Faisalabad shifted to Mohali
Chandigarh: They have got the green signal to compete in the Champions league Twenty20, but Faisalabad Wolves players were on Sunday forced to shift out of the city after it emerged that their visas were only valid for Mohali. The team, captained by Pakistan Test skipper Misbah-ul-Haq, arrived Saturday after finally getting the visa to travel to India to play in the event starting on Tuesday. But they were forced to shift out of their hotels here to the clubhouse of Punjab Cricket Association stadium at Mohali due to visa issues. “The PCA will accommodate them in the clubhouse for today and the BCCI is in touch with the Ministry of External Affairs and the Home Ministry to see that they get visa for Chandigarh also. We are hopeful that it will be done by tomorrow and they will be shifted back to the Chandigarh hotel,” PCA Joint Secretary G S Walia told reporters here. “There are some issues and they are being sorted out,” added Faisalabad coach Naveed Anjum.
Zim achieve career-best rankings
Dubai: Their historic Test win over Pakistan has propelled Zimbabwe’s cricketers to best-ever ICC rankings with skipper Brendan Taylor zooming up 15 rungs to be at a career-best 25th in the latest list issued on Sunday. Taylor’s rise came following knocks of 51 and 27 in the Harare Test, which Zimbabwe won by 24 runs on Saturday. Also moving up on the batting list was Hamilton Masakadza, who is now at 66th (up by 40 places) after his knocks of 75 and 44.
DDCA announces probables
New Delhi: The Delhi team’s probables list bore a star-studded look with all the senior and U-19 national team players included in the 28-member list for the upcoming Challenger Series starting in Indore on September 26. The list includes Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, the two out-of-favour seniors Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag, former India U-19 captain Unmukt Chand, pacer Ishant Sharma and Ashish Nehra. Also there is old domestic workhorses like Rajat Bhatia and Mithun Manhas. Expectedly, IPl dope offender Pradeep Sangwan has not made it to the probables list. Squad: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Mithun Manhas, Unmukt Chand, Rajat Bhatia, Puneet Bisht, Ishant Sharma, Parvinder Awana, Sumit Narwal, Ashish Nehra, Pawan Suyal, Vikas Mishra, Manan Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Milind Kumar, Varun Sood, Pawan Negi, Vaibhav Rawal, Khistij Sharma, Sunny Sehrawat, Shelly Shaurya, Dhruv Shorey, Yogesh Nagar, Jagrit Anand, Nitish Rana, Rahul Yadav. PNS/Agencies