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Ankeet Chavan, who in 2013 alongside Sreesanth was banned by the BCCI for life, for his alleged involvement in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, is eligible to play cricket again after the BCCI reduced the left-arm-spinner’s ban to 7 years. Chavan was informed of the same by interim CEO Hemang Amin.

Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria is of the opinion that Sanju Samson should lead India in the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka, and believes that the Kerala lad should be groomed to be a long-term captaincy candidate. As things stand, Dhawan is the favorite to lead India against SL.

Jofra Archer, who after an operation was ruled out of the IPL, has admitted that it was a hard decision for him not to go to India for the cash-rich league. However, while insisting that he would hopefully make it to the IPL if the tournament gets rescheduled, he said that it would depend on ECB.