'It's good to have someone with a lot of experience batting with you because he can take you through how to take the game on'
New Zealand eye consolatory win over PNG
Pakistan are traditionally good against spinners but Babar Azam and Co. would take the likes of promising Dunith Wellalage and company lightly at their peril.
The selectors also retained former captain and wicketkeeper, Sarfaraz Ahmed in the squad as a standby to vice-captain, Mohammad Rizwan.
Misbah insisted that the right decision had been taken keeping in mind past performances and the coming workload of the national team.
Shakib Al Hasan rose to the occasion in a crucial Group D match, scoring an unbeaten 64
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of World Cup 2023 after the first 12 games.
Pakistan pacer Hasan Ali says pressure will be on arch-rivals India in the upcoming Asia Cup because of the ICC Champions Trophy final defeat last year.
Former spinner Saqlain Mushtaq was named interim head coach following the resignation of Misbah ul-Haq.
A slew of records were broken as Pakistan recorded a six-wicket win over Sri Lanka after chasing down a mammoth 345 in their ICC World Cup match in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
India will be aiming for another comprehensive performance against Bangladesh before the all-important game against Australia on June 24.
Kohli, who also led India to the top of the world's Test rankings during the period, received the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, which team mate Ravichandran Ashwin had won last year.
Bangladesh trail by 224 runs and still needed 25 runs to avoid the follow-on at the end of Day 4.
Despite doing well in the IPL and domestic cricket over the past two seasons, Varun did not get a recall to the Indian team and that only made him hungrier.
Home captain Kraigg Brathwaite, 17 not out overnight, lost his wicket in the second over after tea as he cut Nauman Ali straight to point to be dismissed for 39.
Pakistan named Babar Azam as their new captain in one-day internationals, putting the elegant batsman in charge of both their limited-overs teams after a stellar year with the bat. The top order batsman, who took over Twenty20 captaincy earlier this year, succeeds Sarfaraz Ahmed as Pakistan's white-ball leader while Azhar Ali also got an extension as skipper of the Test side for the 2020-21 season.
De Leede ripped through the Pakistan line-up taking 4-62 and Colin Ackerman claimed 2-39 after the Netherlands won the toss and decided to bowl, but Rizwan (68) and Shakeel (68) ensured the Asian side made 286 in 49 overs.
Fast bowlers Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi finished with four wickets apiece for the hosts with a brilliant display of reverse-swing bowling on a pitch offering variable bounce.
With Afridi ready to bowl his toe-crushing yorkers, what could go wrong for Pakistan?
West Indies, put in to bat, struggled throughout their innings as 18-year-old Pakistan leg-spinner Shadab Khan took three wickets for seven runs off his four overs to land the man of the match award on his international debut.
Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq, announcing the World Cup squad and two reserve players, said the 11 from the 2017 Champions Trophy had been retained in the selection process.
Chasing 248 for victory in a match reduced to 47 overs a side after rain delayed the start, Pakistan were bowled out for 195 in 41 overs after all five England bowlers picked up wickets.
A crowd of more than 22,000 at his home Sydney Cricket Ground rose for a final ovation as Warner left the field.
The Centre has not sought the resignation of Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Iqbal Singh, who had recently come under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate over his recommendation for issuing passport expeditiously to alleged money launderer Hasan Ali Khan, his office said on Thursday.
The Prime Minister's Office has given the nod to questioning of Puducherry Lt Governor Iqbal Singh by the Enforcement Directorate for his alleged links with suspected money launderer Hasan Ali Khan.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji list the 50 Most Valuable Players in the 2017 Champions Trophy.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index after 23 World Cup 2023 games.
Taskin was dropped from T20 WC match against India after missing team bus, pacer denies
Under scanner of the Enforcement Directorate for his alleged links with Hasan Ali Khan, Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Iqbal Singh has admitted recommending expeditious issuance of passport to the alleged tax evader but claimed he did not know him.
Shakib back in Bangladesh fold, Mashrafe out of ODI mix.
'That was proper (batting) from those two, it set the tone for how we want to play our cricket, take the game on.'
Australia's cricketing DNA is constructed by meticulousness and Pakistan's by explosiveness.
Bangladesh would like to exploit those chinks in England's armour
Here's the full list of 49 MPs suspended from Lok Sabha:
Puducherry Lt Governor Iqbal Singh was on Tuesday questioned by the Enforcement Directorate officials for the second successive day over his recommendation for issuing a passport expeditiously to alleged tax evader Hasan Ali Khan after which he left for New Delhi.
Rajneesh Gupta lists the Pakistan players at the T20I World Cup and their T20 Internationals records.
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday approved 139 Padma awards including seven Padma Vibhushans, 19 Padma Bhushans and 113 Padma Shris.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index after 29 World Cup 2023 games.
Babar Azam stood firm amid a batting collapse to compile his seventh Test hundred
Government auditor CAG also noted in a report that these demands are "unrealisable 100 per cent".
