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Colombo: Wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul has said that returning to the team after surgery has not been easy for him. According to Rahul, the biggest challenge for him while undergoing rehabilitation was to overcome mental obstacles. Rahul was out of the team since the injury he suffered during the Indian Premier League (IPL). He also had to undergo rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. In a video, Rahul said, ‘Sometimes you also fight a mental battle where you always think that I may be in pain and…

Pakistan won the three ODI series against Afghanistan. They won the second ODI by one wicket to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. Pakistan won the first match by 142 runs at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. On this ground, Afghanistan won the toss on Thursday (24 August) and decided to bat. He scored 300 runs for five wickets in 50 overs. In response, Pakistan scored 302 runs for nine wickets in 49.5 overs. Pakistan had to score 11 runs in the last over to win. He had two…

Asia’s biggest cricket tournament Asia Cup is going to start on 30th August. The Indian team will start its campaign against Pakistan on September 2. This match between the two teams will be played in Kandy. The Indian team will take on Pakistan in ODIs after four years. The last time both faced each other was in the 2019 World Cup. Then Rohit Sharma played a brilliant inning of 140 runs in Manchester. Last year, when both the teams faced each other in the Asia Cup, one match was won…

The countdown for the Asia Cup 2023 has begun. This tournament is to start from August 30, for which the Indian team has also been announced recently. India will start their campaign by playing a match against Pakistan on 2 September. Before this great match, Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam has said a big thing about the Indian team in gestures. Babar Azam’s big statement Pakistan captain Babar Azam said before the ODI series against Afghanistan that all the players of the team are inspired by the ‘hunger’ of victory and all eyes are…

The exclusion of leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal from India’s 17-member squad for the Asia Cup 2023 came as a surprise to many. The major reason behind why Yuzvendra Chahal was dropped from the Asia Cup 2023 team has been revealed. Ajit Agarkar, chairman of the selection committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has told why Yuzvendra Chahal has been dropped from the Asia Cup 2023 team.  India’s 17-member team for Asia Cup 2023 was announced on Monday, but Yuzvendra Chahal’s name was not in this team. After this,…

In the last match of the three-match T20 series played between UAE and New Zealand, New Zealand won by 32 runs. In the last match of the series, United Arab Emirates fast bowler Junaid Siddiqui did something due to which the ICC has taken a big action against him. Junaid Siddiqui has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee and forfeited two points for two Level 1 breaches of the ICC Code of Conduct, which have been added to his disciplinary record. Junaid Siddiqui was given an official reprimand and…

The Ajit Agarkar-led Indian selection committee is likely to select a 17-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup on Monday, August 21 to test all possible options ahead of the ODI World Cup starting on October 5. It is also learned that the BCCI (Indian Cricket Board) is breaking away from the tradition of holding a selection meeting for the first time and head coach Rahul Dravid will also be present during the meeting to be held in the national capital on Monday morning. Earlier legends like Ravi Shastri and Anil…

The BCCI recently announced the Indian Test and ODI squads for the West Indies tour. The BCCI selectors have come under fire for not selecting Sarfaraz Khan in the Test team. Sarfaraz Khan is currently running in excellent form. Recently PTI reported quoting a BCCI source that Sarfaraz Khan has been denied a place in the national team due to his fitness level and bad behavior off the field. Former BCCI selector Saba Karim has given his reaction on this and he believes that this is an absurd reason given. what did Saba Karim…

New Delhi: Former Indian team captain Kapil Dev has expressed concern over the fitness of star all-rounder Hardik Pandya. Dev pointed out that even before injury players’ careers were ruined. The 1983 World Cup winning captain was asked about the injured players of Team India. In response to this question, Kapil Dev said that the Indian team will become stronger if its key players are not ruled out due to injury. Kapil Dev said in a conversation with ABP News, “Injuries are a part of every sportsperson’s life. I hope the situation will…

New Delhi: The schedule of the World Cup 2023 has been announced, which will start from 5 October. In this tournament, the Indian team will play its campaign against Australia from 8 October. At the same time, the great match between India and Pakistan will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium on 15 October. In this episode, there has been a flood of reaction from the giants of the world. Now former chief selector Krishnachari Srikkanth has made a big prediction about the Pakistan team. He believes that Pakistan will not be the…