Afridi said that he was surprised by the comments of Indian great Kapil and former IPL chairman, Rajeev Shukla, who outrightly dismissed Akhtar's suggestion. He also questioned the PCB and the Pakistan team management for making fitness of players a big issue.
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The meeting came on a day when the ICC Players' contract was challenged in the Delhi high court
India moved up two places to third in the LG International Cricket Council's Test rankings following their series win in England.
If you are not with us, you are against us; is the line BCCI has taken against ICL hopefuls.
The Board also resolved that only players could wear the India caps and not the working staff.
When Kumble dismissed Strauss on Thursday, it was the tenth time he was dismissing a batsman in his nineties - most by any bowler in Test annals.
The 22-year-old left-hander was hailed as a future successor to retired all-rounder Kapil Dev after his impressive debut as a teenager until his bowling form deserted him last year.
The former India captain was speaking at a felicitation function organised for CSK for winning the 2021 edition of IPL.
Ranveer Singh's Jayeshbhai Jordaar gives out a social message in a fun, quirky way, applauds Namrata Thakker.
For all those sceptics who wondered whether the Essel Group's Subhash Chandra would be able to pull off a parallel cricket league, a line-up of players and a business plan is already in place.
The actress has been approached to be a judge on the cricketing version of Pop Idol along with former players like Kapil Dev, Sanjay Manjrekar and Ian Botham.
Former India fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad discusses the current national side and the plethora of seam bowlers who have turned out for Team India in the recent past.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers from the Oval Test.
Rajneesh Gupta gives us all the numbers.
He became only the third Indian captain to score a century in the West Indies after Kapil Dev and Rahul Dravid.
A four-member delegation from Manchester United, led by Director of Football Allan Dawson, met the red-and-gold club officials
Ishant Sharma bowled full tilt at the National Cricket Academy with an aim to get fit for India's four-match Test series in Australia,
Hardik has just taken 10 Tests to record a rare feat -- scored a ton and taken 5 wickets. Still not 25, Hardik has shown that he belongs to the place, says Rajneesh Gupta, giving us the numbers that matter.
Sana posted a comment saying: "What is it that you're not liking".
'Bhuvneshwar can swing the ball, Bumrah has a difficult action to pick, Shami's seam position is outstanding, one of the best probably in world cricket and his rhythm is outstanding.' 'Umesh is fantastic as well and so is Ishant.' 'So we have all the tools.' 'It is just about them hitting the right length as quick as possible.'
382 - The target for Australia to win and level the series. The highest they have successfully chased against India is 342 for 8 at Perth in 1977-78.
"It is not just me, Indian coach John Wright himself has said that Kumble would have been the best captain," legendary spinner Bishen Singh Bedi said.
Kapil Dev has bagged the International Cricketer of the Century award.
Former BCCI president N K P Salve and five former cricketers, including Kapil Dev, have challenged the contracts on the ground that they impose unreasonable conditions on Indian players.
The leg spinner and former pacer Kapil Dev are the only Indian bowlers to reach the milestone.
While Tendulkar would overtake Kapil Dev's record of 131 Test caps in the third Test.
It was on this day that Harmanpreet went on to play a match-winning knock of 171 not out against Australia in the semi-finals of the ICC Women's World Cup.
The former Pakistan fast bowler feels it will diminish the Indian pace ace's bowling potential.
The 32-year-old pacer is only the second Indian fast bowler, after former captain Kapil Dev, to play 100 Test matches.
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