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Ponting though added that captaincy will be the «hardest thing» for the premier fast bowler. Doubts remain over Rohit's availability in the first Test, which will be held from November 22 at the Optus Stadium, with the skipper himself recently admitting that he was «not sure» of his participation.

Venue : Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Australia squad - Jake Fraser-McGurk, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Aaron Hardie, Cooper Connolly, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Short, Will Sutherland, Josh Inglis, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Lance Morris, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett Pakistan squad - Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Aamer Jamal, Arafat Minhas, Kamran Ghulam, Salman Agha, Haseebullah Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi Australia vs Pakistan Match Details 2nd ODI of Pakistan tour of Australia, 2024 between Australia and Pakistan to be held at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide at 09:00 AM.

retained players ahead of the mega auction. The rules for this year were tweaked by the BCCI with franchises allowed up to six retentions, which can include a maximum of five capped players and two uncapped players. However, retaining six players will come with a price of Rs 79 crore, which will leave only Rs 41 crore in the auction as the total purse for each team is Rs 120 crore. Further, the teams can use Right to Match (RTM) cards if with a number of RTMs equal to six minus the number of direct retentions. For example, if a team retains three players, it will have three RTMs available.

Kagiso Rabada has dethroned Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah as the top bowler in the latest ICC Men's Test Player Rankings released on Wednesday. Rabada has claimed the No.1 spot on the back of strong form for SA during the ongoing World Test Championship, with the right-armer taking his 300th Test wicket during the recent seven-wicket triumph over Bangladesh in Mirpur. Bumrah, who failed to take a single wicket in the second Test against New Zealand in Pune, has dropped two places and is now third, behind Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood, who has moved up to second. Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has also dropped two spots to be fourth with Australia skipper Pat Cummins rounding up the top five among bowlers.

New Zealand's impressive triumph over India in the first Test in Bengaluru has had significant ramifications on the race to qualify for next year's ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 final. The Black Caps chased down their victory target of 107 with relative ease on Sunday, with the win propelling them from sixth to fourth in the updated standings, with a win-loss percentage of 44.44%, according to the ICC. While India remain at the top of the standings, the loss has somewhat weakened their hold on a place in next year's final, as their percentage drops to 68.06% ahead of two more Tests against New Zealand and a five-match series with Australia at the end of the year.

ALSO READ: Netizens in awe after Afghanistan stun Australia in T20 World Cup, say: ‘Success is the sweetest revenge’Afghanistan defended their total of 148 for six and restricted Australia to just 127. Gulbadin Naib's four wicket haul overpowered Pat Cummins's hat-trick, following which the Australians fell like pack of cards. Stats wise, this is the first loss for Australia against Afghanistan in 6 international matches.After the victory, the Afghan players celebrated in the most unique fashion – dancing to the tunes of Dwayne Bravo's iconic song, ‘Champion’.Apart from the players – including captain Rashid Khan, pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi and Mohammad Nabi – even the Afghan coach Jonathan Trott could be seen dancing on the song.ALSO READ: AFG vs AUS T20 World Cup: Resilient Afghanistan stage a comeback, defeat Australia by 21 runs"It's massive win for us as a team and as a nation.

ALSO READ: AFG vs AUS T20 World Cup: Resilient Afghanistan stage a comeback, defeat Australia by 21 runsAustralia's Pat Cummins picked up three wickets. It was a hat-trick with the wickets of Rashid Khan, Karim Janat and Gulbadin Naib.

Afghanistan pulled off a monumental 21-run upset over Australia in the T20 World Cup, with Gulbadin Naib’s four-wicket haul overshadowing Pat Cummins’ hat-trick. Afghanistan defended their total of 148 for six, securing their first-ever win over Australia in international cricket. Australia were bowled out for 127 in 19.2 overs in the Super Eight contest, now facing potential early elimination from the World Cup. They must win against India and hope Afghanistan loses to Bangladesh. Afghanistan avenged their ODI World Cup defeat in Mumbai, where Maxwell had previously snatched victory from them. Skipper Rashid Khan expressed immense pride in the team's performance, highlighting Naib’s impactful bowling and Nabi’s early dismissal of Warner. The result has thrown Group 1 wide open, with both Australia and Afghanistan having one win each, while India leads with two wins. The final Super Eight matches will be crucial in determining which teams advance to the semi-finals, with all four teams in Group 1 still having a chance to make it through.

Gautam Gambhir addressed his future as the head coach of the men's national team and stated that he isn't «looking far ahead» as he is in a «happy space» at the moment. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is evaluating the next head coach as the stint of Rahul Dravid is about to reach its conclusion following the end of the T20 World Cup 2024 in June. Gambhir has been heavily linked with the role, with many former cricketers backing the 2011 World Cup winner to thrive as the head coach of the Indian team.

Also Read: Suryakumar Yadav - Jasprit Bumrah power India to 47-run victory. Rohit says ‘ we had class bowlers’India has won the last four times it has faced Bangladesh in the T20 format and has lost only once in the duo’s entire T20 match history. The match comes one rest day after India crushed Afghanistan, winning by 43 runs and showcasing its unbeaten form.

