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Anil Kumble "Rose Above And Beyond Call Of Duty", Says VVS Laxman As He Recalls Antigua Test

Anil Kumble bowled with a heavily strapped broken jaw during the Antigua Test in 2002 and claimed the wicket of Brian Lara.

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"Hope You're Not Blowing Batteries": Yuvraj Singh Posts Hilarious Birthday Wish For Dinesh Karthik

Wishes poured in for Dinesh Karthik on his 35th birthday.

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Happy birthday Dinesh Karthik: Virat Kohli, Harbhajan Singh, Shikhar Dhawan and others wish the cricketer

Dinesh Karthik, captain of the IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders, celebrated his 35th birthday on Monday. Karthik made his ODI debut for India as a 19-year-old in late 2004. He was also a part of the T20 World Cup winning team in 2007.

A number of players and cricketing boards extended their wishes to Karthik on his birthday.

The International Cricket Council tweeted, “Happy birthday to India wicket-keeper batsman, Dinesh Karthik," through a Twitter post. ICC also highlighted that Karthik has played 26 Tests, 94 ODIs and 32 T20Is, scoring 3,176 international runs.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) wished Karthik Happy Birthday as well.

Indian skipper Virat Kohli wished the cricketer and wrote, “May this year bring you loads of happiness and success.”

In a Twitter post, Team India’s opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan wrote, “Happy birthday Dinesh Karthik bro, have a great one. Stay blessed.”

Rohit Sharma, the captain of Mumbai Indians in IPL, thanked Karthik for his memorable knock in the final of the Nidahas Trophy.

His IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders too offered their wishes writing, “D (calm) and K (omposed) leader of the pack turns a year younger! “#Happy Birthday Dinesh Karthik – Let the wishes pour in!”

Veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravichandran Ashwin greeted Karthik on the occasion.



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Steve Smith ready to play in IPL if T20 World Cup is postponed due to COVID-19

Australian batting star Steve Smith on Monday said he would be willing to take part in the IPL if the T20 World Cup scheduled in his country for October-November is postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The BCCI is eyeing a September-October window for the indefinitely postponed IPL.

Smith, who was named Rajasthan Royals captain ahead of the scheduled season, said he would be open to travelling for the IPL if the Australian government thinks it is safe.

File image of Australia batsman and former captain Steve Smith. AP

File image of Australia batsman and former captain Steve Smith. AP

"I think when you're playing for your country at a World Cup, that's the pinnacle for one-day or T20 cricket, so of course I'd prefer to play in that," Smith said after returning to training with the New South Wales squad on Monday.

"But if that doesn't happen and the IPL's there, and they postpone it, then so be it. IPL's also a terrific tournament as a domestic tournament.

"So that's out of everyone's control at the moment, players are just doing what we're told and going where we need to go and playing whatever's on at that stage."

Last week, it was reported that Cricket Australia wrote to the International Cricket Council to postpone the T20 World Cup to 2021. The fate of the event is expected to be decided on June 10 when the ICC meets.

"I personally haven't really thought about it, I think it'd just be going off the advice of the professionals and the governments and essentially doing what we're told.

"If that happens then great, if not then there's just so much going on in the world right now that cricket kind of seems a little bit irrelevant. So we'll get back when we're told to and until then it is sit tight, get fit and strong and freshen up mentally," said Smith.

Asked about the ICC Cricket Committee recommending a ban on the use of saliva on the ball, Smith said it would hard to find a substitute to that.

"I've always been one to want a fair contest between bat and ball, so if that's taken away, even as a batter I don't think that's great. Whether they can find other ways with certain things, it'll be hard.

"I actually spit on my hands most balls and that's how I get grip and stuff. So that might take some adjusting to certain things like that, but that's something for the ICC to figure out what they want to do going forward and different regulations," he said.

Besides the IPL and the T20 World Cup, there are question marks over the scheduling of the inaugural World Test Championship in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis.

Smith would like to see the ongoing Championship retained.

"It'd be ideal if we can keep that going. It's the first one we've had and we're all working towards hopefully playing at Lord's in mid-June (2021), we were all working towards that...

"...so it'd be good if we could carry on with that, but I don't know, everything is sort of up in the air at the moment with everything going on around the world. So we'll wait and see where everything lands," he added.



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"Respect Him But Don't Fear Him": Young Pakistan Pacer On Bowling To Virat Kohli

Young Pakistan pace sensation Naseem Shah is looking forward to the challenge of bowling to Virat Kohli.

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Steve Smith Says "In Best Shape" After Break As Australian Players Resume Training

Top Australian cricketers resumed training on Monday at the Sydney Olympic Park with batting mainstay Steve Smith saying that he is in his best shape in years.

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Irfan Pathan Recalls Sledging Shoaib Akhtar With MS Dhoni In 2006 Test Against Pakistan

Irfan Pathan recalled how he and MS Dhoni had astutely negated Shoaib Akhtar's reverse-swing by sledging the bowler into bowling short stuff.

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