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WE PLAYED MORE CRICKET THAN THIS GENERATION NEW DELHI, MONDAY 18 MARCH 2019 There is a feeling in cricketing fraternity that a choc-a-bloc international calender comprising three formats leave youngsters with very little time to work on their game. However the leg- 16 endary Shane Warne believes otherwise at a time when workload management has been the buzzword in many countries including India. We played more cricket than this generation. We played more days of cricket, even though it was first-class cricket. What's the complication nowa- days is the travel and different formats that they have to adjust to. But in terms of pure balls bowled and days played, yesteryears' players used to play more, Warne said. Warne then cited an example of his playing days for Australia, Victoria and Hampshire. There used to be a Sheffield Shield game for Victoria, then a Test match and we would again go back and play for Victoria. Now they have breaks, they have got Big Bash, so that's a fact, said Warne, who bowled an astound- ing 92,797 legal deliveries in senior level cricket and took 1862 wickets. For more updates www.thestatesman.com Postal Reg. No. DL (ND)-II/6088/2018/-19-20 THUMBNAILS No cap on IPL matches, Bangladesh players return home: Having narrowly escaped a WADA issue, tax waiver terror attack in a mosque that claimed 49 lives, a trauma- insists Kohli; Tournament tised Bangladesh cricket team returned home with players stating that it will take some time for the normalcy to to benefit India players for return. According to Bangladesh's leading newspaper 'Daily Star', Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan on agenda as Manohar said that as the players had gone through such a traumatic WC, says Kirsten experience, they required a break from cricket. He advised that the players spend time with their families and try not PTI to relive the memories from that day -- when the players to meet CoA members BENGALURU, 17 MARCH were warned against entering the Masjid Al Noor by passers- by and quickly got away from the scene of a gruesome “You cannot put a cap on any- attack that has claimed 49 lives, the newspaper reported. PTI can't manage tax waiver. We thing,” said India captain Bangladesh's senior opener Tamim Iqbal admitted that it NEW DELHI, 17 MARCH have demanded time till gen- Virat Kohli, insisting that no would take some time before they can return to the field. eral elections. But we have pre- instructions have been issued What we faced here, it will take some time for us to get he BCCI brass is pared an alternate plan,” the to Indian Premier League over what we suffered, Tamim said before boarding the expected to put forth official said. (IPL) franchises with regards flight for Bangladesh. its proposals on anti- It is learnt that BCCI has to workload management of doping policy and already spoken to the host World Cup bound players. Afghanistan close to maiden Test win: Spinner Rashid Khan's Tthe $ 22 million tax waiver for broadcasters and they are However the Indian cap- five-wicket haul helped Afghanistan bowl out Ireland for 288 future global events when it game in paying the excise duty tain expects his teammates and put the team in sight of a maiden Test win on the third meets ICC chairman Shashank for the camera and other to be smart enough to man- of mind we have created in day of the one-off Test in Dehradun on Sunday. Chasing 147 Manohar in Mumbai on Mon- equipments that will be age their workload before the Indian team - strive for victory, Afghanistan were 29 for one with Ihsanullah day. imported. The world cricket's the mega event starting May towards excellence and Janat batting on 16 and Rahmat Shah unbeaten on 11 at the On behalf of BCCI, the richest body will also request 30. improve every day. Each play- close of play. Afghanistan lost one wicket in the form of three-member Committee some of its own sponsors to “If I'm able to play 10, 12 er will take this tournament Mohammad Shahzad, but Janat and Shah, who made 98 in of Administrator (CoA) along carry the tax burden. or 15 games, it doesn't nec- as an opportunity to go to the Afghanistan's first innings total of 314, ensured there was with CEO Rahul Johri will It has also been learnt that essarily mean that the other World Cup in a good frame no more damage when the stumps were drawn. Earlier in meet Manohar. BCCI will request ICC to guy can only play that many. of mind.” the day, Andy Balbirnie (82) and Kevin O'Brien (56) scored During the