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Under-fire PCB revises match fees of players in National T20 Championship
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Under-fire PCB revises match fees of players in National T20 Championship

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday increased the players’ match fee for the National T20 Championship after its decision to enforce a pay cut faced severe backlash. The PCB had earlier reduced the match fees to Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000 for players and reserves, forcing its chairman Mohsin Naqvi to issue orders to review the decision. Finding itself in a corner after widespread criticism, PCB has now increased the match fees of players to Rs 40,000 and reserves to Rs 20,000. Story continues below this ad Pakistan’s domestic cricket schedule and structure has been under discussion this season after the board abruptly stopped the National Under-19 Championship after just one day’s play. The decision to reduce the match fees was earlier taken on the orders of Naqvi aft...
Ranji Trophy final: Powered by outsiders Karun Nair’s Vidarbha and Aditya Sarwate’s Kerala vie for domestic title
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Ranji Trophy final: Powered by outsiders Karun Nair’s Vidarbha and Aditya Sarwate’s Kerala vie for domestic title

As Karun Nair fixed his cap, stroked the stubbled chin and smiled into the cameras mounted near the stairway to the dressing room, Kerala captain Sachin Baby, striding onto the ground, yipped at the reporters queuing up to shoot questions: “Avanod Malayalathil utharam parayan para!” Ask him to give the answers in Malayalam. Karun flashed a hearty smile and retorted: “Seri, aykotte! Roughly translated as “ok, let it be.”It’s been a dreamy season for Karun’s Vidarbha, and Baby’s Kerala. Now the two teams will be vying for the Ranji Trophy. There is a bit of history; in 2017-18, Vidarbha had steamrollered Kerala in the quarterfinals enroute to their first championship title. Around 20-25 journalists from Kerala are at Nagpur, sniffing a chance to report history. For the next half an hour af...
‘Babar never tried to build up bench strength due to his likes and dislikes’: Umar Akmal slams former PAK captain
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‘Babar never tried to build up bench strength due to his likes and dislikes’: Umar Akmal slams former PAK captain

Former Pakistan batter Umar Akmal became the latest person to slam Babar Azam after Pakistan made a disappointing start to their Champions Trophy campaign with a loss to New Zealand. Akmal, who hasn’t played for the national side since 2019, said that Babar had failed to build Pakistan’s bench strength during his stint as skipper. “Babar was captain for nearly five years most of the time in all formats and he never tried to build up the bench strength due to his likes and dislikes,” Umar told a TV channel. Akmal also stated that he had approached Babar for a chance to make his comeback to the national side but his request was swiftly rejected. Story continues below this ad “I told Babar that look give me a fair chance. You are doing well in the top order and I can be your ...
Yash Rathod’s fifth Ranji ton and Wadkar’s gritty fifty leave Mumbai gasping in Ranji Trophy semifinal
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Yash Rathod’s fifth Ranji ton and Wadkar’s gritty fifty leave Mumbai gasping in Ranji Trophy semifinal

When Yash Rathod was an upcoming cricketer in his early days his uncle ensured he was penalised if dismissed early. The paternal uncle had enough of his nephew getting out cheaply, rather frequently, as he was intent on making someone in the family a cricketer, and not just sit in the family grocery shop. Luckily, by the time Rathod turned 10, he fell in love with the game. This year has been a dreamy season for Rathod who scored his career best 151 against Mumbai in the semi-finals; his marathon innings has pushed him to third spot in the list of highest run getters this season (933 runs). On Thursday, Mumbai witnessed some khadoos-ness from Vidarbha as two of their lower-order batsmen Rathod and Akshay Wadkar refused to budge from the crease. They batted 367 balls, handled bowlers for mo...