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

Bangladesh cricketers go on strike with 11 demands, India tour under threat

• Bangladesh are scheduled to play a three-match T20I series in India followed by a two-match Test series.
• The tour gets underway on Sunday, November 3 with the 20-overs fixtures at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.
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Abdul Qadir’s son Usman gets Pakistan call-up for Australia T20Is

• The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a 16-man squad for the three-match T20I series in the upcoming tour of Australia.
• Left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Irfan, who last played a T20I back in March 2016, has been called back into the mix.
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Australia vs Pakistan: Visitors name a new-look 16-man squad for the Test series

• Pakistan have called up a couple of teenage players in the Test squad for the upcoming Australia tour.
• Fakhar Zaman who was picked to replicate his limited-overs success in the longest format has also been left out.
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‘I am waiting for the overseas challenge’ – Rohit Sharma

• The constant drive to improve and not rest on the past laurels is what separates champions from average cricketers.
• Rohit Sharma may have taken Test match opening as fish takes to water, the right-handed batsman is not reading much into it.
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Rohit Sharma can break Steve Smith’s record, feels Shoaib Akhtar

• In his debut match as a Test opener in Vishakhapatnam, Rohit became only the sixth Indian to score back-to-back tons in a single Test.
• After a rare blip in Pune, Rohit managed to put another masterclass in the third Test in Ranchi.
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Misbah-ul-Haq clears air over Sarfaraz Ahmed, says no conspiracy against him

• The wicketkeeper-batsman has not only lost the captaincy in Tests and T20Is but also his place in the team.
• He has said that the message is clear to the former captain and all players that performance only matters to be in the team.
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‘Jasprit Bumrah is mentally strong and will comeback stronger,’ – Irfan Pathan optimistic about pacer’s comeback

• BCCI had asked him to get treatment of his back injury which is fatal from Team India’s perspective.
• In the last two or three years, the Gujarat-born player has become a spearhead of Team India’s bowling attack.
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Reports: PCB offers Sri Lanka to play two-match Test series in Pakistan

• Sri Lanka Cricket board set an example in front of the world after touring Pakistan for a cricket banter.
• This was the first-ever long visit of the islanders to the green flag nation after the 2009 horrific attack on their national team.
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