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Bangladesh have announced their 14-man squad for the two-match T20 series against South Africa, starting October 26. The 30-year-old Shakib is set to begin a new stint as team captain after Mashrafe Mortaza had retired from T20Is back in April. Squad: Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Mominul Haque, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Liton Das, Nasir Hossain, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Mohammad Saifuddin

India have recalled wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik and a left-handed opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan for the upcoming three-match ODI series against New Zealand, starting later this month. Karthik, 32, who was left out for the recent series against Australia, he had a prolific season in the Duleep Trophy where he scored two centuries in three matches. Meanwhile, Dhawan, 31, also returns to the One Day International squad in the place of Lokesh Rahul, who had a poor performance in the ODI series in Sri Lanka. Indian selectors have also retained the spin trio Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel while the 31-year-old all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin continues to remain on the sidelines. The three-match ODI series against the Black Caps to be played between 22nd and 29th October. India squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav...

India's veteran speedster Ashish Nehra has decided to hangs up his boots from international cricket after the first Twenty20 match against New Zealand on November 1. The 38-year-old left-arm fast bowler intimated his decision to coach Ravi Shastri and team's captain Virat Kohli. Nehra made his international debut against Sri Lanka in 1999, has claimed 44 Tests wickets, 157 in ODIs and 34 in T20s. The Delhi-born pacer, who was part of the ODI World Cup winning squad in 2011, has played 17 Tests, 120 ODIs and 26 T20I for India. As soon as Nehra decided to retire, here’s a look how Twitter reacted to the news. No more IPL as well, confirmed that Ashish Nehra will retire from all Cricket after the first T20 vs New Zealand on November 1 in Delhi — Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) 11 October 2017 We'll miss you and your airplane celebration, #NehraJi ! — asif khan (@_asif) 11 October 2017 Nehraji has some unbelievable comebacks...a true player. a gifted...

Former New Zealand pacer Mitchell McClenaghan has signed up with Sydney Thunder in the Australian twenty20 Big Bash League. The 31-year-old bowler turned down his NZ contract in August to focus on playing in the twenty20 leagues around the world. The Left-arm paceman has plenty of experience in T20 format, having played with Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, Durban Qalanders in South Africa's T20 league, and St Lucia Stars in the Caribbean Premier League. "I spent some time at the St Lucia Stars with Shane Watson and got to know his outlook on the game and hear his passion for Sydney Thunder and the organisation," McClenaghan told Cricket.com.au . "I've admired watching his career and seeing how it's progressed. I enjoyed playing alongside him in St Lucia and I think I'll learn a lot from him during my time with Thunder. "I grew up in Australia and watched a lot of Aussie cricket and to have the opportunity to play in the Big ...

England have announced their squad for the upcoming Ashes series to be held in Australia. Despite being arrested earlier this week for a late night fight, the 26-year-old Ben Stokes has been included in the team. The first Ashes Test will be played at the Gabba on November 23. ENGLAND SQUAD: Joe Root (capt), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Gary Balance, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Mason Crane, Ben Foakes, Dawid Malan, Craig Overton, Ben Stokes, Mark Stoneman, James Vince, Chris Woakes

With cricket betting on the rise, it’s worth making sure you keep an eye out for the rising stars of the sport to make sure you have an edge when placing bets. The following ten players are all ranked high for various reasons and well worth looking out for. 10. Ben Stokes Ben Stokes is a great all-rounder who bowls right-handed and bats left-handed, as well as being England’s vice-captain under Joe Root. He’s currently ranked 5 th in the ICC Player Rankings for All-rounders, which might sound low, but he’s been setting a lot of records lately with the fastest ever Test double century and the highest ever score for a Test batman batting at six, it wouldn’t be a surprise if he was ranked a little higher in a few years! 9. Cheteshwar Pujara The 4 th best Batsman by the ICC Player rankings, but very nearly the third. Kane Williamson is sneaking ahead by just 8 points. Though Cheteshwar Pujara could well make it back quite quickly. After all, this February in a one-off Test ma...

Durham have signed New Zealand batsman Tom Latham, who will join up with the north-east county next season, subject to international duties. The 25-year-old has scored 139 runs in his five NatWest T20 Blast matches after arriving to the county for the second half of the season with an average of 63.66 in four Specsavers County Championship games. Latham is likely to miss Durham's final Division Two matches of the campaign as he prepares for New Zealand's ODI and T20 series which is to be held in India but will make a return to Chester-le-Street for the rest of the 2018 tournament. Durham head coach Jon Lewis is delighted with the signing and is hopeful that the club will be benefitted by the player’s return. “Tom has made a fantastic contribution on and off the field during his time here at Durham,” said Lewis. “His performances with the bat have been excellent and he is a big influence in the dressing room. “Myself and the players are delighted that he will be...

Perth Scorchers received huge boost over the top when Mitchell Marsh decided to continue his association with the club for the seventh edition of the Big Bash League. The 25-year-old, who was recently appointed Western Australia's new captain, is currently underwent a reconstruction of his right shoulder, but is set to return on the ground for the upcoming season of KFC Big Bash League, starting December 20. "I literally cannot wait for Big Bash to start," the all-rounder told perthscorchers.com.au on Sunday (September 17). "My body and shoulder feel really good, I've been taking it slowly but ticking all the right boxes so it'll be good to get back out there. "The BBL has grown into an amazing tournament. Playing with the Scorchers for the last six years, we've had some awesome success and we're hoping we can maintain that winning culture this summer, too." The Australia international, who made his Test debut against Pakistan i...

Adelaide Strikers have announced the signing of Afghanistan spin sensation Rashid Khan for the seventh edition of the Australia's domestic T20 Big Bash League. Rashid becomes the first Afghan cricketer to be played in Australia's domestic T20 league and the second overseas player for Strikers. "I am very happy to have signed with the Strikers for the BBL," the 18-year-old leg-spinner said . "It is a huge honour to be a part of such a great tournament and even more of an honour to be the first Afghanistan player to participate on the BBL stage. I look forward to linking up with my Strikers teammates and backroom staff." The Right-arm leg break bowler had an impressive season in his maiden Indian Premier League for the Sunrisers Hyderabad, where he claimed 17 wickets. Adelaide Strikers squad: Wes Agar, Alex Carey, Jono Dean, Ben Laughlin, Jake Lehmann, Michael Neser, Peter Siddle, Billy Stanlake, Jake Weatherald, Colin Ingram (overseas), Rashid Kha...

Indian captain Virat Kohli scored an amazing half-century as team India won the one-off Twenty20 international by seven wickets in Colombo on Wednesday. The tourists remained unbeaten in their nine matches against the hosts Sri Lanka as they won the three match Test series, five one-day internationals and the only T20. "Very special, it (whitewash across formats) hasn't been done before. Credit to all the hard work that the boys have put in over the past couple of months in all formats of the game," said Kohli. Here is how Indian fans came out and expressed their delight over a great win. That's a complete sweep by India @BCCI winning the Test, ODI and T20 series vs Sri Lanka. Well done team 👏🏻👏🏻. Good work and consistency 👍🏻 — Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) September 6, 2017 India completed whitewash in all format Tests 3-0 ODI 5-0 T20 1-0 Clean sweep from team India. Australia next from Sep 17. #IndvsSL — Film Distributor TN (@RangaSubrama...