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Dhoni led India to inaugural Twenty20 World Cup title in 2007 and repeated the feat at 50-overs World Cup in 2011.
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Chinese smartphone maker and Indian cricket board suspend $293m sponsorship deal as anti-China sentiments grow in India.
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BCCI says it is seeking permission to stage this year’s Indian Premier League in the Gulf state due...
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Ex-West Indies captain says Hyderabad Sunrisers team-mates called him ‘kaalu’, but he didn’t know...
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Bangladesh has lifted its first ever Under-19 tournament after beating India in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Pakistan celebrate their first Test victory on home soil, since the return of cricket’s longest format to the country earlier this month.
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Test cricket makes a return to Pakistan after more than 10 years as Sri Lankan cricket team agrees to tour in December.
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The all-rounder is banned for two years, with one year of the sentence suspended, after failing to report fixing offer.
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Players say they will not take part in any cricket activity unless their 11-point demand list is met by the board.
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Leg-spinner, who played 67 Tests and 104 ODIs for Pakistan, died in Lahore of cardiac arrest.
From refugee camps to global fame – the rise of Afghan cricket and how it helped unify and redefine a war-torn nation.
For the players, it is also a chance to break through social boundaries and speak their already-fluent Swedish.
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ICC freezes funding and bans Zimbabwean teams from competing after government commission installs temporary leadership.
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Hosts England edge past New Zealand in a nerve-wracking final to win the World Cup for the first time.