March 3 Morning Brief: Today's top news and headlines from the cricketing world

1. Kieron Pollard skips PSL game to attend Anant Ambani's wedding

Kieron Pollard is playing for Karachi Kings in PSL 2024 and is the highest run scorer of the team (READ MORE)

2. IPL 2024: James Franklin replaces Dale Steyn as SRH bowling coach

Former New Zealand all-rounder James Franklin is set to take over the reins as the bowling coach for Sunrisers Hyderabad, stepping in for Dale Steyn (READ MORE)

3. Report: Ajit Agarkar furious with Shreyas Iyer's KKR academy visit

Notably, Agarkar was responsible for finalizing the contracts in the role of chief selector and hence decided to exclude Iyer’s name from the list of contracted players (READ MORE)

4. T20 World Cup 2024: Rs 1.84 Crore! Insane demand for India vs Pakistan match tickets

India and Pakistan are set to collide in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 on June 9 in New York and fans are dishing out huge amounts of money to book their tickets to the mega clash (READ MORE)

5. Hopefully, we will inspire some people back home to want to be Test match cricketers: Andrew Balbirnie

Ireland defeated Afghanistan in the one-off Test in Abu Dhabi to register their first win in the longest format of the game (READ MORE)

6. BAN vs SL: Jaker Ali replaces Aliss Islam in T20I squad

Wicketkeeper-batter Jaker Ali Anik will be replacing off-spinner Aliss Al Islam, who is sidelined due to a finger injury sustained while playing for Comilla Victorians in the BPL (READ MORE)

7. 'For me to come back, a lot of things have to be right' - Tamim Iqbal opens up on potential Bangladesh comeback

The former Bangladesh captain announced his retirement from international cricket in July last year (READ MORE)

8. Reports: RCB, KKR and CSK in line to sign Sarfaraz Khan ahead of IPL 2024

Sarfaraz Khan had a dream start to his Test career as he registered twin fifties in his first international outing during the third Test against England in Rajkot (READ MORE)

9. IPL 2024: Deepak Chahar joins CSK camp in Chennai

The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have commenced their pre-season camp in Chennai, all eyes are on pacer Deepak Chahar, who is gearing up for a potential national comeback (READ MORE)

10. 'We are looking forward to defeating Multan' - Hasan Ali expresses team's motivation of defeating their fierce rivals in upcoming match

Hasan expressed satisfaction with Karachi Kings' overall cricket performance, despite two close losses, emphasizing the positive aspect of the team's determined fight in those matches (READ MORE)