recent ICC increase the per match host- My body might demand I World Cup winning former half-centuries each but Khan came up with career-best fig- Board meeting in Dubai, the ing fee of the 2021 ICC World play a certain number of India coach Gary Kirsten ures of five for 82 to bundle out Ireland in the final session members were updated on T20 from USD 200,000 (Rs 1.37 games and I need to be smart feels that IPL would serve as of play. Khan accounted for the wickets of James McCollum, WADA's concerns about crore) to USD 350,000 (Rs about that and rest,” Kohli, good preparation for the O'Brien, Stuart Thompson, George Dockrell and Andrew domestic anti-doping pro- 2.41 crore). who will be leading RCB in the Indian players ahead of the McBrine to put Afghanistan in a commanding position. gramme in India. “We have learnt that ICC IPL, said during the launch World Cup. In order to be World Anti- has recently agreed to increase of an app. “We do understand all Football legend Puyol attends PSL Doping Agency (WADA) com- al Dope Testing Laboratory erons who will be helping the the per match hosting rights “Someone else's body the international players, final: Legendary Spanish and pliant, the BCCI needs to (NDTL) and the top cricketers' players in sample collection for the 2020 World T20 in might be more capable than apart from the Indians, will Barcelona footballer Carles Puyol come under National Anti- whereabouts have been con- but our players will simply not Australia to USD 350,000. We mine or less, that is a very indi- be called back to their inter- was the star attraction during Doping Agency (NADA) ambit sistently updated on WADA's be comfortable giving sam- would request them to do the vidual thing. And everyone nationals teams anyway the final of the Pakistan Super which it has been resisting all database. We have started ples to NADA DCOs,” the same for us. Right now, we are wants to play the World Cup, through the IPL,” Kirsten League at the National Stadium in this while. the process of creating ath- official said. in 2019 but the costs will so people will be smart about said. “We have to accept Karachi on Sunday. I thought “The Board unanimously letes' biological passport On the issue of USD 22 mil- increase rapidly in 2021 and it because you don't want to there's not much we can do Pakistanis only liked cricket but I acknowledged its desire to also,” a senior BCCI official lion (Rs 150 crore) tax waiv- we need to be prepared,” miss out on such a big event.” about that. We understand the have seen they like football a lot remain WADA compliant and privy to the development er for the 2021 World Twen- said the official. Kohli said that it is up to demands that an interna- also and it made me happy, Puyol committed to working in told PTI on condition of ty20 and 2023 ODI World After the meeting with individual players to deal tional player has. We'll be said in Spanish while addressing partnership with the BCCI, anonymity. Cup, the BCCI is getting ready ICC, the CoA will then have with the issue to keep their very reasonable in that space. the packed enclosures around WADA and the India NADA It is learnt that BCCI is ready with an alternate plan to pay its own meeting with multi- body fit and be in contention “If you get yourself match- him from the centre of the to resolve the outstanding to provide a dossier on NADA's the said amount. The tax laws ple agendas. for a place in the World Cup- ready during the IPL, that's ground. Puyol, who has retired from international football, is issues as a matter of urgency,” sample collection goof-ups in India don't permit waiver The full IPL schedule is bound squad. going to hold you in really good widely regarded as one of the best central defenders of his the ICC had stated after the and make it clear that it has and there remains a possibility expected to be released tomor- “From a responsibility stead during the World Cup. generation following his sterling performances for Spain meeting. no faith in NADA's Dope that the tournaments might row and a host of other issues point of view, all the Indian I think it's an advantage to the and Barcelona. Puyol, who is here to promote World Soccer However BCCI's con- Control Officers (DCOs). be shifted by the ICC to Sri will also come up for discus- players will have the respon- Indian players, actually. Star matches and the next World Cup, was greeted by loud tention is that the Board is “We will be reiterating our Lanka or Bangladesh.

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