Andrew Symonds, the ace Australian cricketer may be very good with the game but it takes more than that to play international cricket. The Player was sent back from Darwin during the home series against Bangladesh after his deliberate absence at the compulsory team meeting to go fishing. Ever since, the cricketer is in great soup coz as a result of such arrogant behavior he was not included in the Australian Test Team to play in India.
A prize money of Rs 13.720 crore was announced by the Indian Cricket League (ICL) for its October edition of Twenty20 championship. The second season of ICL began with a glittering ceremony on October 10 and will witness 41 matches at Hyderabad, Panchkula, Gurgaon and Ahmedabad.
The Rawalpindi Express, Shoaib Akhtar will make a comeback, as the player was named in a 15-man Pakistan squad, for the T20 Canada tournament which will take place amongst four nations in Toronto this month.
Shoaib who was banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for five years can now play for his nation as the ban was temporarily lifted by the Lahore High Court. The paceman has not been able to play this year due to PCB’s decision.
Saurav Ganguly the ‘Bengal tiger’ feels that it is the time to bid adieu to the Indian cricket team. The former Captain asserts that the last two years in the international cricket have been ‘outstanding’, though he feels disappointed on being left out from the Irani Trophy squad last month.
The player who will be retiring soon from the world of cricket after the test series with the Aussies this month says that he thought of retiring because of the incessant scrutiny that he had to face and consequently created lots of stress in his life.