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Virat Kohli has been appointed as vice-captain for the Asia Cup , Indian selectors reported. Selectors has been given another chance to Sachin Tendulkar to play in Asia Cup despite his poor performance in the ongoing tri-series in Australia. Virender Sehwag and Zaheer Khan has been rested for the Asia cup starting from March 11 in Bangladesh. Yusuf Pathan and Bengal pacer Ashok Dinda both has been included in the 15-member squad. Indian squad for Asia Cup : MS Dhoni (Captain), Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Manoj Tiwary, Irfan Pathan, Rahul Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Praveen Kumar, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Ashok Dinda.

England's Eoin Morgan has been dropped from Test squad for the test series against Sri Lanka. England will play the first Test against Sri Lanka on March 26 in Galle. England Test squad : Andrew Strauss (captain), Ravi Bopara, James Anderson, Tim Bresnan, Ian Bell, Alastair Cook, Steven Davies, Stuart Broad, Monty Panesar, Steven Finn, Kevin Pietersen, Samit Patel, Graeme Swann, Matt Prior, Jonathan Trott and James Tredwell.

Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has been selected in Australia's ODI squad for the five match series against West Indies in next month. The squad for Test for the West Indies tour will be announced in the next month. Australia ODI squad : Michael Clarke (captain), George Bailey, Xavier Doherty, Shane Watson, Peter Forrest, Dan Christian, David Hussey, Ben Hilfenhaus, Brad Haddin, Brett Lee, Michael Hussey, Clint McKay, Matthew Wade, Nathan Lyon, David Warner and James Pattinson. Australia T20 squad : George Bailey (captain), Dan Christian, Shane Watson, Peter Forrest, Xavier Doherty, Michael Hussey, David Hussey, James Pattinson, Brett Lee, Matthew Wade, Clint McKay, Nathan Lyon and David Warner.

Australian right-arm fast-medium bowler Peter Siddle has signed with Essex in English county for the upcoming summer Twenty-20 campaign. Siddle will join the squad for the opening game on June 13 against Surrey Lions. Essex head coach Paul Grayson said, " We are delighted to have signed Australia's premier bowler in Test cricket. "

Michael Clarke , Australian captain won third Allan Border Medal as the cricketer of the year at in awards ceremony on Monday. Clarke made 1,167 runs with an average of 68.65 in 11 Tests and Ponting made 837 runs with an average of 52.31 in 10 Tests. They both polled with nine votes, However Clarke was awarded the title because of major votes.

India became the first team in the world to play in 800 ODIs matches. India played one-day match for the first time in 1974. India’s record: Wins = 394, Losses = 365, Ties = 6, No results = 35 Australia in the second place after india for playing most number of ODIs. Australia played 783 matches and wins 486. Pakistan in the third place after india and australia. Pakistan played 765 matches and wins 412. Following are the remaining teams with most number of ODIs: West Indies (665) Sri Lanka (654) New Zealand (618) England (583) South Africa (468) Zimbabwe (407) Bangladesh (258) and Kenya (146)

Shoaib Akhtar , Former Pakistan fast bowler escaped unhurt from his car crashed into a concrete block near roadside. Geo News stated: " Over-speeding seems to be the cause. "

South African opener batsman Richard Levi , who hit the fastest ever century in T20 internationals, 117 runs in just 51 balls against New Zealand will likely to play for Mumbai Indians in the upcoming 5th season of the Indian Premier League . Levi might replace former Australian batsman Andrew Symonds , who recently announced his retirement from international cricket. The base price for Levi's as $50,000

Pune Warriors has signed the West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels for the upcoming season of IPL-5 Samuels will be available for the first half season of IPL to play for Warriors.

New Zealand have announced 14-man squad for three-match one-day international series against South Africa. James Franklin, Jesse Ryder and paceman Andy Mckay has been included in a 14 man squad starting on Saturday in Wellington followed by matches in Napier on February 29 and Auckland on March 3. New Zealand ODI squad : Brendon McCullum (Capt.), Doug Bracewell, James Franklin, Michael Bates, Nathan McCullum, Andrew Ellis, Martin Guptill, Tarun Nethula, Kyle Mills, Rob Nicol, Tim Southee, Andrew McKay, Kane Williamson and Jesse Ryder.

Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara has completed 10,000 runs in one-day international cricket and becomes 10th batsman to in the world for completing 10,000 runs. He has achieved this landmark at the tri series match against Australia, on Friday by hitting 11 runs of his innings. After Sanath Jayasuriya and current Captain Mahela Jayawardene , Kumar sangakkara is the third Sri Lankan batsman who scored 10,000 ODI.

Former Australian great all-rounder Andrew Symonds has took retirement from all forms of cricket. He will not play IPL-5 for Mumbai Indians as he was quitting competitive cricket and for the birth of his first child. Symonds said, " Effective immediately, I am retiring from all forms of professional cricket. It is with regret that I will not be able to fulfil my final year of the IPL with the Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians and the IPL have both been very supportive of me, but the impending arrival of my first child is a priority. " Since the Twenty20 World Cup in England 3 years ago, he did not played for Australia. He scored 1462 runs in 26 test at an avergae of 40.61 and took 24 wickets, In 198 ODIs He scored 5088 runs at an average of 39.75 and took 133 wickets.

