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India T20I and Test squads picked

India's T20I squad (for South Africa home T20Is): KL Rahul (c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (vc, wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik

India's Test squad (for fifth England Test): Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (vc) Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hanuma Vihari, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant (wk), KS Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohd Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Prasidh Krishna

Jofra Archer ruled out of 2022 English Summer

Diagnosed with a stress fracture of the lower back, Archer will no longer be able to participate in England's cricket matches this summer. His last international game came in March 2021, against India. This adds to the list of injured England bowlers with Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, Olly Stone, Saqib Mahmood and Matthew Fisher already on the sidelines.
Jofra Archer ruled out of 2022 English Cricket Summer

Navjot Singh Siddhu to be jailed for one year

On December 27, 1988 Siddhu assaulted 65-year old Gurnam Singh and landed some blows on him. As a result, Singh succumbed to death.

Matthew Mott named as England white-ball coach

Former Australia Women's team coach Matthew Mott has been named as England ODI and T20I coach. He has led the Australian Women's team to World Cup victories, in 2020 and 2022. Brendon McCullum has already been appointed as the head coach of the Test team.

VVS Laxman to coach India on Ireland tour

Former India player VVS Laxman has been named as the coach of the second-string Indian team that will tour Ireland in June, for two T20Is. Head coach Rahul Dravid will be with the main team for the England Tour, as they will be playing last year's rescheduled fifth Test along with some limited-overs matches.

England pick squad for first two New Zealand Tests

Complete squad: Ben Stokes(c), James Anderson, Jonathan Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Foakes, Jack Leach, Alex Lees, Craig Overton, Matthew Potts, Ollie Pope, Joe Root

South Africa name T20I squad for India Tour

Bjorn Fortuin and Wiaan Mulder miss out after being a part of the 2021 T20 WC squad while the uncapped Tristan Stubbs and Marco Jansen are new faces. Also, Wayne Parnell makes a comeback.

The complete squad is as follows: Temba Bavuma(c), Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Marco Jansen  

Retired Australian Cricketer Andrew Symonds passes away in car accident

In an unfortunate turn of events, Australian allrounder Andrew Symonds died in a car accident. The 46-year old had been part of the 2003 and 2007 World Cup-winning squads. He appreared in 238 international games before calling it quits in 2009.

Symonds was involved in the infamous Monkeygate controversy during the 2008 Sydney Test. He scored an attacking century in that match and gave Australia a 2-0 lead in the series. Recently, Ben Stokes broke his record of hitting most sixes in a County Championship match. 

Brendon McCullum appointed as Head Coach of the England Test Team

Brendon McCullum

McCullum is set to coach England's Test team, replacing Chris Silverwood at the position. McCullum, a veteran of 101 tests, has been often credited for transforming New Zealand Cricket. He inspired a group of men who went on to play three consecutive World Cup Finals and also won the World Test Championship.
"He has a recent history of changing cricket culture and environments for the better, and I believe he is the person to do that for England's red-ball cricket." ~Rob Key, 
Managing Director of England's Men's Cricket

McCullum is currently coaching Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2022, who still have a shot at making the Playoffs. He will join the England team after finishing his duties with the franchise. 

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