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t20 wOrlD CuP

shami, pandya back to the

grind, Warner laughs at critics

and de kock denies racism

As the action goes on in Dubai, we bring you the best of glimpses from the field and off it

ndia pacer Mohammed actually think people talking
Shami is leaving no stone about my form is quite funny. I
Iunturned for the team’s up- laugh at the matter because at
coming matches in the ongoing the end of the day I’ve played
hardly any cricket and then in
T20 World Cup. Shami along the IPL I had two games and
with fellow teammates spent a then they basically wanted to
“productive” time in the train- give all the other youngsters a
ing session on Thursday. The
Indian pacer shared a picture crack.” Cricket.com.au quoted
in which he can be seen shar- Warner saying.
“From my perspective, that’s
ing his experience with Jaspirt fine. And warm-up games are
Bumrah and the net bowlers. warm-up games for a reason.
“Back to the grind. Had a pro- The other day (against South
ductive training session and
loved talking to our young tal- Africa) I got my benchmark
ented cricketers. Looking for- back with where I should be
ward to our next game against with my feet and everything,” he
added. The opening batter also
NZ,” Shami tweeted. Indian team players during a training session in Dubai on Wednesday. said that he is absolutely ‘ready’
Shami was subjected to on- (ANI Photo) to go ahead in the tournament
line abuse after India suffered and he is also in ‘good shape’.
defeat against arch-rival Pa- he bowled. “If you see, even getting ready to bowl at least
kistan on Sunday. As soon as during the IPL, he did bowl two overs in a game at some “I feel like I’m in a good
the match ended, fans on Ins- at the nets in the beginning, stage in the tournament. space, I’m hitting the ball well
tagram and Twitter passed de- but his back started getting in the nets, I couldn’t be any
more ready to go. The other
rogatory statements on Shami. stiff and that is why he had to rumors about my form is day (against South Africa) I felt
The Board of Control for rest and skip the game against funny: warner like I was one boundary away
Cricket in India (BCCI) and Chennai Super Kings on Sep- from having a good inning,”
cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Ir- tember 19 and against Kolkata ustralia opener David
fan Pathan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Knight Riders on September Warner said that the said Warner.
and all-rounder Yusuf Pathan 23. “But him coming out to bat Arumours about his bad
came out in support of Shami after his short bowling burst on form are heavily exaggerat- maxwell amuses iCC as
following the online abuse. Wednesday and then to play ed and he feels that it is quite he plays unusual shot
Hardik Pandya’s position the pull shots showed that his ‘funny’ how people are talking The International Cricket
in the Indian team has come back was able to hold up. The about it. Council (ICC) on Thursday
under intense scrutiny after pivot that comes with playing Warner was recently shared a video of Australia bat-
he stopped bowling due to the pull exerts pressure on the dropped by his Indian Premier ter Glenn Maxwell playing an
stiffness in the back. But his back and if you have muscle League (IPL) team Sunrisers unusual shot during the train-
back holding up at training on stiffness, you cannot attempt Hyderabad for his poor perfor- ing session. Maxwell, who is
Wednesday after he bowled a that shot. So hopefully, he is mance. Warner played a knock famous for reverse sweeping
short spell for around 15 min- almost there when it comes to of 14 runs and helped Austra- bowlers over the park, was seen
utes comes as a huge sigh of giving the captain an option as lia beat South Africa in their playing an unusual paddle shot
relief for the Indian team man- a bowler,” a source said. opening match of the ICC T20 back of the leg. ICC shared the
agement. Coming into the T20 World Men’s World Cup 2021 in Abu video on Instagram and asked
Hardik’s back muscles Cup, skipper Virat Kohli had Dhabi on Saturday. Maxwell as “What do you call
were getting stiff the moment said he is looking at Hardik “From my perspective, I Continued on next page... >>

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