Kohli to play county cricket ahead of Eng tour
new Delhi: India captain Virat Kohli is all set to play county cricket in his bid to prepare for the upcoming Test series against England in August-September. While it is yet to be ascertained which county Kohli will represent, it could be london-based Surrey in all likelihood. It is learnt that the Indian captain's sole focus is on the five Test series against England and he is ready to miss the one off Test against Afghanistan starting 14 June as he will be busy with his county stint. "Virat Kohli will be playing for the top English County side Surrey in the month of June. The BCCI has allowed him to fully focus on the England Test series along with Cheteshwar Pujara (Yorkshire), Ravichandran Ashwin (Warwickshire) and Ishant Sharma (Sussex). Virat will miss the Test match against Afghanistan in Bangalore from June 14-18," COA chief Vinod Rai said.
Afghanistan qualify for 2019 World Cup
harare: Afghanistan qualified for its second Cricket World Cup after beating Ireland by five wickets in Harare on Friday. The Afghans made their Cricket World Cup debut in 2015, and join fellow qualifier the West Indies at the tournament next year in England and Wales. They and the West Indies also play in the qualifying tournament final on Sunday. Afghanistan benefited when tournament host Zimbabwe, the favorite with the West Indies to advance, choked on Thursday when it lost to associate side the United Arab Emirates. In the decider on Friday for the last qualifying berth, Afghanistan restricted fellow new test side Ireland to 209-7 in 50 overs. legspinner Rashid Khan claimed 3-40 to become the fastest bowler to reach 100 one-day international wickets.
Thiruvananthapuram to host India-WI ODI
Kerala: The general body meeting of the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) here on Saturday cleared the decision that the KCA executive has taken to hold the November 1 One-Day International (ODI) between Indian and the visiting West Indies team in the state capital city of Thiruvananthapuram. After the meeting KCA secretary Jayesh George said that the meeting has passed its decision to hold the match at Thiruvananthapuram." It was an unanimous decision that was taken at the general body meeting and it is now confirmed that the match will be held at Thiruvananthapuram," said George.
Aadil sizzles with golden double
mumbai: Promising Mumbai paddler Aadil Anand turned in a sterling display to clinch a golden double to lead India's medal charge at the 2018 Tunisia Junior and Cadet Open in the harbour city of Rades, Tunisia on Friday. Overall, the young lads bagged a rich haul of two gold, two silver and two bronze medals for the country in the ITTF Junior World Junior Circuit tournament.