Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman and Multan Sultans captain Mohammad Rizwan: “I don’t feel any pressure because I have done captaincy in the past and also played with most of these players but this decision was a bit surprising for me”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan has admitted that he was shocked to be named captain of the Multan Sultans.
Basit Ali: “Waqar Younis can’t handle [the] spin department and the board has decided to take the services of Mushtaq Ahmed and it will be announced soon”
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Former Pakistan batsman Basit Ali has that legendary leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed will be appointed as the national team’s spin bowling consultant soon.
Sethi will be PCB chairman for the next three years
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Najam Sethi has been named chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after being voted in by the Board of Governors (BoG).
“He will remain in hospital overnight on intravenous fluids for rehydration and will be reassessed in the morning”
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South Africa pace bowler Vernon Philander will remain in hospital overnight due to a potential viral infection.
“With all his experience, there is a lot the batsmen can learn from him”
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Hashan Tillakaratne has been named Sri Lanka’s temporary batting coach and will be with the national team at least until the end of the upcoming Test series against India.
Bangar (right) will be India’s assistant coach
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A four-member BCCI committee has decided to promote Sanjay Bangar to assistant coach of the Indian team, while Bharat Arun will continue on as bowling coach.
Shastri (pictured above) is eager to see Arun retain his position as bowling coach
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India head coach Ravi Shastri has told the BCCI that Bharat Arun should continue on as the national team’s bowling coach.
“It broadens my experiences and broadens my learning and hopefully it will hold me in good stead going forward”
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Former Australia pace bowler Jason Gillespie has been named as Papua New Guinea’s coach on an interim basis.
De Silva will play no part in the one-off Test against Zimbabwe
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Sri Lanka have dropped all-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva for the one-off Test against Zimbabwe, which begins on Friday in Colombo.
Chase won four awards in total
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West Indies batsman Roston Chase stole the spotlight at the West Indies Players’ Association/Cricket West Indies’ annual awards ceremony in Jamaica on Friday.
