to remain in England as standby for injured players

• The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to keep two batsmen and an all-rounder handy in England for the entire duration of the ICC World Cup that starts on May 30.
• The board took the decision following a request made by the team management the likes of captain Sarfaraz Ahmed and head coach Mickey Arthur.
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World Cup 2019: Irfan Pathan reveals his four semifinalists

• Veteran allrounder Irfan Pathan has revealed his choices of semifinalists of this year’s World Cup.
• The twelfth edition of the competition will start today at The Oval with red-hot favourites and hosts England locking horns with South Africa.
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World Cup 2019: Mohammad Amir doubtful for Pakistan’s opener

• Pakistan gave an SoS call to Mohammad Amir after getting hammered in an ODI series against England recently.
• After the hosts made it a routine to score 350 or more in the series, the Men in Green felt the need to bring back old warhorses Amir and Wahab Riaz even though they were not in the reckoning initially.
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World Cup 2019: Andrew Flintoff predicts results of all 10 teams

• Former England captain Andrew Flintoff on Wednesday co-anchored the opening ceremony of ICC World Cup 2019 in London and he predicted the results for all the 10 participating nations.
• The 41-year-old former all-rounder who has played in two World Cups (2003 and 2007) joined all the voices making bold predictions about the tournament and said it will eventually be England who will take the trophy on July 14 when the final will be played.
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World Cup 2019: Malala Yousafzai says she is a fan of Pakistan bowlers

• The opening ceremony of the 12th edition of the cricket World Cup took place in London on Wednesday and the event featured an interesting challenge of 60 seconds.
• In this, two individuals representing each of the 10 participating nations faced a number of bowlers to score the most number of runs in the given one minute.
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BCCI suspends Rinku Singh for three months from June 1

• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has handed a three-month suspension to cricketer Rinku Singh for taking part in an unauthorized T20 competition in Abu Dhabi.
• The 21-year-old batsman will not be able to represent the India A in their ongoing series against Sri Lanka A as a result.
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