Former South African skipper AB de Villiers&nbsp;rubbished the news that Cricket South Africa approached him for leading the national side. This came hours after a TV channel quoted him saying that he was approached by CSA&nbsp;for&nbsp;leading&nbsp;Proteas&nbsp;once again. The 36-year-old has retired from all forms of international cricket in 2018. de Villiers&nbsp;is eyeing to make a comeback to the national side but dismissed the report. Cricket South Africa's Director of Cricket Graeme Smith too dismissed this report and called it Fake News.&nbsp;

Former South African skipper AB de Villiers rubbished the news that Cricket South Africa approached him for leading the national side. This came hours after a TV channel quoted him saying that he was approached by CSA for leading Proteas once again. The 36-year-old has retired from all forms of international cricket in 2018. de Villiers is eyeing to make a comeback to the national side but dismissed the report. Cricket South Africa's Director of Cricket Graeme Smith too dismissed this report and called it Fake News.

Cricket Australia has announced a detailed schedule of India's tour down under which starts with the 3-match T20 series from October 11, followed by the World T20. Team India is then scheduled to play 4 Tests and 3 ODIs&nbsp;there. According to a report in&nbsp;Mumbai Mirror, the 3 T20Is in October might not happen as the Indian team is not keen to travel to Australia twice in a span of 3 months. With the travel requirements requiring the players to go in quarantine for 14 days due to the pandemic, the T20I series looks uncertain. Moreover, if the World T20 is postponed, which is highly&nbsp;likely, BCCI&nbsp;may try to fit in the IPL&nbsp;in that October-November window.&nbsp;

With the future of the World T20 still not clear,&nbsp;Marylebone Cricket Club&nbsp;President Kumar Sangakkara feels that the event might even be cancelled this year. During a show on Star Sports, Sangakkara&nbsp;said that every day, there are new learnings about Covid-19, so we will have to wait and see, but the options may be to cancel the World T20 this year and postpone it to another year.&nbsp;He added that anticipatory procedures have to be put in place that takes into account the health and safety of both players and spectators.&nbsp;ICC&nbsp;is expected to soon decide the fate of the Marquee event which is currently scheduled in Australia from October.

Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni's style of captaining India may be completely different but Virat&nbsp;feels that his predecessor had a huge role in him getting to lead Team India. During an Instagram live chat with R Ashwin, the Indian skipper said that ever since he came into the team, he would always be in Dhoni's ears on the field. He used to give a lot of ideas to MS and the former India captain used to keep observing Kohli. Kohli&nbsp;also said that he kept learning from Dhoni and his inquisitiveness probably gave MS the belief&nbsp;that perhaps Virat was the next guy to lead the country. Kohli&nbsp;further added that he doesn't think that&nbsp;the selectors appointed him as India captain suddenly. They&nbsp;probably had Dhoni as a sounding board before giving him the reins.&nbsp;

While new measures take over cricket&nbsp;due to the Covid-19 scare, the English cricket board is now in talks with the International Cricket Council for allowing first-ever coronavirus&nbsp;substitutes in the upcoming games.&nbsp;ECB&nbsp;director of events, Steve Elworthy&nbsp;said that there are still some considerations from the ICC&nbsp;perspective about a Covid-19 replacement that still needs to be agreed upon. Elworthy&nbsp;hopes that it will be in place before the cricket starts. England is set to host West Indies and Pakistan for Test Series in July.

Former BCCI&nbsp;treasurer Anirudh&nbsp;Chaudhary&nbsp;feels that former Indian skipper MS Dhoni&nbsp;should continue playing for India. He said that Dhoni&nbsp;is fit and the best wicketkeeper in India. He went on to say that if he was the decision-maker, Dhoni&nbsp;would have been a part of the team&nbsp;as&nbsp;Dhoni&nbsp;is&nbsp;one of the finest minds in the game. Chaudhary&nbsp;also presented his views on the lucrative IPL. He&nbsp;said that efforts have to be made to try and have that situation where the show must go on.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has nominated star batsman and vice-captain Rohit&nbsp;Sharma&nbsp;for the prestigious Rajiv&nbsp;Gandhi Khel&nbsp;Ratna&nbsp;award. Rohit&nbsp;has had a prolific 2019 and was the&nbsp;ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year. He also cracked five centuries at the 2019 World Cup and scored tonnes of runs in all formats. Apart from Rohit, opener Shikhar&nbsp;Dhawan, Ishant&nbsp;Sharma&nbsp;and Deepti&nbsp;Sharma&nbsp;have been nominated&nbsp;for Arjuna&nbsp;Awards.&nbsp;

