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Australia vs Pakistan: Watch – Pakistan players visit Australia nets with Christmas gifts | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] In a heartwarming gesture, the Pakistan players celebrated Christmas at the Melbourne Cricket Ground by visiting Australia nets and presenting the Aussie players and their families with gifts, as the two teams prepare for the Boxing Day Test beginning Tuesday. The Pakistan players could be seen carrying gift baskets and candies for children in a video that has gone viral on social media.Pakistan's new skipper Shan Masood led the warm gesture along with his predecessor Babar Azam and the Pakistan coaching staff.Masood and his counterpart Pat Cummins could be seen sharing the smiles and carrying goody baskets. “That was just great. Just Merry Christmas gifts and lollipops for the kids. So that was great. We’ve got a good relationship with the Pakistan side. That tour a couple of yea...
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Abroad, Ashwin is Team India’s hero and saviour again | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] The Mirpur Test looked lost. On a tricky pitch, where the ball was often staying low and behaving mean, India had lost seven wickets for 74. The big boys were back in the hut. The target, 145, looked depressingly distant; improbable, if not impossible. That's when Ravichandran Ashwin joined Shreyas Iyer in the middle. They were the last batters standing. Only tailenders Umesh Yadav and Mohd Siraj remained as insurance.Ashwin, a 36-year-old all-rounder from Chennai, has scored five centuries in an illustrious 88 Test career. But his masterpieces in batting are not tons, or even half-centuries. Like the unbeaten 42 he produced on Sunday, they are lessons in how to deal with exacting situations that life sometimes throws at you, occasions when an individual's temperament and mettle a...
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‘Christmas is a time to spread cheer’: Cricketers send hearty wishes to fans | Off the field News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Cricketers on Sunday took to social media to send their hearty wishes to fans on the occasion of Christmas. They also shared their photos of Christmas celebrations too with the fans. Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar celebrated the festivities with children from a care centre."Christmas is a time to spread cheer & rightly so when we visited @happyfeethome_, the children there brought the widest smiles to our faces. We played, we sang songs, ate some cupcakes & clicked pictures. Our #Christmas was made wonderful by these strong & lovely kids!," tweeted Tendulkar.Christmas is a time to spread cheer & rightly so when we visited @happyfeethome_, the children there brought the wi… https://t.co/SEsb7fbLHG— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) 1671954124000Australian op...
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Messi to spend Christmas with Suarez in Rosario

[ad_1] After winning the World Cup and enjoying the celebrations back home in Argentina, Lionel Messi headed to his native Rosario to spend the Christmas holidays with his family and friends, including Uruguay striker Luis Suarez. Argentine media reported on Thursday that Suarez arrived on a private flight from Montevideo, accompanied by his partner Sofia Balbi and their children. He and Messi became close friends when they played together for Spanish club Barcelona. More than five million people took to the streets of Buenos Aires to congratulate “la Scaloneta” on Tuesday but with the city overflowing, the players had to be air-lifted out by helicopter before Messi and Angel Di Maria travelled to Rosario. The Argentina captain is staying in his home at the Kentucky Country Club and loca...