Cricket News Today: PCB CEO denies Pakistan pulling out of 2021 T20 World Cup, Kapil Dev says MS Dhoni's retirement will be huge loss for cricket, and more - 26th January, 2020

#2 Kapil Dev says cricket will miss MS Dhoni when he retires

Will Dhoni don Indian colours again?

For the past couple of months, there hasn’t been a single day that hasn’t been dominated by MS Dhoni’s retirement saga. The wicket-keeper, despite having last played an international in July, 2019, is still keeping everyone guessing about his future, meaning that nothing has been made clear on the matter.

Consequently, several experts have offered their two cents on the same, although Kapil Dev opted for a slightly different view, stating that whenever the legendary wicket-keeper’s retirement arrives, the sport would be poorer without the veteran. The former all-rounder quipped

I think he has served the country so well and nobody has done it like him. Everyone has to retire sooner or later. He is not playing matches currently. So I don't know when he will come out one day and say -- I have had enough. I think it will be our loss because he is such a fabulous cricketer.

Furthermore, he elaborated on MS’ situation, with regards to his omission from the BCCI Central Contract List, stating that other cricketers such as Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar also had to go through the same.

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#3 Wasim Akram and Yuvraj enrol themselves for Bushfire Cricket Bash

Yuvraj and Wasim are set to feature

Wasim Akram and Yuvraj Singh became the latest in a long line of cricketers to enrol themselves for the Bushfire Cricket Bash, which seeks to raise funds for those affecting across the nations by bushfire incidents.

The initiative, organised by Red Cross, would see two teams battle it out in a T20 game, which is scheduled just before the Big Bash League final on the 8th of February.

So far, a host of stars have made themselves available with Courtney Walsh and Sachin Tendulkar being appointed as coaches for Shane Warne’s XI and Ricky Ponting’s XI, respectively.

Here is the full list of players expected to play a part.

Shane Warne (capt), Ricky Ponting (capt), Adam Gilchrist, Alex Blackwell, Andrew Symonds, Brad Fittler, Brad Haddin, Brett Lee, Elyse Villani, Grace Harris, Justin Langer, Luke Hodge, Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey, Phoebe Litchfield, Shane Watson, Wasim Akram, Yuvraj Singh.

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