Many cricket&nbsp;pundits and players have opposed the idea of reducing Test cricket to 4 days from the 2023 cycle of the World Test Championship and former India captain and coach Anil&nbsp;Kumble&nbsp;also has a similar outlook. During&nbsp;The Hindu's annual thought conclave Kumble&nbsp;who is currently the chairman of ICC's Cricket Committee&nbsp;said he doesn't support 4-day Tests. The former India captain said that if it was four days, it wouldn&rsquo;t be a Test match.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Many cricket pundits and players have opposed the idea of reducing Test cricket to 4 days from the 2023 cycle of the World Test Championship and former India captain and coach Anil Kumble also has a similar outlook. During The Hindu's annual thought conclave Kumble who is currently the chairman of ICC's Cricket Committee said he doesn't support 4-day Tests. The former India captain said that if it was four days, it wouldn’t be a Test match.

After losing the 1st Test in Manchester from a commanding position, Pakistan may be frustrated as to how they returned empty handed but they now need to put that behind as focus shifts to an all-important 2nd Test in Southampton. Where&nbsp;Azhar&nbsp;Ali's men would fight to win it to keep themselves alive in the series, England would hope to clinch their first Test series vs Pakistan in their own backyard for the first time in 10 years. The last 2 Test series between these 2 sides in England ended in a draw. Both teams also have selection headache.&nbsp;England will be without the services&nbsp;of their star all-rounder Ben Stokes who had to pull out of the series due to family emergency. Pakistan on the other hand were criticized for going in with 2 leg spinners in the 1st Test and may bring in an extra batsman to strengthen the middle order. The visitors&nbsp;may have been the better side so far but need to find out a away to go take that extra step this time around.

In a major blow for Rajasthan&nbsp;Royals ahead of the Indian Premier League season 13, fielding coach Dishant&nbsp;Yangnik&nbsp;has tested positive for Covid-19. In a tweet on Wednesday, the former wicket-keeper batsman said that he tested positive and is under a 14-day quarantine in a hospital in Udaipur.&nbsp;&nbsp;According to BCCI&nbsp;protocols, Yagnik&nbsp;would need 2 negative Covid-19 tests before he can join the team in the UAE. The tests were done by the Rajasthan&nbsp;Royals management as they prepare the team and support staff for the league. This is the first known positive result so far from the Indian cricket fraternity which is about to embark on a risky journey to the UAE&nbsp;to play the IPL.&nbsp;

Despite Vivo's&nbsp;exit from the Indian Premier League, BCCI is confident about avoiding a major loss despite losing a chunk of money. With Vivo's&nbsp;annual deal of&nbsp;₹430 crores&nbsp;missing from this year, BCCI&nbsp;has decided the expand the official partners' slot for IPL. The existing&nbsp;3 official partners club will expand to 5 as BCCI&nbsp;aims to recover the losses from Vivo's&nbsp;exit. According to a report in the Times of India, BCCI&nbsp;is aiming to generate close to&nbsp;₹40 crores&nbsp;each from the 2 new slots, the new title sponsor might sign up for around&nbsp;₹300 crores as the rights are only available till the end of this year. The report also suggests that E-learning platform BYJU's, Amazon India &amp; cricket fantasy platform Dream 11 are the top contenders while credit card payment service Cred&nbsp;and upcoming E-learning platform Unacademy&nbsp;are the dark horses in the race. The bidding war ends on 14th August at 5 pm.&nbsp;

He may be 39 but MS Dhoni&nbsp;is still the top priority for IPL&nbsp;side Chennai Super Kings. CEO&nbsp;Kasi&nbsp;Viswanathan&nbsp;in an interview to India Today confirmed that the management &amp; the team isn't worried about their captain. Viswanathan&nbsp;went on to say that Dhoni&nbsp;could still represent CSK&nbsp;till 2022 and he knows his responsibilities with the team. Kasi&nbsp;went on to predict that after retirement, Dhoni&nbsp;could become the permanent&nbsp;boss of the IPL&nbsp;franchise based out of Chennai. Dhoni&nbsp;has been with the Chennai Super Kings since the inception of the IPL&nbsp;in 2008 and has won 3 titles and also twice has lifted the now-defunct Champions League T20 trophy.

Stuart Broad was fined 15% match fee for breaching the code of conduct during the 1st Test vs Pakistan. Broad accepted the charges of using inappropriate language during the match. Interestingly, the match referee happened to be Stuart Broad's&nbsp;father - Chris Broad who has been a former English cricketer and a Test official since 2003. Stuart saw the funny side of this story and tweeted to say that his father&nbsp;is off the Christmas card &amp; present list. Surely all is well in the Broad household as this story will forever remain part of dinner table conversations.&nbsp;

IPL&nbsp;teams may have been using local bowlers to bowl to their star batsmen in the nets but the strict bio-security measures this time&nbsp;means that all franchises will have to arrange for quality bowlers who will travel with them to the UAE.&nbsp;At least 3 franchises, Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals have confirmed that they are preparing a roster of net bowlers and the list comprises mostly of first-class, Under-19 and Under-23 state-level players. CSK&nbsp;CEO Kasi Vishwanathan told PTI on Tuesday that if all goes well, the selected bowlers will&nbsp;accompany the team and will remain till the tournament starts. All teams are set to&nbsp;leave for UAE&nbsp;after August 20.

