Top Stories: Things that made news in the cricket world today

Yuzvendra Chahal enters top 10 in the latest ICC ODI rankings

• Jadeja jumped 16 places to sit at No.25 among bowlers in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings.
• For India, Ambati Rayudu, who showed promise at two-down in the batting order, moved up by 24 places to No.48 with a career-best 553 points.
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India, Virat Kohli retain top ranks in Tests

• Even though India have lost two major overseas Test series this year, it has not affected their ranking in the longest format.
• Kohli, however, was not the highest run-getter for India in their latest Test series, which they played against the Windies.
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Ranji Trophy 2018-19: Railways vs Mumbai game has father and son on the opposite sides

• What’s even more encouraging for them is that Siddesh is still batting on 80 which means his father is yet to get on with his task.
• This is, however, not the first time that Dinesh and Siddesh have found themselves in opponent teams.
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Rohit Sharma should go out and express himself in Australia: Sachin Tendulkar

• Former batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar feels Rohit Sharma should go out and play his natural game in the Test series down under.
• The right-handed batsman has been given a recall for the Test squad to face Australia in their home soil in December.
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Pakistan vs New Zealand: Mohammad Amir dropped from the 15-man ODI squad against Kiwis

• The second match is scheduled to be played today at Dubai International Cricket Stadium followed by the last match on Sunday.
• Thereafter, the teams will lock horns in a three-match One Day International series, which gets underway on Wednesday.
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Mzansi Super League 2018: Chris Gayle confirmed for the first weekend of the T20 extravaganza

• The Mzansi Super League is set to get underway on Friday, November 16 and will continue until Sunday, December 16.
• The event consists of 32 matches. Cape Town Blitz and Tshwane Spartans are set to lock horns in the opening match.
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‘Monkeygate’ incident led to my downfall: Andrew Symonds

• Former Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has opened up on how the “Monkeygate” controversy in 2007-08 Test series down under lead him to alcohol abuse.
• The series was also known for too many umpiring errors which eventually denied India a possible series win down under.
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PCB extends Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad’s ban

• Amidst all the chaos surrounding his career, he has been added to the player pool for the fourth edition of the Pakistan Super League next year.
• His last international appearance came when Sarfraz Ahmed’s Pakistan toured Scotland for a two-match T20I series in June.
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Australia vs South Africa: Aaron Finch survives an injury scare ahead of the ODI series

• He also left the venue after some time which raised doubts over his participation only to get eventually cleared of any serious injury.
• Tim Paine was handed over the full-time captaincy of the Australian team after the debacle but he failed to bring the desired results.
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19-year-old K.V. Harikrishnan scores a T20 double hundred; dreams to play IPL

• In the Alliance T20 League that is currently going on in Dubai, 19-year-old K.V. Harikrishnan has broken into the headlines by scoring a double century.
• He went bonkers right from the start of the innings. Harikrishnan was unbeaten on 208 off 78 balls in the game.
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Cricket, especially Test, requires Steve Smith: Ian Bell

• Warner, too, is under the same ban, along with another Australian Cameron Bancroft. Darren Lehmann, who was the coach of the Australian side then, also stepped down.
• Smith, 29, average over 61 in Tests with 6,199 runs in 64 matches with 23 hundreds. He has been playing franchise-based T20 cricket since his ban.
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Australia vs South Africa: Proteas don’t plan to taunt hosts for the ball-tampering debacle

• After the fiasco in March, Australia are again set to lock horns with the Proteas in three ODIs and one T20I, this time around at home.
• Du Plessis’ men didn’t make an impressive start to the tour. They locked horns with the Prime Ministers XI at the Manuka Oval in Canberra.
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Krunal Pandya aspires to be like MS Dhoni

• But the all-rounder has certainly learnt a lot during his short stint with the national team and is in awe of the veteran MS Dhoni for the way he carries himself.
• Although Krunal Pandya has been selected in the Indian squad, Hardik Pandya is not the part of the team.
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Arjun Tendulkar shines with a six-fer in Mahindra Shield U-19 tournament

• Arjun Tendulkar, the son of the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, has been making the news for quite a while now.
• For the time being, opportunities only remain for him at the first-class level as the speedster isn’t a part of the limited-overs setup.
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India vs Windies: Ravindra Jadeja clears the tension after ruling over MS Dhoni in DRS

• There are only a few apart from MS Dhoni when it comes to reading the situation of the game and calling for the decision review system.
• Jadeja bowled it flatter and around the middle-stump. Hetmyer was a touch late in putting his bat down with the ball taking a little bit of spin.
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