Australia on Friday. Cummins' 3 wickets came at a crucial stage in the match and ensured Bangladesh failed to cross the 150-run mark.Cummins took his first two wickets with the last two deliveries of the 18th over, while his final scalp came with the first ball of the 20th over.

Australia great Ricky Ponting presented the ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year award to the star Aussie pacer Pat Cummins at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Thursday. Ponting, an ICC Hall of Famer and winner of the same accolade in 2006 and 2007, presented his compatriot with the trophy to celebrate his work in 2023. Cummins led his country to a great year as captain of both the Test and One Day International teams, defeating India at The Oval to win the World Test Championship, followed by a victory over the same opponent in the ODI World Cup final in Ahmedabad.

Pat Cummins took a hat-trick against Bangladesh in their Super Eight match at the T20 World Cup in Antigua on Thursday. The test and one-day skipper bowled Mahmudullah for two, had Mahedi Hasan caught for a duck by Adam Zampa at deep third man and then dismissed Towhid Hridoy for 40 when the batter scooped to Josh Hazlewood at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. It was Cummins's first hat-trick in international cricket and also the first of the tournament, which is being co-hosted by the West Indies and United States.

T20 World Cup here with the outcome set to influence Super Eight qualification. With Australia having already booked one spot for the Super Eight from Group B, Scotland and England are in race for the second position. Scotland will go through if they beat Australia or even if their contest is washed out, but in case of a defeat to the Mitchell Marsh-led side and England winning against Namibia hours earlier, the Scotswould miss the bus. For England, a win over Namibia is a must and if the Australians do them a favour by beating Scotland, chances will only brighten up.

Namibia Innings Highlights : Australia vs Namibia Live Score: Namibia Bernard Scholtz 0 (2) Merwe Erasmus 11 (26) Australia Adam Zampa 4/12 (4) Australia vs Namibia Live Score: OUT! TIMBER! Number 4 for Zampa. 100th T20I widket for him. A lovely googly, this lands outside off and spins back in.

Venue : Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Australia squad - David Warner, Tim David, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Marsh, Josh Inglis, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa, Ashton Agar, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Pat Cummins England squad - Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Jos Buttler, Phil Salt, Adil Rashid, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood, Reece Topley, Tom Hartley Australia vs England Match Details Match 17 of ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 2024 between Australia and England to be held at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados at 10:30 PM.

Australia's first Twenty20 World Cup warm-up match took an unusual turn on Tuesday when the team could only field nine players instead of the standard 11 for their game against Namibia, resulting in the chief selector and coach stepping in to complete the squad. The T20 World Cup starts on Saturday and is being held in the United States and the Caribbean. At Trinidad’s Queen’s Park Oval, the Australians secured an easy victory. They restricted Namibia to 119-9 after the African team was sent in to bat. Australia, led by David Warner’s unbeaten 54, chased down the target, scoring 123-3 in just 10 overs, winning by seven wickets. Selection chief George Bailey and fielding coach Andre Borovec, wearing unmarked shirts, joined the field after Australia captain Mitch Marsh won the toss. Bailey, 41, a former international cricketer and one of Australia’s best fielders, and Borovec, 46, a former wicketkeeper for Geelong in the Victorian Premier Cricket league, played as substitutes. Later, Cricket Australia reported that batting coach Brad Hodge and head coach Andrew McDonald also took to the field when Marsh and Josh Hazlewood spent time off.

IPL season victory, KKR set a record for the fewest losses suffered by a team in a single tournament.With an 8-wicket victory over SRH in the tournament final, KKR, led by Shreyas Iyer, claimed their third championship.The Knight Riders only gave up three losses in the IPL 2024, and that's a record in itself. No other team in IPL history conceded only three games while becoming the champion.

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins admitted that they failed to get enough runs on the board and would have stayed in the final if they reached 160 against Kolkata Knight Riders at Chepauk. On a night when clouds hovered over the MA Chidambaram Stadium, the red soil surface provided the ideal platform for the KKR quicks to express themselves. KKR vs SRH: The highlights

ALSO READ: Shreyas Iyer drops bomb ahead of IPL 2024 final, says ‘no one’ paid attention to his injury concerns after ODI World CupWith Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders to face Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad for the IPL 2024 finals on Sunday, RCB fan page on social media site reddit, posted a meme which says, 'I just hope both teams loose'. The post has gone viral and netizens have started commenting on it.One wrote, "Iyer bhai should get that cup and silence the silencer , though I have nothing against cummins.

Suresh Raina said Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) should back their batting-first approach in the upcoming final match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Sunday. Speaking to JioCinema, Raina said that Pat Cummins' presence in the SRH squad will be a key point since the Sunrisers skipper has already won the ODI World Cup recently. The former CSK cricketer added the SRH skipper knows how to keep the dressing room running.