Two apex council members, who are also the representative of the Indian Cricketers Association, have requested&nbsp;Mumbai Cricket Association president Vijay Patil&nbsp;to allow cricketers to jog in the MCA grounds, including the Wankhede Stadium. According to a report in&nbsp;The Indian Express, the MCA&nbsp;has sent another reminder to the Maharashtra government last week, seeking permission to start cricket training in the city.&nbsp;Ajinkya Rahane&nbsp;had earlier verbally asked for MCA&rsquo;s permission to use their facilities for training, but it was denied due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Apart from Rahane, many Mumbai cricketers including Rohit&nbsp;Sharma, Shreyas&nbsp;Iyer&nbsp;and Prithvi&nbsp;Shaw will travel to UAE&nbsp;for the upcoming IPL. Indian skipper Virat&nbsp;Kohlil&nbsp;who also stays in Mumbai&nbsp;has used&nbsp;MCA facilities in the past.

New Zealand&nbsp;Cricket on Tuesday confirmed that their upcoming home series against&nbsp;Pakistan, Australia, Bangladesh and the West Indies will go ahead despite the pandemic. Their board's&nbsp;chief executive David White in a statement said that the arrangements were likely to follow the bio-secure bubble model adopted in England and they are working through that with the government agencies at the moment.&nbsp;White though refused to release schedules of the tours until details had been worked out. All people coming into New Zealand are currently required to maintain at least 14 days of strictly supervised quarantine. This&nbsp;week, New Zealand marked 100 days since its last case of community transmission and&nbsp;spectators are being allowed at sports and cultural events.

Indian cricketer Ravindra&nbsp;Jadeja landed himself in trouble when he had a run-in with a lady constable in Rajkot&nbsp;who stopped him for allegedly not wearing a mask.&nbsp;Head constable Sonal Gosai of&nbsp;Mahila police Station&nbsp;stopped Jadeja&nbsp;at around 9pm who was with his&nbsp;wife Rivaba&nbsp;in their car. They had an argument when Gosai&nbsp;asked them to pay penalty for not wearing masks and even asked for Jadeja's&nbsp;license. According to sources, Jadeja&nbsp;informed police that the cop had behaved rudely with them. The lady constable was later admitted to hospital complaining of stress. L

After parting ways with Chinese smartphone&nbsp;manufacturer Vivo&nbsp;for the title sponsorship&nbsp;of the IPL, the Governing Council has now invited tenders for finding a new sponsor for the season. The rights available are for the current season only and will expire on 31st December 2020. The deadline to submit a bid for the title&nbsp;sponsorship ends on 14th August at 5 pm. It is understood that BCCI&nbsp;will be making a heavy loss in this deal as earlier&nbsp;Vivo&nbsp;ended up paying more than ₹400 crore&nbsp;per season &amp; the new sponsors could lock a deal in approximately half that amount.&nbsp;&nbsp;

IPL Chairman Brijesh Patel confirmed on Monday that the&nbsp;BCCI has received all the formal approval from the central government to conduct IPL in UAE from September 19th to November 10th. The Indian board had already claimed an 'in principle' clearance from the government but awaited a formal revert. While BCCI's&nbsp;main agenda as of now is to fetch a new title sponsor, franchises have already started to quarantine their players as teams are set to leave for UAE&nbsp;after August 20.

The leading Test wicket taker among pacers, James Anderson&nbsp;hasn't had the best of starts ever since Test cricket resumed after the Covid-19 forced break. Despite&nbsp;England winning the 1st Test vs Pakistan, Anderson looked out of rhythm and whispers of his retirement started to do the rounds. Addressing which the 38-year-old said that&nbsp;he has no intention of retiring anytime soon. He added that&nbsp;It has been a frustrating week for him as he hasn't&nbsp;bowled very well but he wants to work hard and play the Southampton Test and prove people that he has still got what it takes to play Test cricket. Earlier this week, Anderson had also said that he wants to play as long he possibly can as he is still hungry.&nbsp;

One cricket team of the 2000s which was known for sledging their opponents were the&nbsp;mighty Aussies. Member of that team Matthew Hayden recalled an incident where he sledged Shoaib&nbsp;Akhtar&nbsp;to put him off. During a podcast, the former opener said that he used to call Akhtar&nbsp;a 'B-grade actor' which used to get under his skin. Hayden recalled an incident from the 2002 Sharjah Test which was played in 58 degrees and when the teams were walking out, Akhtar&nbsp;told Hayden&nbsp;that he was going to kill him. To which the southpaw replied by saying that he had just 18 balls to do that as Akhtar&nbsp;won't last the heat after 3 overs. Hayden added that Akhtar&nbsp;got through his 18 balls and collapsed at the end of it. He then went up to him and said that it&rsquo;s hot and you&rsquo;re busted. Just go off and I won&rsquo;t think any worse of you. Shoaib&nbsp;went off and din't take any further part in that Test.

