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England rest Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer for Sri Lanka Tests

• England has announced their squad for the upcoming Test series in Sri Lanka.
• While England has named a strong squad for the tour, they have rested their star duo Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer in an attempt to minimize the bubble time for the all-rounders.
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Quinton de Kock appointed South Africa’s all-format captain

• Cricket South Africa(CSA) has named wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock as the captain of the Proteas team across all three formats.
• De Kock is already leading the side in One-day and T20 Internationals and now he would be donning the captain’s hat in the longest format of the game too.
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South Africa include three uncapped players in their squad for Sri Lanka Tests

• South Africa have announced their Test squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against Sri Lanka at home.
• After a lot of speculation, the series finally got the go-ahead from the Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday (December 10) and consequently, the series will take place as originally scheduled.
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Rohit Sharma passes fitness test; likely to play last two Tests in Australia

• Indian opener Rohit Sharma has passed the fitness test as he has been declared fit by the physios at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore.
• The Mumbai Indians’ attacking batsman injured his hamstring in IPL 2020 during the game against Kings XI Punjab.
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Cameron Green substituted out of warm-up game against India after being hit on the head

• Australia all-rounder Cameron Green was hit on the head by Jasprit Bumrahon Friday in the ongoing day-night warm-up game between Australia A and India in Sydney.
• Green immediately walked off the field and has now been substituted out of the entire game after suffering from concussion.
• The concerns for Australia increase now ahead of the first of the four-match Test series starting from December 17.
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