Indian Cricketers Ishant Sharma and Ashish Nehra visited Tihar Jail to motivate who participated in the cricket tournament. Both fast bowlers Nehra and Sharma cheered the inmates during the match in Tihar Jail.

Former Australian fast bowler from Queensland, Joe Dawes will be joining the team india as a bowling coach by replacing Eric Simons at the end of the Australia tour. Simons joined team india in 2010 and ending a two-year long tenure with team india. Dawes played 76 first-class matches between 1997 and 2005 for Queensland.

New Zealand have retained Twenty20 squad against South Africa. Brendon McCullum will lead the squad in Taylor's absence. New Zealand T20 squad : Brendon McCullum (capt & wk), Doug Bracewell, Michael Bates, Martin Guptill, Colin de Grandhomme, Ronnie Hira, Andrew Ellis, James Franklin, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Rob Nicol and Kane Williamson

England start cricketer   Kevin Pietersen , Stuart Broad , Monty Panesar and Jonathan Trott escaped unhurt during a minor incident by travelling in a taxi in Duabi. According to the cricket website: " They were travelling in taxi at the speed of 100kph when suddenly the taxi's bonnet flew up and hit into the windscreen, obscuring the driver's vision. Hopefully, the driver was able to stop the car safely "

Yuvraj Singh has gone bald after his treatment in the Cancer Research Institute in Boston, He has posted his exclusive image on Twitter. Yuvraj posted : " Finally the hair has gone ! But #livstrong #yuvstrong " In his tests cricket career, Yuvraj has scored 1775 runs in 37 matches with an average of 34.80. In ODI, He has scored 8051 runs with an average of 37.62 in 274 matches.

England All-rounder Tim Bresnan has been added in one-day and Twenty20 squads. While Ian Bell has been dropped from the limited over series. 21-year-old Buttler, hard-hitting player from Somerset has also been included in the 16-member one-day squad. National selector Geoff Miller said " We have selected two squads that include both experienced international players and younger players who have performed strongly for England Lions in recent months and deserve an opportunity to further test themselves against quality opposition ." " Playing against Pakistan in the UAE will be challenging but it is important that these players continue to develop their skills so that we are able to make strides in limited-overs cricket, particularly on the subcontinent ."  England ODI squad : Alastair Cook (captain), Jonny Bairstow, James Anderson, Danny Briggs, Ravi Bopara, Steve Finn, Stuart Broad, Eoin Morgan, Tim Bresnan, Craig Kieswetter, Jade Dernbach, Kevin Pieters

Pakistan all-rounders Shahid Afridi and Hammad Azam has been included in one-day and Twenty20 squads for series against England in United Arab Emirates. Misbah-ul Haq will lead the Pakistan team in both the formats. Abdul Razzaq has been dropped for the series for poor performance. ODI squad : Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Imran Farhat, Junaid Khan, Adnan Akmal, Umar Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Abdul Rehman, Azhar Ali, Aizaz Cheema, Wahab Riaz and Hammad Azam. Twenty20 squad : Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Asad Shafiq, Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal, Awais Zia, Imran Farhat, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Adnan Akmal, Aizaz Cheema, Umar Gul, Junaid Khan, Hammad Azam and Wahab Riaz.

India's medium fast bowler R Vinay Kumar and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been entered to the millionaire club when Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super kings bagged them for $1 million (4.9 crore) and $2 million (Rs 9.8 crore) respectively. Ness Wadia, Owner of  Kings XI Punjab  picked former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood for $200,000 (Rs 98 lakh). Among the foreigners : Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene for $1.4 million Muthiah Muralitharan in Royal Challengers Bangalore for (Rs 1.1cr) Brendon McCullum in Kolkata Knight Riders for $900,000 (Rs 4.4cr) Mitchell Johnson in Mumbai Indians for $300,000 (Rs 1.5cr) Brad Hogg in Rajasthan Royals for $180,000 (Rs 88 lakh) Parthiv Patel in Deccan Chargers for ($650,000 or Rs 3.2cr) RP Singh in Mumbai Indians for $600,000 (Rs 2.9cr) Romesh Powar in Kings XI Punjab for $160,000 or Rs 78 lakh S Sreesanth in Rajasthan Royals for $400,000 or Rs 2cr So far Laxman and VRV Singh was the only big name to

Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Amir has been released from jail after serving half of a six-month sentence. Amir is likely to spend few weeks in London to meet his lawyers before returning to Pakistan. In February last year ICC banned Amir for five years with his team-mate Mohammad Asif for seven-year ban, addition two years suspended, and Salman Butt was banned for ten years.

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell said Lara's great scores 400 in Test cricket, with a triple century and seven double centuries in tests, thats highlights Lara was far better than the Tendulkar and Ponting . According to Chappell, Brian Lara is one of the three most dominant batsmen of this era. Chappell wrote for Daily Telegraph, " This probably highlights an area where Lara is superior to the other two players under discussion; his knowledge of how to amass big scores "