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India to host a five-match T20I series against South Africa in Junee The five-match shortest format series will be held across Delhi, Cuttack, Vizag, Rajkot and Bengaluru. Schedule for India’s home series against the Proteas. 1st T20I: June 9, Delhi 2nd T20I: June 12, Cuttack 3rd T20I: June 14, Vizag 4th T20I: June 17, Rajkot 5th T20I: June 19, Bengaluru

Yorkshire have announced the signing of Sri Lanka left-handed batsman Dimuth Karunaratne. The 33-year-old has joined the county outfit for the next three Championship matches. He will debut on Thursday against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road. The Lankan skipper will also play games against Kent at Headingley and Essex at Chelmsford. Karunaratne has scored 5,620 runs in 76 Tests for Sri Lanka. Darren Gough, the Yorkshire interim managing director of cricket, said: “We are delighted that Dimuth will be joining us for the next three Championship games. “He has proven himself to be an exceptional leader for Sri Lanka and is a tremendous Test Match batter. “It can only benefit the lads in our changing rooms to have a player of his quality, and I’m sure they will all get a lot from it. “I’m confident he will contribute runs and enjoy his time at Yorkshire.” 📣 The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is delighted to announce the signing of Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne. #OneRose — Yorkshire

Former RCB captain and swashbuckling batsman Virat Kohli said on ‘RCB Bold Diarie s: “I have tried to copy his actions at some stage or the other. That’s the impact he had on the game of cricket, and he was an amazing human being as well. I had a chance to speak to him quite a bit off the field as well. He was always positive and none of his conversations was random. It was always constructive, that you can learn from and spoke very passionately about test cricket and cricket in general, he just loved the game. It was a shock to everyone, but we can just smile and look back at his cricketing career, his achievements, and his life, he lived the way he wanted to live. He is probably the most confident personality that I have met, I am grateful that I have got to know him a little bit off the field as well.” Speaking on ‘RCB Bold Diaries’, Glenn Maxwell added , “I had a lot of heroes when I was growing up watching people play, not necessarily just from cricket but from other sports as wel

New Zealand pacer Hamish Bennett has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.  The 35-year-old, who made his international debut in October 2010, has played one Test, 19 ODIs and 11 T20Is. Bennett has claimed 489 wickets and established himself as one of the most reliable bowlers in the country.

The right-handed batsman Rajat Patidar has joined Royal Challengers Bangalore for a price of INR 20 lakh. The 28-year-old, who had previously represented RCB four times, will replace the injured Luvnith Sisodia for the remainder of the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL).  Patidar has so far played 31 T20s and has scored 861 runs with the help of 7 half-centuries. Meanwhile, RCB have played their two matches so far this season – winning and losing a game each, will next take on Rajasthan Royals (RR) on April 5.