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C ricket has been of key significance when we talk of sports in general. With several cricketing leagues underway in several parts of the world, the key highlight from Monday, August 21 was India’s squad for Asia Cup 2023. Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar, along with Team India skipper Rohit Sharma announced the 17-member squad for the 50-over Asia Cup. While it had some surprise inclusions, the squad also had some prominent names miss out.
Here in this article, we’ll take you through all the news from the cricket arena.
Team India announces 17-member squad for Asia Cup 2023
The Men in Blue on Monday named a 17-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023. While the squad saw return of KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav was also named as the lone spinner in the 17-men squad. Additionally, Sanju Samson has been picked as a travelling reserve with KL Rahul suffering from a slight niggle.
Yuzvendra Chahal shares cryptic post after being dropped of Team India Asia Cup 2023 squad
A notable miss from the 17-member squad was Yuzvendra Chahal. The 33-year-old who first missed the 2021 T20 World Cup, followed by not getting a single game in the 2022 T20 World Cup last year, missed a place in the 17-member side also. After this snub from the squad for the 50-over Asia Cup, the leg-spinner took to social media to break his silence, sharing a cryptic post.
CEAT Cricket Rating Awards 2023: Shubman Gill bags two awards; Suryakumar Yadav, Deepti Sharma among winners
Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav have been honoured with the CEAT ODI Batter of the Year and CEAT T20I Batter of the Year awards, respectively, for their outstanding performances in 2023. The awards were announced at a gala ceremony where the best of the international cricketers were recognized based on their ratings by the CEAT Cricket Ratings (CCR). CLICK HERE to check the complete list.
It was truly inspirational: India legend Sachin Tendulkar reviews Abhishek Bacchan’s ‘Ghoomar’
Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar has praised Abhishek Bachchan and Saiyami Kher's latest film Ghoomer, calling it "truly inspirational" and "authentic". Tendulkar watched the film with his wife Anjali at a special screening in Mumbai and posed with the lead actress and the director, R Balki.
WATCH: Shafali Verma comments on Harmanpreet Kaur’s incident
Shafali Verma, the opening batter of the Indian women’s cricket team, has refused to share her view on Harmanpreet Kaur’s incident in Bangladesh, during an exclusive chat with a news portal on August 21, Monday. Instead, the 19-year-old focused her attention on how the players can do well for the team and the country in the upcoming matches in international cricket.
BCCI denies HCA's request for changes in ODI World Cup 2023 schedule: Reports
The Hyderabad Cricket Association had raised concerns over hosting two World Cup matches on consecutive days, as they had doubts about their capability to provide sufficient security at and around the venue. But the request to reschedule has been rejected by the BCCI on Monday, according to reports.
Harsha Bhogle explains Yuzvendra Chahal's snub from India's squad for Asia Cup 2023
Moments after the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced the 17-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023 in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, many fans raised concern over leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal's snub from the squad. Indian cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle took to social media to explain the selection criteria and the reason behind the RR spinner.
Hopefully Sharma & Kohli can bowl some arm-over: Rohit Sharma takes a hilarious dig
While addressing the media, answering a question on Kuldeep Yadav being the lone spinner in the side and Yuzvendra Chahal also missing out a place yet again, Rohit was caught taking a hilarious dig. In the video now going viral, Rohit can be seen quoting, “Hopefully Sharma and Kohli can roll some arm-over”, leaving everyone in splits. The conversation was further put to an end with Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar adding that the committee has convinced them to bowl a few over in the World Cup. WATCH the full video of the incident here.
Virat Kohli flaunts new hairdo ahead of Asia Cup and ODI World Cup; picture goes viral
Recently, Virat Kohli took to Twitter to flaunt his all-new look. The former India skipper took to his Twitter to share his new hairstyle which also saw him with pierced ears. The picture in no time has gone viral and has garnered more than 50.5K likes in less than an hour.
Nitish Rana announces move to Uttar Pradesh ahead of 2023-24 domestic season
India cricketer Nitish Rana is all set to join Uttar Pradesh after he announced his move from Delhi. The KKR skipper, recently took to Twitter to confirm his move to Uttar Pradesh, which comes ahead of 2023-24 domestic season.
