India head coach Rahul Dravid on Sunday hinted that injuries to the likes of Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel could cost his team going into the ODI World Cup and makes the task of managing players "trickier".
'Pakistan have a lot to think about. The captaincy needs to sharpen up a bit.'
"Off the field when we meet, we meet very warmly. We want to meet nicely. On the field, we play with intensity," stated the batter when asked about the camaraderie between the Pakistani and Indian players.
Shaheen Afridi lauded Haris Rauf not only for his impressive bowling but also for his significant contribution to enhancing Pakistan's fielding performance.
Chasing 476 for victory, Sri Lanka were all out for 212.
Hasaranga claimed three wickets in one over and Pramod Madushan claimed a career-best 4-34 to bowl out Pakistan for 147 in exactly 20 overs.
The Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan was called off due to persistent rain in Pallekele on Saturday.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12 match between Pakistan and Netherlands, in Perth, on Sunday
Pakistan replaced veteran stumper Sarfaraz Ahmed with Mohammad Rizwan for the second match of the three-Test series.
Pakistani selectors on Thursday dropped leg-spinner Usama Mir for the T20 series in Ireland and England while recalling fast bowler Haris Rauf.
After a delay due to COVID and a postponement for another year, the Asia Cup 2022, hosted by Sri Lanka but played in the UAE due to the political and social turmoil in the island, finally kicked off on August 27.
Shaan Masood also didn't agree that the last two Tests were the darkest days of Pakistan cricket over three decades.
The source added that team officials and selectors had discussed Afridi's case with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Zaka Ashraf.
Pakistan cannot dwell on their defeat by England in the first Test at Old Trafford as it would make it tougher for them to respond in the next two matches, coach Misbah-ul-Haq said.
Bad light stopped play on day three with Karunaratne on 27 and Dhananjaya de Silva on 30.
'You can't control the emotions of the crowd and such incidents happened in the world of cricket.'
Cricketers missing from World Cup 2023.
Shadab was quizzed about Agarkar's remarks on how India will deal with their pace bowling attack...
Images from the Asia Cup match played between India and Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday.
An outdated batting approach, dismal performance of the spinners, lack of back-up options and selection blunders have led to another early World Cup exit for the forever unpredictable Pakistan unit.
White-ball specialist Rauf will return to Pakistan colours after incurring the wrath of the nation's cricket board for opting out of the ongoing three-Test series against Australia.
Babar Azam's decision to step down from Pakistan captaincy has evoked a mixed reaction from his teammates.
Haris Rauf bowled a couple of hostile spells, while Imam-ul-Haq struck a silken 78 as Pakistan secured a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in a Super Four clash of the Asia Cup, in Lahore on Wednesday.
The last time Pakistan won a Test Down Under was in late 1995 when nearly half of the current side were not even born
Rohit Sharma, while facing left-arm throwdown specialist Nuwan Seneviratne, got hit on his left thumb by a delivery that lifted from the back of a good length area.
Fakhar Zaman's ninth hundred in One Day Internationals trumped Daryl Mitchell's breezy century as Pakistan clinched a five-wicket victory over New Zealand.
Images from the opening day of the third and final Test between England and Pakistan in Southampton, on Friday.
Dhananjaya de Silva and Angelo Mathews helped Sri Lanka to overcome a top-order collapse and reach 242-6 on Day one
The onus will be on Pakistan's top batsmen to post competitive totals against England but batting coach Younis Khan said the team will need "a fighting tail" to win the series. Given the team is prone to inexplicable batting collapses, Pakistan roped in former captain Younis to help their batsmen for the three-Test series beginning in Manchester on Wednesday.
Afghanistan registered a thrilling seven-wicket victory against Pakistan with one ball to spare in the second Twenty20 international in Sharjah.
Indian batters Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan made significant improvements in the latest ICC ODI Rankings for men's batters after their impressive performances in the ongoing Asia Cup 2023.
South Africa are in pole position to take one of the two semi-final spots available from Group 2
India comfortably crushed arch-rivals Pakistan by 60 runs
Images from the Asia Cup final between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Dubai on Sunday.
The world No 1 Pakistan will take on India as the two arch rivals meet at Pallekele in a Group A encounter.
India captain is hopeful that fans will witness arch-rivals play against each other in the final of this tournament.
The emergence of these young talents from India and Pakistan presents an exciting glimpse into the future of the subcontinent's cricket.
To become youngest Test debutant on Australian soil
Desai, who has been handed a two-year contract, has joined the team before the the first T20 International on Friday.