While the pandemic havoc has not eased out yet, Cricket West Indies on Friday approved the Test series against England. The 3 match Test series&nbsp;was originally scheduled to take place in June but is now shifted to July due to the virus scare. While all the matches will go ahead in empty&nbsp;stadiums, West Indies has also given its consent&nbsp;to playing cricket in a bio-secure environment to ensure the safety of the teams. The board&nbsp;also&nbsp;affirmed medical security and further mentioned that it would seek permission from the government to facilitate the hassle-free movement of the players and staff.&nbsp;

On Friday Former Pakistan skipper, Waqar&nbsp;Younis&nbsp;took to his twitter account to announce that he had decided to distance himself from social media. The 48-year-old's video came&nbsp;after his name was trending on Twitter and his fans&nbsp;criticised him for liking an obscene video. In the video,&nbsp;he&nbsp;said that someone had hacked his Twitter account and liked the obscene video and went on to mention that he was deeply saddened by it as it was not the first time.&nbsp;Younis&nbsp;also&nbsp;apologised in his video to his fans and promised that he would not use social media again.&nbsp;

Once the spearhead of Indian pace attack, Bhuvneshwar&nbsp;Kumar has now been out of the Indian Test set up for quite a while now. In an interview to the Times of India, the swing king said that he definitely wants to play Test cricket but he also knows that it won't be easy to make a comeback as everyone is doing very well. Bhuvi&nbsp;added that no matter what, he will&nbsp;try his best and will do everything possible to make a comeback in Tests. the 30-year old feels that red ball cricket is the toughest format and it gives a lot of satisfaction to perform in Tests. Bhuvneshwar&nbsp;who was battling&nbsp;multiple injuries also confirmed that he is fully fit now and is raring to go.&nbsp;

Former Indian cricketer VVS&nbsp;Laxman&nbsp;feels that Indian vice-captain Rohit&nbsp;Sharma's ability to handle pressure makes him the most successful skipper in the Indian Premier League. While revealing the reason behind it,&nbsp;Laxman&nbsp;said that he has evolved and blossomed in tough situations.&nbsp;VVS&nbsp;Laxman&nbsp;also remembered&nbsp;his first IPL&nbsp;game in 2008 with the Deccan&nbsp;Chargers and went on to heap&nbsp;praises on the Mumbai&nbsp;Indians captain. He&nbsp;said that Rohit&nbsp;Sharma became a leader in the Deccan&nbsp;Chargers team and that Rohit&nbsp;was a standout performer. The 33-year-old is the most successful&nbsp;skipper in IPL&nbsp;history with 4 titles to his name.

Current Women's World T20 champions Australia is set to be back in action later this year as after the men's summer schedule, Cricket Australia has announced women's fixtures as well. They will take on New Zealand in a 3-match T20 series by the end of September, followed by those many ODIs.&nbsp;Australia will then host India in a 3-match&nbsp;ODI series in January. What will make the stakes even higher is the fact that this series will happen just days before the 2021 World Cup,&nbsp;scheduled to be held in New Zealand. India, New Zealand&nbsp;and the Aussies have already qualified for the mega event.

The England and Wales Cricket Board has decided to further delay the start of&nbsp;professional domestic cricket season by a month. It means that the cricketing activities which were earlier delayed&nbsp;till July due to the pandemic will now remain suspended till August 1. However, ECB&nbsp;is likely to still host West Indies in July as scheduled. The board in a statement said that&nbsp;safety and well-being of everyone is their key priority. ECB has learnt a lot and continue to learn about the safety protocols that would need to be in place to stage international cricket behind closed doors in this environment. Few of English National team players had resumed&nbsp;training in batches earlier this month.

The International Cricket Council on Thursday decided to defer the decision of hosting the World T20 till 10th June. The council lead by Chairman Shashank&nbsp;Manohar&nbsp;had a teleconference chat and decided to defer some important decisions including the World T20. The ICC also started an investigation lead by the Ethics Committee over information leaking from the meetings and the CEO of the board will present a report on 10th June. In addition to that, the ICC&nbsp;will continue to speak to the local boards along with medical authorities about the restart of cricket in the times of Covid-19. It was widely reported earlier that the World T20 scheduled in&nbsp;October in Australia&nbsp;will be cancelled and the BCCI will host the Indian Premier League in that window.&nbsp;

