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

BCCI announces India squad for last two Tests against England

• The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced India’s squad for the last two Tests against England.
• Reports had earlier surfaced that Shami and Navdeep Saini were recovering well and could be available for the Pink Ball Test.
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IPL 2021: New Zealand cricketers to be available for entire season

• New Zealand cricketers are set to be available for the entire 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
• Previously, going by reports, the Black Caps cricketers were expected to miss the IPL knockouts due to national duties.
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IPL 2021: MS Dhoni, Stephen Fleming to not attend the auction in Chennai

• Contrary to expectations, MS Dhoni will not attend the IPL 2021 auction with the Chennai Super Kings camp on Thursday.
• Apart from Dhoni, head coach Stephen Fleming will not attend the auction either.
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Ravi Ashwin and Rohit Sharma level up in ICC Test Player rankings after 2nd Test in Chennai

• The Mumbai batsman’s career-best position was attained in October 2019.
• Wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva (up 33 places to 78th) and left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican (up three places to 59th).
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Babar Azam is among top five batsmen in the world at the moment: Rashid Khan

• The new season of the Pakistan Super League is all set to be played from February 2020 in Karachi.
• In his latest interview, Khan stated that Azam is among the top five batsmen in the cricket world currently.
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‘One good Test match doesn’t make you a good wicketkeeper’- Michael Vaughan on Rishabh Pant needing to get better

• Michael Vaughan, the former England cricketer, reckons that Rishabh Pant needs to work on his keeping skills.
• He didn’t look in much stress while keeping to Ravi Ashwin and Axar Patel on a rank-turner.
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