MS Dhoni confident India are ready for jam-packed season – Cricket News Roundup – Part 3 – August 17, 2012
Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 has expressed confidence in his team’s current mental and physical fitness, claiming the Men in Blue are all set for the packed season ahead.
“The team is all fit ... The one and a half month’s break (after last IPL) was very good from the physical and mental aspect,” observed Dhoni. “We are quite ready for the packed season.”
Following this year’s edition of the Indian Premier League in April/May, the Men in Blue took a month-and-a-half break, after which they went on a limited-overs tour of Sri Lanka. The Indian team are now set to kick off the coming season with a 2-match Test
series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 for a prolonged tour which includes 4 Test matches, 2 T20Is, and 5 ODIs.
Pakistan’s discarded wicketkeeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kamran-Akmal-c70122.
“The legal department in the board is having a look at Zulqarnain's message,” confirmed a source from the PCB. “... the board will be issuing a show cause notice to Haider through its disciplinary committee to explain his position.”
Haider recently unleashed a slew of accusations against Akmal, who had been under suspicion for links with bookmakers, claiming he had not been cleared by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625. He went on to suggest that Akmal needed to be investigated, after the 30-year-old was recently
included in Pakistan’s squad for the upcoming series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746. Haider also threatened to make further startling revelations about numerous other players and officials.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
“It would be a bit of a fairytale if I do get to play in Hyderabad. It's a big thing and quite a proud moment and a lot of my family still reside there,” Nethula said.
The leg-spinner was born in Kurnool, just outside of Hyderabad, and was all set to play for the Hyderabad's under-13 side when his family decided to move to New Zealand. Nethula made his first-class debut in 2008 for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Auckland-c766, and his international debut
earlier this year against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045.
A Test debut appeared to be on the cards during a recent series against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DL-Vettori-c1384, Nethula has been drafted into the 15-man Test squad. The first match
is due to be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792, from August 23 to 27.
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