Shan Masood: “If you look at the WTC cycle for the last period, I am among the top run-scorers for Pakistan”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood has defended his form with the bat, pointing out that he was among the country’s top-scorers in the 2023-2025 World Test Championship cycle.
Rohit Sharma: “It’s not about always making sure that we are playing on flat pitches and the results don’t come. In Pakistan, there were three Test matches played. People were saying it has become so boring. We are making it interesting for you guys”
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Rohit Sharma, the India cricket captain, has taken a dig at Pakistan, saying people were complaining that matches in the country were “so boring” since the pitches were too flat.
Ramiz Raja: “The current format was lopsided and prolonged and it made no sense not having [an] India and Pakistan series”
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Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja believes India and Pakistan should play each other in the World Test Championship.
Lalit Modi: “You will see players making $1-$2m a game. It will happen sooner rather than later”
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Former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi believes that players will earn a jaw-dropping $1 to $2 million dollars per game in the tournament in the future.
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“The Board has made some significant decisions today which provide us with long-term certainty in relation to the future governance, competition and financial models of the ICC”
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has passed the governance and financial changes proposed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia during a board meeting in Singapore.
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The two-tier Test system will give teams like Afghanistan the chance to play against Full Member nations
With the World Test Championship set to be scrapped after a lack of support from both sponsors and broadcasters, the International Cricket Council (ICC) are interested in introducing a two-tier Test cricket system.
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The ICC have been advised to rethink their position on the World Test Championship
There are grave concerns that the World Test Championship, which is scheduled to be held in the United Kingdom in 2017, may be scrapped after sponsors and broadcasters appeared hesitant about investing in the tournament.
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“The ICC World Test Championship logo represents a journey that all the Test playing nations will embark upon over the next four years”
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson has announced that the road to the 2017 World Test Championship had begun after unveiling the tournament’s logo in Abu Dhabi.
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“We had an opportunity to win the Champions Trophy and the Ashes in a short space of time and we didn’t quite take it”
England captain Alastair Cook has publicly admitted that he and his team-mates “are always going to be disappointed by the Champions Trophy final”, in which they lost to India by five runs in Birmingham.
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Pujara’s confidence levels skyrocket whenever he is compared to Dravid
India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has admitted that it is always a huge “morale-booster” for him when he is compared to Rahul Dravid as ‘The Wall’ was one of his “childhood idols”.
