Mehedi is one of four players to receive a central contract for the first time
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The Bangladesh quartet of Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Kamrul Islam Rabbi and Mosaddek Hossain all received central contracts for the first time in their careers.
“Any issue pertaining to players’ interest will be addressed with utmost seriousness”
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Vinod Rai, the chairman of the Committee of Administrators (CoA), and his colleague, Vikram Limaye, met with India captain Virat Kohli and a few other players in Hyderabad on Wednesday in regards to the payment structure of national players.
“I know it has been increased by double but there is room for [more]”
Former India team director Ravi Shastri is not a fan of the revised payment scheme for national players as he feels they deserve more.
Pujara was upgraded from a Grade-B contract to a Grade-A contract
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India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and opener Murali Vijay have all been awarded with Grade-A contracts for their superb performances in the ongoing home season.
Afghanistan will play all their home games in Noida
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Afghanistan and India signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday that will see the former play all their home games at the Shahid Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex in Noida.
Neither the ICC nor SLC confirmed what Perera tested positive for
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Sri Lanka batsman Kusal Perera has been ruled out of the upcoming tour of New Zealand after testing positive for a banned substance.
Mascarenhas will be New Zealand’s bowling coach for the next two years
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Former England and Hampshire all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas has been appointed as New Zealand’s full-time bowling coach.
“I will probably be able to help some of these young cricketers on their journey”
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Legendary India batsman Rahul Dravid has agreed to become the coach of the country’s Under-19 and A team.
“If the BCB agree to pay for the team’s air tickets and take care of their other expenses on the tour we will probably go ahead with it”
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According to an official within the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the national team are likely to go ahead with their tour of Bangladesh in April-May this year.
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“Since this is technically Pakistan’s home tour, [the] PCB is being exceptionally fair in asking Bangladesh to pay a certain percentage to offset its costs”
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are on a mission to justify their decision to ask the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for 50 per cent of the series revenue when the national team tours the country in April-May this year.
