Sri Lanka cricket on Wednesday named T20I and ODI squad for the tour of Pakistan. Dasun Shanaka will lead the inexperienced T20I squad while Lahiru Thirimanne will be the captain for the ODIs.
Otherwise, the selection will remain pretty straightforward with only Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who isn't fully fit, likely to miss out. In that case, all-rounder Hardik Pandya could be back in the Test squad or else Navdeep Saini might come in as a back-up pacer.
Pant said he is working really hard to win more games for his country.
Sri Lanka Minister Harin Fernando has rejected claims made by Pakistan Minister Fawad Hussain Chaudhry that India forced the players of the island nation to opt out of their upcoming tour against the Men in Green.
One of the perks of being an Ashes-winning captain is having friends in high places, and Paine said he now had a direct line to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
After West Indies announced a new selection structure and policy on Monday, with the appointment of Kieron Pollard as the new captain across the white-ball formats, the “comprehensive review” they undertook will now also see the board search actively for a new head coach.
On the special occasion of the festival ‘Onam’, Tendulkar shared a Twitter post with an artist named Pranav, who sketches with his feet and presented Sachin with a caricature of his own.