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While Nitin Menon has emerged as one of the best umpires in the country, the others haven’t really lived up to their expectations. As witnessed today, Chettithody Shamshuddin declared Rohit Sharma out, which left the Mumbai skipper visibly frustrated as the batsman had not hit it.

Zimbabwe, on Friday, created history but not only defending 118 against a Babar Azam-led Pakistan side but when they also dismissed them for a total of 99 runs. It was Luke Jongwe, with figures of 4/18, who led Zimbabwe’s charge and also celebrated their victory with a unique ‘boot’ celebration.

Pakistan, on Friday, handed 20-year-old Karachi Kings pacer Arshad Iqbal a maiden cap and the youngster left a mark on his debut - literally. Through a snorting bouncer, the right-arm quick blew the cover off Zimbabwe’s Tadiwanashe Marumani’s helmet, leaving the batsman absolutely shell-shocked.

Cricket Australia (CA) have released the centrally contracted Players’ list for the 2021/22 season and have omitted the quartet of Travis Head, Matthew Wade, Marcus Stoinis and Mitchell Marsh. Joe Burns has also missed out, but Cameron Green has seen himself receive a maiden contract.