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Almost 15 months after finishing second in the T20 World Cup, the Indian women's team will finally receive their share of the prize money amounting to 500,000 USD (3.5 crore INR approximately). Livecricketscore has learned that BCCI on Monday asked players to raise bills for their shares.
The development comes a day after UK publication The Telegraph revealed that the team had yet to receive the
Almost 15 months after finishing second in the T20 World Cup, the Indian women's team will finally receive their share of the prize money amounting to 500,000 USD (3.5 crore INR approximately). Livecricketscore has learned that BCCI on Monday asked players to raise bills for their shares.
The development comes a day after UK publication The Telegraph revealed that the team had yet to receive their cash prize despite other teams including World Cup winning Australia receiving the them shortly after the tournament ends.
captain Tamim Iqbal chose to beat the first after winning the draw at the second ODI in Dhaka. The local team made two changes, bringing respectively Shoriful Islam and Mosaddek Hossain in place of Taskin Ahmed and Mohammad Mithun.
Shoriful is making its debut in ODI, having already debuted in T20I and Test within the past two months. Mosaddek returns to the side after nearly two years, having last played against Sri Lanka in July 2019. Taskin and Mithun have done well recently, but have had days off in the series opener.
Multan Sultans' all-rounder Shahid Afridi will not play a role in the rest of the Pakistani Super League after being sidelined with a lower back injury. The Sultans have reported that he is experiencing pain in his lower back as he trains for the resumption of the league, with the doctor advising full rest.
Afridi will be replaced by left arm spinner Asif Afridi, from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. With the absence of Shahid Afridi, the Sultans lose to one of the most experienced players in the competition. Shahid Afridi has appeared in 50 PSL games throughout his career, with Mohammad Nawaz the only spinner to have taken more wickets than his 44. He has also scored 465 points at a strike rate of over 150 in a career that also saw him play. for Peshawar Zalmi and the kings of Karachi.
BCCI will provide 2,000 10-liter oxygen concentrators to India's efforts in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. India is currently facing a second wave of infections, recording 250,000 new cases per day on average over the past seven days.
"Over the next few months, the council will distribute the concentrators across India with the hope that essential medical aid and care will be provided to needy patients and this initiative will reduce the devastation caused by the pandemic," the said. BCCI in a press release.
Jamaican fashion designer Marquino Mindley, who was selected to the West Indies' 30-man squad for high performance training camp in Saint Lucia, ahead of the home test series against South Africa, has been tested positive for Covid-19. The 26-year-old, currently asymptomatic, will self-isolate in his hotel room under the supervision of the West Indies Cricket Medical Team (CWI) until he returns consecutive negative results.
