Squad News

The Indian men's hockey team, led by the seasoned Harmanpreet Singh, is geared up for redemption after narrowly missing out on a podium finish in the previous season.

Pakistan`s left-hand batsman Haris Sohail has been called in as a replacement for injured Babar Azam in the 15-member national T20 squad for the upcoming two-match series against Scotland.

Sampdoria midfielder Gaston Ramirez was among the three players cut from Uruguay`s final 23-man FIFA World Cup squad.

Tim Cahill looks set to play in a fourth World Cup finals at the age of 38 this month after being included in Bert van Marwijk`s final 23-man Australia squad for Russia on Sunday.

 South Korea coach Shin Tae-yong selected the following 23-man squad for the World Cup finals on Saturday.

Stokes is currently England`s Test vice-captain but Wednesday`s team announcement by the England and Wales Cricket Board made no mention as to whether he had retained his position as skipper Joe Root`s deputy.

The Asia Cup will be held in Dhaka (Bangladesh) from October 11 to October 22. The Indian team looks to be a nice balance of both youth and experience and will be one of the hot favourites at the tournament.

India will take on Canada in September and the squad for the tie will be announced on Monday. 

Mumbai batsman Rohit Sharma, who missed out on the first warm-match against the Black Caps, will play in the second warm-up game. Even the left-handed talisman Yuvraj Singh is back, and would be eager to pull and drive a few shots ahead of team's title defence campaign.

Currently, New Zealand team is playing a 3 day-practise match against Mumbai at Delhi.

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