The T20 World Cup winning India cricket team is yet to depart from Barbados while a second string side led by Shubman Gill has already landed in Zimbabwe. Senior players including Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and others will give the tour a skip, with three of them having announced their retirement. In other news, Pakistan have a good pill to swallow, considering their automatic qualification to the T20 World Cup in 2026.
India reserves get rest
A few days after the announcement of the Team India squad for the IND vs ZIM series, the BCCI has come up with three necessary changes. Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who were all part of the T20 World Cup winning squad, have been removed from the Zimbabwe tour, and in place, Sai Sudarshan, Jitesh Sharma and Harshit Rana have been included.
Stuck in Barbados
The jubilant Indian cricket team, fresh off their T20 World Cup victory, will finally return home on Tuesday night (IST) after being stranded in Barbados due to Hurricane Beryl. The Category 4 hurricane forced the island nation to shut down its airport, leaving the team and their entourage in limbo for the past two days.
Lucky Pakistan!
Pakistan’s Babar Azam and co. have been saved from the hands of embarrassment, thanks to their qualification for the T20 World Cup 2026. The side suffered a serious setback after being knocked out of the marquee tournament in the group stage.
T20 WC over, IPL woes begin
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 edition will start about nine months away, but its preparations have already begun. The BCCI has already initiated a process for finalizing a couple of things before the IPL 2025 mega auction, which is expected to be held in December. The major eyeballs naturally fall on player retention, but another thing that goes hand in hand with it is the salary cap.
Will India go to Pakistan?
Will India travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy in 2025? Salman Butt believes that it should not be the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) responsibility to impress the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), rather, it should be the ICC’s job to keep track and ensure that all teams travel to Pakistan for this mega event.
Netherlands cruise past Romania, Turkey shock Austria!
Netherlands and Turkey will meet in the last game of the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-finals. The Dutch side inflicted a 3-0 win over Romania to ease their way into the next stage. On the other hand, a stunning brace from Merih Demiral was enough for the Turks to clinch a 2-1 win over Ralf Rangnick’s Austria.
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