Shoaib&nbsp;Akhtar&nbsp;who is known for&nbsp;making controversial statements has now made another bold claim. The former Pakistan fast bowler&nbsp;has claimed that&nbsp;Imran Nazir was a more talented batsman than former India&nbsp;opener Virender Sehwag. During a&nbsp;TV show by&nbsp;Cricket Pakistan,&nbsp;Akhtar&nbsp;said that Imran Nazir&nbsp;didn't have the brain that Sehwag had but in comparison,&nbsp;Sehwag&nbsp;didn't have&nbsp;the talent that Imran Nazir had. The Rawalpindi Express added that it is unfortunate that Pakistan does not know how to take care of its assets and believes that Imran Nazir&nbsp;would have turned out to be better than Sehwag.

Shoaib Akhtar who is known for making controversial statements has now made another bold claim. The former Pakistan fast bowler has claimed that Imran Nazir was a more talented batsman than former India opener Virender Sehwag. During a TV show by Cricket Pakistan, Akhtar said that Imran Nazir didn't have the brain that Sehwag had but in comparison, Sehwag didn't have the talent that Imran Nazir had. The Rawalpindi Express added that it is unfortunate that Pakistan does not know how to take care of its assets and believes that Imran Nazir would have turned out to be better than Sehwag.

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;

Cricket Australia has convinced BCCI&nbsp;that there was no need to play the 4-match Test series&nbsp;later this year in a bio-secure environment, as the coronavirus situation is likely to be under control down under by then. This means that the traditional&nbsp;Border&ndash;Gavaskar Trophy will go ahead at 4 separate venues. Brisbane has won the hosting rights for the 1st Test which is scheduled to start from December 3. Following which, Adelaide will host a day-night Test, India's first in Australia. The traditional Boxing Day and New Year's Tests will be staged in Melbourne and Sydney as usual. The pandemic had thrown India's tour to Australia in doubt and the talks of hosting multiple matches at a single venue were also getting stronger.

Ben Stokes has opened up on MS Dhoni's approach during India's run-chase against England in their 2019 World Cup game.&nbsp;In his new book On Fire, Stokes wrote that the way&nbsp;Dhoni played when he came in with 112 runs needed from 11 overs was very strange. He appeared to have more intent on singles than sixes. Even with a dozen balls remaining, India could still have won. The all-rounder added that&nbsp;there was little or no intent from MSD&nbsp;or his partner Kedar Jadhav. Analysing Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;and Rohit&nbsp;Sharma's approach at the top, Stokes found it&nbsp;mystifying. He wrote that though England bowled brilliantly during that period, but the way Kohli&nbsp;and Rohit went about their batting just seemed bizarre. Stokes&nbsp;added that they showed no desire to put any pressure back on the hosts and allowed India to get so far behind.

Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;may have tamed almost every bowler in the world but Shoaib&nbsp;Akhtar&nbsp;wished that the Indian skipper played&nbsp;against the likes of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shane Warne, a contest Virat&nbsp;would have himself enjoyed. During an ESPNcricinfo&nbsp;podcast, the former Pakistan fast bowler also&nbsp;spoke highly of Virat&nbsp;and sad that&nbsp;they would have been the best of friends off the field but&nbsp;on it, they would have been the worst of enemies. The Rawalpindi express added that he respects Virat&nbsp;as he has a lot of heart. The ex-cricketer&nbsp;though added that had they played against each other, Akhtar would have initially got into Kohli's head and would have told him that there was no way Virat could cut or pull him off his bowling.

During the time of the global pandemic crisis, the International&nbsp;Cricket Council prepares for&nbsp;fresh&nbsp;elections. On Tuesday, 2/3 of the board members of ICC&nbsp;voted against the extension of the term of the incumbent chairman Shashank&nbsp;Manohar&nbsp;due to his incompetency&nbsp;in managing the unprecedented Covid-19 crisis.&nbsp;Times of India quoted a BCCI&nbsp;source who said that BCCI&nbsp;is once again seen as a natural leader given the resources at its disposal. While praising BCCI's&nbsp;efficiency, he further said that the onus will be thus on India to do some hand-holding here. The meeting also clarified that the 2021 edition of World T20 will go ahead as scheduled in India&nbsp;itself and that Australia will most likely host the tournament in 2022.

After a break of over 2 months due to the Covid-19 scare, West Indies cricketers resumed training in small groups on Monday, Cricket West Indies confirmed. Along with captain Jason Holder,&nbsp;Kraig&nbsp;Brathwaite, Shai Hope, Kemar&nbsp;Roach, Shane Dowrich&nbsp;and Shamarh&nbsp;Brooks were all seen training on the ground. While abiding by the norms of social distancing, the step of resuming cricket came in compliance with local government authorities. As the team prepares for the potential England tour in June, West Indies announced that&nbsp;rest of the players are expected to resume training from next week.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Sri Lankan&nbsp;cricket board has suspended fast&nbsp;bowler&nbsp;Shehan Madushanka from all forms of cricket after he was arrested for alleged possession of heroin. The 25-year-old was arrested on Saturday and was produced before the magistrate&nbsp;the following day.&nbsp;Madushanka&nbsp;is on a 14-day remand before he is produced before the High Court.&nbsp;Madushanka&nbsp;burst on to the international stage when he claimed a hat-trick on his ODI debut against Bangladesh in January 2018.

Shoaib&nbsp;Akhtar&nbsp;has been in the news lately for his jibes at the ICC and he once again slammed cricket's governing body. During an ESPNcricinfo&nbsp;podcast, the former Pakistan pacer said that ICC&nbsp;is finishing cricket. Questioning the rule of just 1 bouncer allowed per over in ODIs, Akhtar&nbsp;said that he has been repeatedly asking for that rule to be changed. Talking about the quality of cricket, he asked that where have those Sachin versus Shoaib contests gone?&nbsp;

Just like every other cricketer finds it hard to pick the better batsman between Steve Smith and Virat&nbsp;Kohli, former Australian cricketer, Brett Lee too finds the question tough. But despite the confusion, Lee had an answer.&nbsp;The former Aussie speedster feels&nbsp;that at the moment he would go with Steve Smith because of what he has actually been through and further said that he can be as good as Don Bradman.&nbsp;He chose Smith for his strong come back after being away for a year due to the 2018 ball-tampering scandal.&nbsp;He further said that if somebody asks him tomorrow he might go with Kohli.&nbsp;

It's a never-ending debate on who is the best fielder in the Indian side as the fans are often divided between Virat&nbsp;Kohli&nbsp;and Ravindra&nbsp;Jadeja. But the Indian skipper has picked his side in the debate. After the official broadcast partner of the BCCI, Star Sports&nbsp;asked the cricket fans to pick the best fielder between Kohli and Jadeja&nbsp;on social media, Kohli&nbsp;replied by saying,&nbsp;Jaddu, everytime. End of debate. Last year Kohli&nbsp;had admitted that he wasn't t he fastest&nbsp;in the team. He had tweeted to say that&nbsp;when Jadeja&nbsp;is&nbsp;in the group, it&rsquo;s almost impossible to outrun him.

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