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Zimbabwe were due to play three ODIs in Australia later this year, but it has been postponed.

In a statement, fun88in.in Australia (CA) said it and Zimbabwe fun88in.in (ZC) had mutually agreed to the decision due to the short length of the series, significant biosecurity measures which would need to be in place and safety concerns.

"While we are disappointed to postpone the series, CA and ZC agree that in the best interest of players, match officials, volunteers as well as our fans, that this is the most practical and sensible decision," interim CA chief executive Nick Hockley said.

"We are committed to working with Zimbabwe fun88in.in on alternative dates to reschedule."

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— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) June 30, 2020

Acting ZC managing director Givemore Makoni said he was keen to see the series go ahead at another time.

"We were excited about facing Australia but, given the circumstances, deferring the tour was the only option," he said.

"We are, however, looking forward to the rescheduling of the series as soon as practically possible."

There have been more than 10.4 million confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide, with the death toll exceeding 507,000.

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Broad tells England sports psychologist to help create mindset to perform in absence of crowds

England return to Test action next month with three matches against West Indies in the bio-secure stadiums in Manchester and Southampton, and they are set to be without skipper Joe Root when the first contest begins on July 8.

Root is due to leave the team bubble to be with his wife for the birth of their second child and he will require a seven-day period of self-isolation before returning to camp.

That means vice-captain Stokes is set to deputise as skipper, despite concerns from former captain Kevin Pietersen that such a role would curb the all-rounder's attacking instincts.

Stokes is determined to remain the same man, though, even if he admits it will be hard to get the ball out of his hand when he is on a roll.

Stokes said: "If it's flat, I'll just chuck the ball to Jofra [Archer] and Broady [Stuart Broad] and Jimmy [Anderson] and say, 'On you go!'

"It is a tough one because when Joe asks me to come and bowl… if I'm not bowling well I know, right, I'm probably going to be taken off here.

Throw throw throw your ball gently against your house...if ya smash a window don’t forget to run away from your wife and get used to eating and sleeping outside pic.twitter.com/YYtfI0nqWt

— Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) May 21, 2020

"But then when I feel like I'm in a really good rhythm and don't want to be taken off, Joe doesn't say, 'Keep going.' He sort of looks and goes, 'One more?' And he'll say that for another four or five overs.

"I guess I might have to be a little bit more mindful as I'm the person who's making that decision, but if I've got the ball in my hand or I've got the bat in my hand, I would like to think I'm still going to have to that same mentality as I always do.

"I've been in so many different situations in the field as a batter and as a bowler that I can always relate back to them and think, 'Right, what did Joe expect of me in this situation?' But it's a tough one isn't it to know if you are feeling good as a bowler when to keep yourself on."

While others such as Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss and Root had been earmarked to be England captain long before they were eventually handed the role, Stokes acknowledged few would have considered him as a skipper-in-waiting.

However, the 29-year-old believes he is ready for the position having played in 63 Tests since his debut in 2013.

"I've been a senior player since 2016 under Cooky and since Joe's been in charge," he added.

"Being able to learn from Alastair Cook and Rooty in terms of different situations throughout the game has rubbed off on me and will put me in good stead for all the different situations that a Test match can throw at you.

"At the same time, we've got some really experienced guys out in the field who I can use. We've got Jimmy, Broady, who've just got ample Test matches and wickets between them. There's so many people that you can throw ideas off.

"I would like to think I would be quite an open captain and wouldn't want my way is the only way. I don't think that's the best way to operate.

"There's 11 guys out in the field so why not get 10 other opinions on something that you're thinking about?"

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Team India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan in a nail-biting final to usher a new era in the game. T20 went on becoming one of the most popular formats in the years to come. Many believe that one of the biggest reasons for India's victory in the inaugural edition of T20 World Cup was the absence of senior players.

Veterans like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly were hurt with team's disastrous first-round exit from the 50-over World Cup in West Indies a few months back. Sceptical about the format and it's impact, the trio decided to take their names out and allowed a young Indian side to participate in the showpiece tournament. The Indian side left for South African shores with former India cricketer Lalchand Rajput being the team manager.

Rajput recently revealed that it was Dravid - who was the captain of the Indian side then - convinced the likes of Tendulkar and Ganguly to step aside.

Talking to Sportskeeda, Rajput said: "Yes, it is true (Rahul Dravid stopping Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly from playing the 2007 T20 World Cup). Rahul Dravid was the captain in England and some players came directly from England to Johannesburg (for the T20 World Cup) so they said let's give an opportunity to the youngsters."

Rajput also narrated what was Tendulkar's reaction after the Dhoni-led side won the title. "But after winning the World Cup they must have repented it because Sachin always kept on telling me that I am playing for so many years and I have still not won the World Cup," he added.

However, four years later, Dhoni guided India to yet another world cup win which was the 2011 WC and Tendulkar was a part of that side and his dream to lift the much-elusive trophy finally came true.

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MS Dhoni, the charismatic leader of Indian fun88in.in Team and CSK, will turn 39 on July 7 and the fans on social media are already making elaborate arrangements to make the day a special one. Bravo's song titled 'Number 7' has given another reason for Dhoni fans to rejoice.

Bravo's 'Champion' song topped the charts and it went on becoming the anthem of the T20 World Cup. CSK's official handle had earlier announced that DJ Bravo is set to release a new song and shared the video in which the Caribbean all-rounder could be seen rapping a few lines.

