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Brendon McCullum will play the role of skipper for New Zealand in the ODI, T20 series against Zimbabwe. New Zealand ODI squad : Brendon McCullum (capt), Dean Brownlie, Michael Bates, Andrew Ellis, Doug Bracewell, Tom Latham, Nathan McCullum, Martin Guptill, Tarun Nethula, Tim Southee, Kyle Mills, Kane Williamson and Rob Nicol. New Zealand T20 squad : Brendon McCullum (capt), Doug Bracewell, Michael Bates, Colin de Grandhomme, James Franklin, Dean Brownlie, Nathan McCullum, Martin Guptill, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Ronnie Hira, Rob Nicol, Kane Williamson and Tim Southee.

Australian batsman Ricky Ponting face is used without his permission in a mobile phone application by an Indian software company AHI Infotech . For this Ricky Ponting is mulling to sue AHI Infotech an Indian software company. According to the report, Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting was not aware of the fact that 99c iPhone app " Face Guess Cricket " was using his image. His manager James Henderson said to Herald Sun . " We weren't aware of it and we'll be issuing action against them straight away for the use of his intellectual property. "

Australian fast bowler Dirk Nannes will return to Surrey at this season. Nannes will join Murali Kartik at The Oval. Surrey director Chris Adam s said " As we saw last season in the shortest form of the game, Dirk is still one of the most consistently dangerous and economical bowlers on the world scene, He did a fantastic job for us and I can speak for the whole club when I say we are delighted to welcome him back for another spell. "

Yuvraj Singh has been ruled out of cricket for six months due to the treatment of his lung tumour. He would not be available to play the Asia Cup and the IPL season 5 starts on April 4.

Graham Ford from South Africa has been announced Sri Lanka's new coach Recently Ford announced his quitting coach position for the Dolphins (Durban-based franchise). Ford will replace Geoff Marsh after losing the entire series in South Africa .

David Miller has been retained by Kings XI Punjab with a two-year contrac in the upcoming season IPL . Earlier in the transfer window, Dinesh Karthik has been sold by Kings XI to the Mumbai Indians .

Brad Hogg has been included in the Australian Twenty20 squad for the two matches against India. In 2008, Hogg was retired from international cricket. George Bailey will lead the Australian T20 team. Australia squad : George Bailey (captain), Travis Birt, David Warner, James Faulkner, Xavier Doherty, Dan Christian, David Hussey, Aaron Finch, Brett Lee, Mitchell Marsh, Brad Hogg, Clint McKay, Shaun Marsh and Matthew Wade.

Tillakaratne Dilshan has decided to resigned as a captain in all three forms of cricket after the tour of South Africa.   Mahela Jayawardene will lead the side as a captain for the upcoming triangular ODI series in Australia featuring India . Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said in a statement, " Dilshan has resigned as captain in all three formats of the game " Squad for Australia tri-series featuring India : Mahela Jayawardene (capt), Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Angelo Mathews (vice-capt), Dinesh Chandimal, Kumar Sangakkara, Thisira Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Sachithra Senanayake, Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga, Rangana Herath, Chamara Welegedara, Nuwan Kulasekera and Dhammika Prasad.

Former Indian Captain Sourav Ganguly and Former Fast Bowler of South Africa Allan Donald have been included to the Pune Warriors as a coaching staff in the fifth season of the IPL . Ganguly will be the mentor and a player, while Donald will be the bowling coach for Pune Warriors. Ganguly has been retained for $400,000 by the franchise.

Royal Challengers Bangalore has retained aggressive batsman Chris Gayle for the next two seasons of IPL . Royal Challengers Bangalore sports private limited Director Sidhartha Mallya said in a statement " We are delighted to make Chris Gayle a permanent member of our IPL squad. We are confident that with players like him in our side, we will take the extra step this season, and win our maiden IPL title. " Gayle said, " I wanted to continue playing for them, and it turned out that they were keen to retain my services. "