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Other participants include former South Africa captain Graeme Smith, Virender Sehwag and Mike Hussey. New Zealand's retired spinner Nathan McCullum.

Hyderabad captain Ambati Rayudu has been handed a two-match suspension by the BCCI for breaching its Code of Conduct during the recent Syed Mushtaq Ali game between Hyderabad and Karnataka.

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The ODI series starts on Thursday in Durban and de Villiers will miss matches at Kingsmead, SuperSport Park and Newlands.

Former Australia all-rounder James Hopes has been appointed the bowling coach of the Delhi Daredevils for the eleventh edition of the IPL. The 39-year-old will be working with his ex-captain Ricky Ponting, who is the head coach of the Delhi franchise. Subhadeep Ghosh, ex-Assam and Railways first-class cricketer will take over as the fielding coach of the new-look franchise. He retired from the game in 2016 and has done coaching duties at Queensland and Brisbane Heat at the Big Bash League.

Aryaman was picked by the Royals after going unsold in the first round.

Cheteshwar Pujara  will warm up for India's Test series in England by playing county cricket for Yorkshire. Pujara will share overseas duties with New Zealand captain Kane Williamson. Pujara had two spells at Nottinghamshire last season and has also played county cricket for Derbyshire as he has become the most common India player on the county circuit.

Peter Borren (capt), Wesley Barresi, Ben Cooper, Ryan ten Doeschate, Paul van Meekeren, Stephan Myburgh, Max O'Dowd, Scott Edwards, Roelof van der Merwe, Shane Snater, Pieter Seelaar, Timm van der Gugten, Viv Kingma, Fred Klaassen, Sikander Zulfiqar

Basil Thampi was the Emerging Player of the Tournament in the 2017 IPL.

Kane Williamson (c), Tom Blundell, Trent Boult, Tom Bruce, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Anaru Kitchen, Colin Munro, Seth Rance, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Ben Wheeler

All-format contracts  - Jason Holder, Shannon Gabriel, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Devendra Bishoo Red-ball contracts  - Kraigg Brathwaite, Roston Chase, Shane Dowrich, Jermaine Blackwood, Miguel Cummins, Jomel Warrican (Development - Shimron Hetmyer, Kieran Powell, Vishaul Singh) White-ball contracts  - Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Jason Mohammed, Evin Lewis, Rovman Powell (Development - Kesrick Williams)

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Team: Arsenal Matches: 129 Goals: 25

Mitchell Mc Clenghan L.Malinga D.Sammy M.Morkel U.Khawaja Adam Milne G.Cremer M.Shahzad Rajneesh Gurbani A.Dinda

J.Holder S.Marsh L.Simmons Tymal Mills D.Smith A.Zampa M.Guptil M.Shami D.Styen S.Badree

Ish Sodhi E.Morgan J.Root C.Pujara I.Sharma J.Flaunker M.Henriques J.Bairstow H.Amla T.Head

Team: Arsenal Matches: 178 Goals: 73

Team: AC Milan Matches: 90

Team: Real Madrid Matches: 80

Team: AM Matches: 96

Team: Bayern Munich Matches: 190

Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Pat Cummins, Evin Lewis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ben Cutting, Mustafizur Rahman, Rahul Chahar, Pradeep Sangwan, Jason Behrendorff, Jean-Paul Duminy, Saurabh Tiwary, Tajinder Dhillon, Akila Dhananjaya, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Lad, Mayank Markande, Sharad Lumba, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh.

David Warner (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan, Shikhar Dhawan, Wriddhiman Saha, Siddarth Kaul, Deepak Hooda, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Kane Williamson, Carlos Brathwaite, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Shreevats Goswami, Mohammad Nabi, Chris Jordan, Basil Thampi, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Sachin Baby, Bipul Sharma, Syed Mehdi Hasan, Ricky Bhui, Tanmay Agarwal

Ben Stokes, Jaydev Unadkat, Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, K Gowtham, Jos Buttler, Rahul Tripathi, D'Arcy Short, Ajinkya Rahane, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zahir Khan, Ben Laughlin, Stuart Binny, Dushmantha Chameera, Anureet Singh, Aryaman Vikram Birla, Midhun S, Shreyas Gopal, Prashant Chopra, Jatin Saxena, Ankit Sharma, Mahipal Lomror.

Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan, Brendon Mccullum, Chris Woakes, Colin de Grandhomme, Moeen Ali, Quinton De Kock, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Manan Vohra, Aniket Choudhary, Navdeep Saini, Murugan Ashwin, Mandeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mohammed Siraj, Anirudha Joshi, Parthiv Patel, Tim Southee, Pavan Deshpande

Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammad Shami, Trent Boult, Colin Munro, Daniel Christian, Jason Roy, Naman Ojha, Prithvi Shaw, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Avesh Khan, Abhishek Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Harshal Patel, Manjot Kalra, Sandeep Lamichhane, Sayan Ghosh, Gautam Gambhir (c), Rishabh Pant, Chris Morris, Shreyas Iyer, Glenn Maxwell, Kagiso Rabada

Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, David Miller, Aaron Finch, Marcus Stoinis, Mayank Rana, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, Manoj Tiwary, Mujeeb Zadran, Yuvraj Singh, Barinder Sran, Andrew Tye, Akshdeep Nath, Ben Dwarshus, Pradeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Chris Gayle, Manzoor Dar

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India (4) drew with Belgium (4) Belgium beat India on shoot outs

International: 175 appearances UEFA club competition: 156 appearances Domestic competition: 702 appearances

Team: Man United Matches: 224

Team: Juventus Matches: 498 National Team: Italy Matches: 175 Will he play 500 matches for Juventus? Give yours answers down in the comments section

Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Starc, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Nitish Rana, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Mitchell Johnson, Shubman Gill, Vinay Kumar, Rinku Singh, Cameron Delport, Javon Searless, Apoorv Wankhade, Ishank Jaggi

MS Dhoni (C), Suresh Raina (VC), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Billings,  Faf du Plessis ,  Harbhajan Singh, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Imran Tahir, Shardul Thakur, Jagadeesan Narayan, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Asif K M, Lungisani Ngidi, Dhruv Shorey, Murali Vijay, Mark Wood, Kanishk Seth, Kshitiz Sharma, Monu Singh, Chaitanya Bishnoi

Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma (Vice Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (WK), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Jaydev Unadkat, Shardul Thakur

Team: Real Madrid Matches: 114 Goals: 9 Team: Bayern Munich &  Bayern Munich II Matches: 130 & 13 Goals: 13 & 4

Team: Real Madrid Matches:144 Goals: 29

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Top Team: Man United From: 1963-1974 Matches: 361 Goals: 137 National Team: Nothern Ireland Matches: 37 Goals: 9

William Porterfield (capt), Andy Balbirnie, Peter Chase, George Dockrell, Ed Joyce, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Tim Murtagh, Kevin O'Brien, Niall O'Brien (wk), Boyd Rankin, James Shannon, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Gary Wilson

Finch's IPL journey so far: 2010 - Rajasthan Royals 2011 - 2012 - Delhi Daredevils 2013 - Pune Warriors India 2014 - Sunrisers Hyderabad 2015 - Mumbai Indians 2016 - 2017 - Gujarat Lions 2018 - Kings XI Punjab

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Bengaluru FC vs Transport United FC 0-0 Leg 2 on 30/1/2018

Jason Holder (capt), Jason Mohammed (vice-capt), Devendra Bishoo, Carlos Brathwaite, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Evin Lewis, Nikita Miller, Ashley Nurse, Rovman Powell, Kemar Roach, Marlon Samuels, Kesrick Williams

Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Mahmudullah (vice-capt), Tamim Iqbal, Litton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Imrul Kayes, Mominul Haque, Mosaddek Hossain, Taijul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamrul Islam, Mehidy Hassan, Rubel Hossain, Nayeem Hasan.

