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

All the news stories that hogged the headlines today.

By Ameya Barve

Updated - 08 Jul 2020, 20:36 IST

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Reports: BCCI shortlists Mumbai and UAE as possible venues for IPL 2020

  • The fate of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is still not clear this year due to the pandemic.
  • But with the other sports and international cricket resuming, the BCCI is pondering to use the September-November window to stage the tournament.
  • Though the announcement is yet to come, the T20 World Cup scheduled to take place in Australia is set to be postponed.
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‘Asia Cup 2020 is cancelled’ – Sourav Ganguly feels health of the players is of utmost importance

  • The COVID-19 outbreak has disrupted the schedule of many sporting events.
  • Be it the T20 World Cup in Australia on the thirteenth edition of the IPL, many tours and tournaments had to be indefinitely postponed in the wake of the pandemic.
  • Asia Cup 2020, which was set to be held in the UAE in September this year, has also been cancelled in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.
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England’s team huddle maintains social distancing as rain delays first Test against West Indies

  • From the press box to England’s team huddles, everywhere social distancing was the common norm ahead of the toss.
  • The toss and the play, however, was delayed due to rain.
  • As the match progresses, the world will witness a few significant changes in the game including the ban on usage of salvia, no neutral umpires, more DRS per innings, and no handshakes of high-fives.
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‘I saw him running on the boundaries of the roof’ – Sourav Ganguly recalls an encounter with a ghost from his childhood

‘We will have a word with Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri’ – Sourav Ganguly on team India’s performance overseas

  • Lately, the performance of Indian cricket team hasn’t been upto the mark. The team performed poorly on the tour of New Zealand during the early months of the year.
  • Though they whitewashed the Black Caps in T20I series, the team was thrashed badly in the One-day Internationals and Tests.
  • Winning overseas has been a big problem for the Virat Kohli-led side and the New Zealand tour again exposed this issue.
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Waqar Younis reveals why Pakistan haven’t defeated India over the last few World Cups

  • A cricket match between arch-rivals India and Pakistan is the most-anticipated game of any ICC tournament.
  • Due to the political tension between the two nations, the Indian and Pakistan cricket team face each other in the ICC tournaments only.
  • The two nations haven’t played any bilateral series against each other since 2012.
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Sourav Ganguly explains the reason of being late for the toss during the 2001 Test series

  • Former Indian captain and BCCI current president Sourav Ganguly is widely recognized as the person who has changed the shape of the Indian cricket team.
  • Ganguly’s aggressive outlook towards the game helped India in winning matches both at home and abroad.
  • He captained the Indian cricket team for a period of five years from 2000 to 2005.
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Jason Holder is the most underrated all-rounder currently in the world: Sachin Tendulkar

  • Ahead of the much-awaited first Test at Southampton, former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has said that he thinks Windies skipper Jason Holder is probably the most underrated all-rounder currently in the world.
  • The ‘Little Master’ pointed out Holder’s vital contribution in both the departments and said that he is a ‘terrific’ player to have in any side.
  • West Indies haven’t won a series in England since 1988, something that Jason Holder and his troops will aim to change this time.
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MS Dhoni is not thinking about retirement, determined to play IPL, says his manager

  • MS Dhoni, irrespective of the fact he is playing or not, keeps hogging the limelight without doing much.
  • There is always a discussion going around his retirement or something else.
  • With him turning 39 on July 7, once again there has been a talk about the veteran returning to the field and his childhood friend and manager Mihir Diwakar has confirmed that Dhoni isn’t thinking about retirement at all.
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