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India opener Shikhar Dhawan has come up with a heartwarming gesture towards the families of the CRPF personnel who were martyred in the Pulwama terror attack.
Meanwhile, young batsman Prithvi Shaw is set to return to action after almost three months. He has recovered sufficiently from the ankle injury which had ruled him out of the Australia tour during November last year.
Here are all of today's top news from the cricket world.
Pat Cummins becomes the number one Test bowler
Australian pacer Pat Cummins has become the top-ranked bowler in Test cricket. He has risen to the number one position even as Kagiso Rabada slipped two spots in the latest ICC Player Rankings.
Cummins is the first bowler from Australia to top the Test rankings since Glenn McGrath's reign ended in February 2006. He now has 878 rating points and is 16 points ahead of the second-ranked James Anderson.
Rabada, who had a below-par showing in South Africa's shock defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka at Durban, has dropped down to the third spot. At the moment, he trails Anderson by 13 rating points.
Meanwhile, India captain Virat Kohli continues to lead the ranking charts for Test batsmen. Kane Williamson currently occupies the second spot and Cheteshwar Pujara completes the top three.
CCI urges BCCI to denounce India-Pakistan World Cup clash
In the wake of the gruesome terror attack on CRPF personnel at Pulwama, the Cricket Club of India (CCI) has requested the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to pull the Men in Blue out of the group stage match against Pakistan in the 2019 World Cup.
"We condemn the terror activities carried out against our army and CRPF personnel. Though CCI is a sporting association but nation comes first even before sports", CCI Secretary Suresh Bafna told ANI.
India and Pakistan are slated to play the group stage match at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground on June 16.
Read more on CCI's request to BCCI here
Following the Pulwama attack, the CCI had responded by covering the portrait of former World Cup winning captain and current Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Bafna insisted, "We called a meeting on the very next day of the attack and to condemn the attack, we decided to cover the photo. We'll be deciding soon how to remove the photo."
Prithvi Shaw named in Mumbai's squad for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
India opener Prithvi Shaw is set to return to action after spending almost three months in an injury-enforced hiatus from cricket. The 19-year-old batsman has been included in Mumbai's squad for the upcoming edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Shaw had suffered an ankle injury during the warm-up match against Cricket Australia XI in November 2018. He was subsequently ruled out of the entire Australia tour and went on to undergo a lengthy rehabilitation process.
India's Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane leads a strong Mumbai squad for the Twenty20 tournament. Aside from Rahane and Shaw, the squad contains three other nationally capped players in Shardul Thakur, Shreyas Iyer and Dhawal Kulkarni.
Mumbai begin their campaign against Sikkim on February 21 at the Emerald High School Ground in Indore.
Mumbai Squad: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Dhawal Kulkarni, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Suryakumar Yadav, Akash Parkar, Eknath Kerkar, Dhrumil Matkar, Shams Mulani, Shubham Ranjane, Tushar Deshpande and Royston Dias
Shikhar Dhawan donates money to families of CRPF martyrs
India opener Shikhar Dhawan has pledged to donate money to the families of the CRPF martyrs who were slain at Pulwama.
In a video posted on his official social media pages, Dhawan has promised to offer financial support to the families and next of kin of the 40 CRPF paramilitary personnel who were ambushed in the Pulwama terror attack. The left-handed batsman also implored his fellow citizens to do the same.
Yesterday, the players from the Irani Cup-winning Vidarbha team had given their prize money from the final to the family members of the CRPF martyrs. Led by captain Faiz Fazal, the Ranji Trophy winners came forward to extend support to the honourable cause.
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