CRICKET ASSOCIATION OF BENGAL (CAB) on Monday confirmed that they are planning to felicitate eight legendary cricketers from India and Pakistan ahead of the two sides locking horns in a World Twenty20 group encounter in Kolkata on March 19.
FROM THE TIME, the World T20 Championships was launched in South Africa in 2007, the frenetic pace of the format, backed by the on-field entertainment has certainly thrilled and excited cricket fans across the globe.
RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN is known for great spells on a cricket field and leaves the batsmen baffled but now the field has changed to the social media.
INDIAN FANS and the country's security environment got a rousing endorsement from the Pakistan cricketers on Sunday, with visiting skipper Shahid Afridi acknowledging that his boys get more love from sports buffs here than from those back home.
GIVING A THUMBS UP to the security provided by the Indian authorities, Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik on Sunday said he has never faced any security issues during his frequent trips to the country.
STAR BATSMEN Jean-Paul Duminy and Quinton de Kock struck fluent half-centuries as South Africa registered a nail-biting, four run victory against India in the warm-up match ahead of the World Twenty20 cricket tournament at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday.
The Anti-Terrorist Front of India (ATFI) has written to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee against hosting the India-Pakistan World T20 match at Kolkata saying it's an insult to the soldiers and their families who were martyred in the attacks.
THE AFGHANISTAN CRICKET TEAM came out with a commendable performance to defeat Test playing nation Zimbabwe by 59 runs at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium at Jamtha in Nagpur on Saturday to qualify for the main event of the World Twenty20 which will begin on March 15.
AFTER THE MARQUEE India-Pakistan match was shifted from Dharamsala to Kolkata, it has now been learnt that the picturesque ground has also lost out on hosting any of the IPL games this season.
AFTER A DISASTROUS Asia Cup outing Pakistan now are in desperate need for motivation and it seems their former captains Imran Khan and Wasim Akram have been asked to meet the team in Kolkata before their marquee clash against arch-rivals India on March 19.
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