As #Dhoniretires&nbsp;trended on Twitter on&nbsp;Wednesday, MS Dhoni's wife Sakshi&nbsp;rubbished those rumours and reacted&nbsp;sharply. She tweeted to say that she understands that the lockdown has made people mentally unstable but news of MSD&nbsp;retiring is only a rumour. A furious Sakshi&nbsp;also asked people who spread fake news to get a life. She though deleted the tweet soon after.&nbsp;Dhoni&nbsp;has been quiet about his international future and with the IPL&nbsp;being postponed indefinitely, it's been almost a year that the former India captain has had a go in any form of competitive cricket.&nbsp;

Former Pakistan cricketer, Shoaib&nbsp;Akhtar&nbsp;who was one of the most feared bowler of his times heaped&nbsp;praise on former Indian cricketer&nbsp;Rahul Dravid.&nbsp;The 44-year-old said that among Indians,&nbsp;Dravid&nbsp;is the most decorated batsman. He further added that if Dravid&nbsp;won't offer him a shot, Akhtar&nbsp;would not be able to penetrate his defense. Akhtar&nbsp;also complimented former South African cricketer Jacques Kallis&nbsp;and went on to call him one of the best all-rounders&nbsp;and slip fielders cricket has ever produced.&nbsp;

Indian skipper Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;is collecting heaps of praises these days as legendary English cricketer Ian Botham&nbsp;also spoke very highly of Kohli. The 64-year-old former all-rounder said that Virat&nbsp;takes the game to the opposition and takes a stand for his players. He went on to say that he would have loved to play against him and that he is the right guy to take Indian cricket forward. Botham&nbsp;also praised English cricketer Ben Stokes. He said that Stokes was the closest version of him and that he played like Botham, with his heart on his sleeves. He also called Ben Stokes currently the best cricketer in the world.&nbsp;

While there are strong speculations that claim that BCCI&nbsp;president Sourav&nbsp;Ganguly&nbsp;will be considered for ICC's&nbsp;chairmanship, BCCI&nbsp;treasurer Arun&nbsp;Dhumal&nbsp;clears the air.&nbsp;Dhumal&nbsp;said that the board has yet not decided who will go to&nbsp;ICC&nbsp;for the chairman post. He further&nbsp;added that BCCI&nbsp;has also not decided&nbsp;whether they will be sending their own candidate or will be supporting a candidate from some other nation.&nbsp;However, earlier this month, BCCI&nbsp;wanted a term extension for Sourav&nbsp;Ganguly&nbsp;and Jay Shah and had&nbsp;also moved Supreme Court in order to get approval for a change in its constitution for the same.&nbsp;ICC's&nbsp;current chairman, Shashank&nbsp;Manohar&nbsp;is about to complete his term in July after the announcement of fresh elections.&nbsp;

Cricket Australia has written a letter to the ICC requesting the governing body to allow Australia to host the 2021 World T20 instead of the 2020 edition. The e-mail, Times of India has possession&nbsp;of which, states that Australia should be allowed to host the 2021 edition given the multiple commercials at stake. The letter also states that this will also give India another year to resolve any Covid-related problems. It virtually emphasised that India which is&nbsp;originally set to host the 2021 edition should go on to host the 2022 edition. Talks of ICC&nbsp;planning to reschedule this year's World T20 to 2022 also did the rounds on Wednesday but the council rubbished those reports and had said that planning for the event was still on.&nbsp;

Talks of ICC&nbsp;postponing the World T20 did the rounds for quite a while now and it seems that cricket's governing body has finally made up its mind to cancel the event.&nbsp;An ICC board member told PTI&nbsp;there was very little chance of World T20 going ahead in this situation and it's fate can very well be decided during Thursday's board meeting. This will also open up a new October-November window for the already suspended Indian Premier League, which will also be discussed in Thursday's&nbsp;video conference meeting. According to reports, the IPL&nbsp;will now take place instead of World T20 and Australia will get to host the event again in 2022.&nbsp;

With reports of ICC&nbsp;likely to postpone this year's World T20 to 2022 doing the rounds, Pakistan Cricket Board has once again stated that they will not support any move to reschedule the event. A PCB official said that&nbsp;it's just May and there is still time. So, the ICC members should wait and see where the&nbsp;Coronavirus pandemic goes. A decision on staging the event can be taken even after two months. Talking about the Indian Premier League, the official added that&nbsp;IPL is a domestic event of the BCCI and cannot be given preference over ICC events or bilateral agreements. Pakistan will not support any such move.&nbsp;

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