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Afghanistan vs Ireland in UAE 2024

<p>Ahead of IPL 2024, Afghanistan T20I captain Rashid Khan warmed up nicely with eight wickets in the three-T20I series against Ireland to jump four places in ICC T20I bowler rankings. </p>

Afghanistan T20I captain in action against Ireland (Getty Images)

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After 8 wickets in comeback series against Ireland, Rashid Khan enters top 10 ICC T20I bowlers rankings

<p>Paul Sterling became first male batter to hammer 400 fours in T20 Internationals leaving behind Babar Azam in doing so. He achieved this feat during Ireland vs Afghanistan's 1st T20I.</p>

From left: Pakistan's Babar Azam, Ireland's Paul Sterling, India's Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in this frame. (Getty)

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Neither Virat Kohli, nor Babar Azam or Rohit Sharma! Ireland's Paul Sterling becomes 1st ever batter to clock this mega milestone in T20Is

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MI vs LSG Toss Update: Rishabh Pant dropped Shardul Thakur instead of Prince Yadav to make way for speed sensation Mayank Yadav.

Corbin Bosch has been handed his debut cap.

Mayank Yadav will play his first match since return.

Mitchell Santner suffered an injury and has been replaced by Karn Sharma.

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MI vs LSG Playing XIs: Rishabh Pant drops his highest wicket-taker for Mayank Yadav, Hardik Pandya makes 2 changes and hands debut to all-rounder who skipped PSL

DC vs RCB Predicted Playing XI: Royal Challengers Bengaluru are unlikely to make any changes to their winning combination. 

Faf du Plessis is yet to play a match at Delhi Capitals' original homeground.

The last time DC met RCB, they beat them by 6 wickets.

Virat Kohli is in contention for the orange cap. 

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DC vs RCB Predicted Playing XI: Axar Patel set to make one big change in top-order, Rajat Patidar unlikely to tinker

IPL 2025, KKR vs PBKS: Manoj Tiwary lashed out at Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting for sending Nehal Wadhera and Shashank Singh up the order in slog overs and backing foreign players over them.

Ricky Ponting's tactic to not send Nehal Wadhera to bat in slog overs baffled many.

Ponting promoted Glenn Maxwell up the order but once again he failed.

Marco Jansen could not justify the promotion either and departed for a single-digit score.

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IPL 2025, DC vs RCB: RCB's assistant coach believes Virat Kohli does not need to practice extra as he is constantly looking to improve.

Virat Kohli is RCB's leading run-scorer in IPL 2025.

Kohli is leading run-scorer against Delhi Capitals in IPL history. 

Kohli has the fourth-highest strike rate for RCB in IPL 2025 so far. 

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Mumbai Indians vs Lucknow Super Giants Prediction: Hardik Pandya's MI will look to end their losing streak against an unstable LSG.

Mumbai Indians have never beaten LSG at home.

Earlier this season, MI lost by 12 runs to LSG.

MI's only win against LSG came in IPL 2023 eliminator in Chennai.

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Weeks ahead of the England tour for five-Test series, former India head coach Ravi Shastri is happy with how Mohammed Siraj has come back after ICC Champions Trophy 2025 squad snub.

Mohammed Siraj was dropped from ICC Champions Trophy 2025 but kept in non-travelling reserves.

Siraj has taken 12 wickets for Gujarat Titans in IPL 2025 so far.

Ravi Shastri expects Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami to be fully fit for England tour.

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