Pakistan wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal is of the opinion that the team will have an advantage in the upcoming T20 World Cup in the UAE. After the ghastly attack on the Sri Lanka team in 2009 in Pakistan, the latter had switched their home ground to UAE, and since then have played their majority of cricket there.
According to a report in Deccan Chronicle, for the first time in recent history, the visiting Indian team was not garlanded at the Taj Samudra hotel in Colombo on Monday. Of course, the move was taken keeping in mind the Covid-19 protocols.
After the T20 World Cup was shifted out of India, BCCI secretary Jay Shah said that the "safety of players and other stakeholders" was the prime reason behind shifting the tournament to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). "We wanted to apprise you that we have discussed this issue with ICC and have had several rounds of discussions internally," Jay Shah said in a letter to all members of BCCI.
The match match saw the emergence of Yuvraj Singh from a young player to a star as his all-around performance took India to victory against the mighty England side
Batsman Marnus Labuschagne, who is being touted as the next Australian skipper, was forced to pull out of a T20 Blast game for his county Glamorgan following Covid-19 scare. The 27-year-old Labuschagne was withdrawn from the match against Middlesex on Sunday night after his teammate Nick Selman tested positive for coronavirus. The international star was deemed a potential close contact.
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Sri Lankan cricket suffered a major embarrassment on Monday after three of its players -- Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis and Danushka Gunathilaka -- were suspended for breaching the teams bio-bubble here on Sunday night. The three will be flown back home, but it is unlikely the series will be in jeopardy.