With seven wickets in two matches in the ongoing Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuldeep Yadav is relishing bowling on pitches he terms as ‘perfect for wrist-spinners’. The left-arm wrist-spinner was part of India’s victorious ICC Champions Trophy campaign in Dubai in February-March this year, but said the pitches back then…
After a delayed start to the Asia Cup match between Pakistan and the UAE in Dubai on Wednesday, owing to the former’s threat of forfeiting the contest, International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Andy Pycroft remained on the roster for the contest. The PCB had lodged a formal complaint to the ICC on Monday against…
LIVE UPDATES More to follow… TOSS UAE won the toss and opted to bowl first. LINE-UPS Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Mohammed Haris, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha (captain), Hasan Nawaz, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf UAE: Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Waseem (captain), Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra, Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik,…
With a slight breeze tempering the stifling heat in the bustling metropolis, India’s batters went about finding the middle of their willows while the bowlers tested the ideal lengths to hit at the International Cricket Council Academy nets on Monday evening. The Indian team has had a month-long break after a gruelling five-Test series in…
The latest edition of the Asia Cup begins on September 9 and will return to the T20 format this year, serving as preparation for the ICC T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the 2022 Asia Cup, the last time the tournament was played in the T20 format, defeating Pakistan by…