"Are you ready for July 7th!! @mahi7781 birthday we going to be celebrating his birthday in style with this special track from the Champion team!! @djanamusic @ultrasimmo @collegeboyjesse @arielle.alexa @dexterrthomas guys don't forget to tag us an let us see your helicopter dance!!" Bravo captioned.

The Caribbean all-rounder while sharing the lyrics of the much-awaited song, was heard singing: "MS Dhoni, number 7, MS Dhoni, number 7. 2007 T20 Champion, 2011 became the world champion, first captain to win every trophy for his nation, now everybody do the helicopter celebration."

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Earlier, while talking to CSK's website, Bravo said the Chennai-franchise makes every player feel like being a part of an "extended family".

"It's a very unique team, a special team. From the first day that I joined the team, I could sense the family atmosphere. Every player who joins the team feels the same way - that it's not just a team but being welcomed by extended family," Bravo told CSK's website.

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"Over the years, when you look at cricketers who joined CSK, they only got better...it's a very special franchise," he said. He said that CSK brings the best out of him and the skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is largely responsible for that.

CSK and Dhoni fans were eagerly waiting for the Ranchi wicketkeeper-batsman's return on the fun88 pitch with IPL 2020 but the cash-rich league getting postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic was a major setback to them. Dhoni hasn't been seen on the fun88 pitch since Team India's exit from the fun88in.in World Cup in England.

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The Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday reported that Victoria Police in Australia has named Dandiwal as the "central figure" in the tennis match-fixing scandal in which low-ranked tennis players were allegedly convinced to throw matches in at least two events in Egypt and Brazil in 2018.

"He is suspected to be a corruptor or rather he is a known corruptor. I can talk about his fun88 (links only) but he has moved to other sports also. He tried to organise his own leagues and once he does that, he fixes games the way he wants it," Singh told PTI.

"He did (organised) one Asian Premier League in Nepal, and was also associated with the Afghan League. He tried to organise a league in Haryana which the BCCI scuttled. So he has been operating more outside India than in India but has been on the BCCI radar for at least 3-4 years."

Singh said Dandiwal, who hails from Mohali, also finds a mention in ACU's education manual.

"BCCI also filed a report against him with the police. That was a different nature of crime. He had taken a fun88 team to Australia, there were five six players who went missing, it was an immigration scam.

"So the host club in Australia approached authorities and informed us. We went to the police in Mohali and told them this is what he has done and got a report registered. He is very much part of our education manual, we tell all the participants about him and show them their picture and his modus operandi," said Singh.

The ACU chief also reiterated the urgent need of a match-fixing law in India with the hands of enforcement agencies tied at the moment.

"Match fixing law is needed. It strengthens the hands of the enforcement agencies and once they start taking effective action, it helps us (BCCI)," Singh added.

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The contagious disease has infected over 10 million people worldwide, killing more than 500,000.

"I think the thing to remember is that six months ago no-one even knew what this was, hadn't heard of it," Botham told Good Morning Britain.

"I've actually had it. I had it at the end of December, beginning of January, and I thought I had a bad case of flu. It's amazing how long it has been around, we don't know all the details. It was very much sort of in the dark, let's see what happens."

Botham urged the people to show a bit of patience as he hoped things would improve in a couple of weeks.

"I think people have been responding extremely well. I hope they show a bit more patience over the next couple of weeks or so, so we can get to a situation where everybody can move around," he said.

While the three-Test series beginning July 8 between England and the West Indies will mark the resumption of international fun88 following the coronavirus-enforced break, club fun88 is still on hold.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had last Tuesday called the fun88 ball 'a natural vector of disease' and his decision to uphold the ban on recreational fun88 was slammed by former fun88ers, including former England captain Michael Vaughan.

Botham has little doubt that the sport will begin soon as fun88 is such a game in which social distancing is possible.

"I think fun88 will be back very shortly. fun88in.in can be played. There's no real physical contact there, you can keep your social distancing quite easily," said the 64-year-old.

Botham, who is the chairman at Durham, said deliberations are on and a decision will come soon. "I believe there are a couple of meetings coming up where the decisions will be made. From my point of view, speaking to the boys at Durham, they are back in training, they are very, very keen to get out there and play, as any young sportsman," he said.

"There is talk about whether it is white ball or red ball fun88 – it should be both, all aspects of the game should come back. There's a lot of guys out there, we have guys at Durham, who are in the last year of their contract, young players, and if they don't get a chance to show what they've got out there in the middle, some of these contracts won't be renewed."

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Dobal was 53 years old and is survived by his wife and two sons - elder Siddhant, who plays first-class fun88 for Rajasthan and younger Ekansh, who made his debut for Delhi U-23 side.

"Dobal showed symptoms and was first admitted to a medical facility in Bahadurgarh, a week back. He had tested positive for COVID-19. However his condition deteriorated and was shifted to a Dwarka hospital with better facilities. He was given plasma but treatment didn't work," a DDCA official in the know of things told PTI.

A familiar figure at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Dobal was popular among the well-known Delhi cricketers like Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Mithun Manhas. He also played for the famous Sonnet Club and was coached by Tarak Sinha.

In fact, Gambhir and Manhas had appealed through twitter for plasma donors and Aam Aadmi Party MLA Dilip Pandey had arranged for donor.

While he didn't play in the Ranji Trophy, he was associated with coaching junior cricketers after his playing days with formidable office-side Air India was over.

He has also been the local manager for India versus England women's Test at Jamia in the last decade.

Former acting BCCI president CK Khanna, Delhi stalwarts Madan Lal and Manhas offered their condolences.

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