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Published - 28 May 2020, 20:16 IST | Updated - 28 May 2020, 20:16 IST

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The ongoing Coronavirus pandemic has led to the cricketing action being stopped almost all over the world
During this period, many cricket experts and former players have picked their all-time XIs in respective formats.
And India’s former first-class cricketer and senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai and has joined the bandwagon now as he picked the country’s all-time XI in the ODI format.
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Cricket Australia (CA) has put forth its entire international schedule, starting August 9 with a Men’s ODI series against Zimbabwe and ending with a one-off T20I versus New Zealand on February 2, 2021.
Cricket in the country came to a halt in March after the hosts’ first ODI versus the Black Caps at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Their home Tests against Bangladesh also had to be cancelled.
However, with the restrictions in Australia being loosened, CA is optimistic about the games going ahead as per schedule provided the coronavirus doesn’t play spoilsport.
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Since the inception of Indian Premier League, many global, as well as Indian stars, have taken the tournament by storm.
Meanwhile, at a time when the sporting scenario is at a standstill, South Africa‘s JP Duminy dished out an all-time IPL XI for his fans.
To start off his side, Duminy went with the left-handed opening duo of Chris Gayle and Adam Gilchrist.
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Jemimah Rodrigues has been the shining light of the India Women’s team on and off the field.
Having made her international debut at an early age of 18, she has played 16 ODIs and 44 T20Is already and was also the part of the team that reached the final of the T20 World Cup earlier this year.
Like many, Jemimah has also been stuck at home during the pandemic but has been entertaining her fans with her frequent social media appearances.
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MS Dhoni, who led the national side from 2007 to 2016 in the limited-overs format and 2008 to 2014 in Tests, is considered as one of the most successful skippers of India
The veteran has been away from the sport since almost a year now but his popularity and fan-following fails to diminish.
Many former CSK players have often hailed Dhoni’s decisions and instincts on the field.
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India indeed won the 2007 T20 World Cup final against Pakistan in Johannesburg.
However, Harbhajan Singh didn’t have the best of days. He didn’t even complete his quota, leaking 36 runs in the three overs he bowled.
It could be one of the reasons why the then skipper MS Dhoni went for the inexperienced Joginder Sharma to bowl the last over ahead of the Punjab off-spinner.
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Keshav Banerjee, MS Dhoni’s childhood coach, believes that the veteran wicketkeeper has the potential to play the T20 World Cup in Australia even if the tournament gets postponed.
Currently, reports of the mega event being deferred have been doing the rounds.
However, apex cricket board, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is yet to officially announce the same.
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Prior to India’s four-match Test series against Australia, Afghanistan are scheduled to play a Day-Night Test versus the Aussies, starting November 21 in Perth.
The Afghans have played four Tests thus far, but for the maiden time they will be playing with the pink-ball under the lights.
The Asian country got Test status in 2017 and their last match was against the West Indies in Lucknow.
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India, in 2007, became the Champions of the T20 format winning the inaugural World Cup edition under MS Dhoni’s captaincy.
It was a team effort as a whole and the pace bowler Sreesanth had also played an important role.
Though he could scalp only six wickets in seven matches, five of them came in the last three matches against South Africa (must-win game), Australia (Semi-final) and Pakistan (Final).
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Tom Moody, the former Australian cricketer, feels that the Pakistan Super League (PSL) has helped Pakistan unearth a number of talented cricketers.
However, he mentioned that the domestic structure should also be focussed on for the betterment of cricket in the country.
The 54-year-old Moody said that the current Pakistan team doesn’t quite have the firepower lower down the order.
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