Kumar Rupesh

The curtain raiser of the tournament will be played between the official hosts Bangladesh and Scotland at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Pakistan will take on their Asian rivals Sri Lanka in the second match of the day.

Once again, the World Boss and Roston Chase have been included in the central contracts. Deandra Dottin recently announced her decision to return to international cricket after announcing her retirement in 2022.

Rohit Sharma has slipped out of ICC's top ten Test batting rankings. Rohit has dropped five places to 15 whereas Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant and Virat Kohli are the only three Indian players who are a part of the top 10 batting rankings.

The two-match T20I series between the two teams had ended in a stalemate 1-1. Aiden Markram, who led South Africa during the T20I series, has been rested for the three-match ODI series.

Sarfaraz Khan has also achieved a rare record after scoring his Irani Cup hundred. Sarfaraz now has more first-class centuries to his credit compared to half-centuries. The right-handed batter has scored 15 hundreds and 14 fifties in the first-class circuit. He was released from India's Test squad.

Mohammed Shami has not played any competitive cricket following his heroic effort at the ODI World Cup 2023. Shami had finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker and played a monumental role in helping India play the final.

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Skipper Rohit Sharma and pacer Mohammed Siraj took two breathtaking catches during the Kanpur Test which shifted the momentum in India's favour. Even KL Rahul grabbed a sharp catch at leg slip to stun the visitors.

Klaus Bartonietz had replaced Uwe Hohn as Neeraj Chopra's coach. Neeraj and Klaus enjoyed a wonderful partnership as the pair tasted success at the Olympics, World Championships, and the Asian Games.

Karnataka's Ranji Trophy squad has several star players in the form of Prasidh Krishna, Devdutt Padikkal, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Gopal, and Vyshak Vijay Kumar. They will begin their campaign against Madhya Pradesh on October 11.

Tim Southee led New Zealand in 14 Tests during his tenure as captain. The Kiwis won six and lost as many games in Southee's leadership. The pacer had a win-and-loss percentage of 42.85% as captain of the Test side.

Phil Salt will lead England for the first time in his T20I career in the absence of the regular captain Jos Buttler. Buttler is suffering from a right calf injury and is unlikely to play the five-match ODI series against Australia as well.