The mega IPL&nbsp;auction ahead of the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League which would have seen all franchises rebuild&nbsp;their teams from the scratch may not happen now. According to a report in the Times of India, BCCI&nbsp;is likely to do away with the auction and the franchises will stick to the existing&nbsp;set of players. The 13th edition of the IPL&nbsp;concludes on November 10 and the BCCI&nbsp;will be left with just over 4 months until the next season starts. This leaves the Board and IPL&nbsp;with almost no time and space to rebuild. A source told TOI&nbsp;that&nbsp;IPL might as well go ahead and finish the 2021 edition and then see how it wants to go about it, as there's no point doing a mega auction now and&nbsp;not have enough time to plan it properly. IPL&nbsp;team owners are also believed to have a similar view.

After the exit of Vivo as the title sponsor for the Indian Premier League, it seems like Baba&nbsp;Ramdev's&nbsp;Patanjali&nbsp;group is interested in becoming the face of the league. A&nbsp;Patanjali spokesperson confirmed that the group&nbsp;is considering making a proposal to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The consumer goods&nbsp;&amp; healthcare&nbsp;giant has a declared annual turnover of more than ₹10,000 crore. With an aim to give the brand a global marketing platform, Patanjali&nbsp;could join the likes of previous title sponsors like DLF, Pepsi &amp; Vivo. In order to qualify, the group has to now make a bid in an open tender process initiated&nbsp;by the BCCI.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Cricket can be played anywhere but no one expected a full-fledged 32-team tournament on a tiny strip of land in between the mountains. An organiser managed the unthinkable as he managed to complete a 32-team tournament in the mountains of Abbottabad in Pakistan as hundreds of villagers turned up to watch a thrilling finale. The tricky topography and the fear of getting injured was not a problem for the cricket-crazy fans&nbsp;as they celebrated their team's success after the final win.

The BCCI&nbsp;is eyeing to start the domestic season after the completion of the Indian&nbsp;Premier League in November. A senior BCCI&nbsp;official told PTI&nbsp;that BCCI&nbsp;will start the season with Syed&nbsp;Mushtaq&nbsp;Ali T20 tournament and will also host Ranji&nbsp;Trophy. Due to lack of time, there will be no Vijay&nbsp;Hazare,&nbsp;Duleep&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Irani trophy this season. The date for the return of domestic cricket is set for 19th November and some of the IPL&nbsp;stars might miss out on the opening week of cricket as they will have to follow strict quarantine rules once they return from the UAE. The proposal to restart the domestic leagues after the Covid-19 induced break now waits for BCCI&nbsp;president Sourav&nbsp;Ganguly's approval.&nbsp;

Ahead of the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League, Captain Virat&nbsp;Kohli of the Royal Challengers Bangalore shared an emotional video about his journey with the team as completes 13 years with the franchise.&nbsp;

With Vivo&nbsp;pulling out as the title sponsor of IPL&nbsp;2020,&nbsp;BCCI&nbsp;may have found themselves in troubled waters but its president Sourav&nbsp;Ganguly&nbsp;isn't too worried. During a&nbsp;webinar on Saturday, Dada said that it's just a little bit of a blip and he wouldn't&nbsp;call it a financial crisis.&nbsp;BCCI&nbsp;has&nbsp;a very strong foundation as the players and the administrators in the past have made this game so strong that BCCI can handle all these blips. Ganguly&nbsp;added that just like any&nbsp;other sensible brand,&nbsp;the Indian board too&nbsp;has a plan B. After Vivo's&nbsp;exit, BCCI&nbsp;has been looking for a new title sponsor for this year's IPL&nbsp;but have failed to found one so far.

England will miss the services of their star all-rounder Ben Stokes for the remaining 2 Tests vs Pakistan as he has been rued out from the series due to family reasons.&nbsp;Stokes who will leave the UK later this week and will travel to his hometown in New Zealand, has requested all the media to respect his privacy&nbsp;at this time. Stokes stood out with his all-round show in the preceding&nbsp;Test series vs the Windies&nbsp;but failed to make an impact in the first Test vs Pakistan. The 2nd Test is scheduled to start from August 13 in Southampton.

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