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Shahid Afridi has shocked the cricketing world by announcing his retirement from Test match cricket! The surprise stems from the fact that he was only into his first Test match as the captain of the side, and was playing only his first Test match since coming back after 2007 when he made this decision.

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PCB has appointed Shahid Afridi as the captain of the Pakistan side to feature in the ICC World T20 this year in the West Indies. Pakistan, who had won the tournament last year by beating Sri Lanka in the final was without a captain after most of their captain-material players were eight banned for an year or more or were fined and hence not in reckoning. Afridi was one of them but the PCB chief, Ejaz Butt seems to have pardoned him for the lapses and appointed him the skipper.

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Pakistan’s parliament’s senators have said that they are confident that some of the Pakistani cricketers were involved in fixing the matches but have failed to name who the cricketers were. The Pakistan Cricket Board has said that the comments were the senators’ own and not the boards.

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The Pakistan cricket could up being in more trouble than before as the investigating committee over their debacle in Australia has recommended some really harsh penalties and fines for some of the players. The recommendations have been sent to the PCB chief Ejaz Butt, who has now to take decision for the same.

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Pakistani cricketers’ participation in the next edition of the Indian Premier League has almost become a joke for now.

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The third edition of the Indian Premier League will not see the Pakistani cricketers participating in it after the IPL chief Lalit Modi made an announcement to that regard. The reason behind the same is said to be the fact that the Pakistani cricketers had failed to obtain their visas for the tournament despite being given an extension date for the same.

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The Indian Premier League could see a host of Pakistani cricketers making their comeback into the tournament for the next season. The IPL has set a deadline of 20th November for the Pakistan Cricket Board to send them the NOCs for the participation of the cricketers, and are now working on the paper-work for the visas.

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