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16Aug

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England’s Ben Stokes comes out of ODI retirement ahead of World Cup

[ad_1] England’s talismanic all-rounder Ben Stokes has reversed his decision to retire from one-day internationals (ODI) and was included in the squad for the upcoming series against New Zealand, the country’s cricket board said on Wednesday. Stokes retired from ODIs last July, two months after being named England’s test captain, and the reversal opens the door for him to play in their 50-overs World Cup title defence in October and November. “I am certain that every fan will enjoy seeing (Stokes) back in an England ODI shirt again,” national selector Luke Wright said in a statement. Stokes, 32, was Player of the Match in the 2019 World Cup final on home soil, when he hit an unbeaten 84 as England beat New Zealand in a dramatic super over. He also hit a match-winning unbeaten 52 to lead ...

11Aug

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‘There was no damage to the dressing room’: Snehasish Ganguly on fire scare at Eden Gardens

[ad_1] A fire broke out at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens on Wednesday at 11:50 PM after announcing the revised 2023 50-over World Cup fixtures. Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) President Snehasish Ganguly speaking to reporters after the incident said, “A fire broke out last night at around 11.50 pm. People working saw smoke and then the fire. Immediately two fire tenders were pressed into action and flames doused in no time.” “There was no damage to the dressing room as such. Only some burnt cables. The cause of the fire was from the heating of the sauna heater from which sparks ignited the stacks of towels close by.” He added. The CAB President further said, “CESC people came and saw the damages to the cables and have advised us and we will complete changing the cables as recommended in a ...

10Aug

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World Cup wins don’t come on platter, India ‘desperate’ to win it: Rohit Sharma

[ad_1] Skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday said India are “desperate” to break their ICC trophy drought in the upcoming World Cup and are armed with “inner “confidence” and “self-belief” to win the title.India have gone without a trophy in ICC events for a decade now, with their last major win coming in the Champions Trophy 2013, two years after their World Cup triumph at home.“Honestly, I have never won a (50 overs) World Cup, it’s a dream to win a World Cup and to be here fighting for it nothing makes me happier than that,” Rohit told the media here on the sidelines of an event. “You don’t get World Cups on a platter, you have to really work hard and that is what we have been doing all these years from 2011 till now we all are fighting for it,” the India captain said. “Everyone is despera...

19Jul

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Brinkmanship again, but India hold all the cards ahead of the 50-over World Cup

[ad_1] If all art is propaganda, as George Orwell maintained, then all sport is politics. You cannot divorce a country’s sport from its politics. One affects the other however often we mouth platitudes about not mixing the two. Sport and politics are not like oil and water; sport dissolves in politics easily and often. Sometimes this relationship can be a force for good, as when sporting boycotts played a role in hastening the end of South Africa’s apartheid rule. Sometimes it is a stage for hardened political rivalries to explode, an extreme case being the killing of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games by the Palestinian Black September group. To say that sport and politics should not mix is naive, and fails to acknowledge that often sport is politics by other means. The brinkman...

23Mar

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‘This shouldn’t be forgotten’- Sunil Gavasakar warns India ahead of 2023 World Cup

[ad_1] Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has warned India not to forget the kind of loss the side has had at the hands of Australians in the third and final ODI at Chennai on Wednesday. Chasing a stiff target of 270 on a tricky pitch, India were all out for 248 in 49.1 overs as Australia came back in the series after losing the first ODI by five wickets. “It was the pressure created. They were not getting singles. The boundaries had dried up and they weren’t even getting singles. When that happens then you try and play something that you are not used to. That is something they will have to look at. But of course, now the IPL starts. This shouldn’t be forgotten. India sometimes makes the mistake of forgetting this, but this one shouldn’t be because, in the World Cup, we may face Australia aga...