Faf du Plessis (capt), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Khaya Zondo

Top Clubs : Arsenal, Juventus & Barcelona EPL Apps:  258 Goals:  175 Assists:  74 League titles:  2 Individual accolades:  Golden Boot x 4, Player of the Season x 2

Clubs : Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United EPL Apps:  441 Goals:  260 Assists:  64 League titles:  1 Individual accolades:  3 x Golden Boot, 1 x Player of the Season

Top Clubs : Manchester United & RM EPL Apps:  150 Goals:  95 Assists:  14 League titles:  1 Individual accolades:  1 x Golden Boot, 1 x Player of the Season

Clubs : Manchester United, Leeds United EPL Apps:  156 Goals:  70 Assists:  56 League titles:  4

Clubs : Arsenal, West Ham United EPL Apps:  213 Goals:  113 Assists:  22 League titles:  1

Top Clubs : Liverpool, Newcastle United, Manchester United, Stoke City & RM EPL Apps:  326 Goals:  150 Assists:  31 League titles:  1 Individual accolades:  2 x Golden Boot. 1 x Player of the Season.

Clubs : Liverpool, Newcastle United, Manchester United, Portsmouth, Manchester City, Fulham, Blackburn EPL Apps:  414 Goals:   187 Assists:   73 League titles:   5 Individual accolades:   1 x Golden Boot

Angelo Mathews  is out of the ongoing ODI tri-nation series, but is also in serious doubt for the Tests against Bangladesh, and has returned to Colombo for treatment.

Dhananjaya de Silva  will join the Sri Lanka ODI team that is currently playing the Tri-Nation Series in Bangladesh, as a replacement for the injured  Kusal Perera . Kusal suffered a side strain during his innings of 49 in Sri Lanka's match  against Zimbabwe  on Sunday. He has been advised rest, and will miss the rest of the tournament.

The 2018 season of the IPL will begin on April 7 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai with the final scheduled for May 27 at the same venue. Defending champions Mumbai Indians will play the tournament opener, and their opponent will be revealed when the IPL releases the match schedule this week.

Australia vs England at Queenstown, January 23 Pakistan vs South Africa at Christchurch, January 24 New Zealand vs Afghanistan at Christchurch, January 25 Bangladesh vs India at Queenstown, January 26

David Warner (capt), Aaron Finch, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, D'Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa

Steven Smith (capt), David Warner, Cameron Bancroft, Jackson Bird, Pat Cummins, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Jon Holland, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Tim Paine (wk), Jhye Richardson, Mitchell Starc.

Temba Bavuma  will take no part in South Africa's ongoing Test series against India after fracturing his right finger during a domestic one-day cup match on January 17. Bavuma will need three to four weeks of recovery time but will remain part of the Test squad, with the selectors opting not to name a replacement batsman. South Africa already have an extra batsman in  Theunis de Bruyn , who, like Bavuma, has not played in either of the two already completed Tests. Bavuma is expected to recover in time for the four Test series against Australia, which begins on March 1.

Top Clubs : Everton, Manchester United EPL Apps:  477 Goals:  208 League titles:  5

Top Clubs : Chelsea EPL Apps:  254 Goals:  104 Assists:  54 League titles:  4 Individual accolades:  2 x Golden Boot

Top Clubs : Manchester City, A.Madrid EPL Apps:  198 Goals:  135 League titles:  2 Individual accolades:  1 x Golden Boot

Arjun Nair , the Sydney Thunder spinner, has been suspended for a suspect bowling action after undergoing testing at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane.

Sri Lanka's limited-overs captain  Angelo Mathews  has been sidelined with a hamstring injury for two matches in the ongoing tri-series in Bangladesh. Mathews will miss Friday's ODI against Bangladesh as well as their next match against Zimbabwe on Sunday. Dinesh Chandimal  will lead Sri Lanka in his absence.  Mathews had recently been  reappointed  Sri Lanka's limited-overs captain after he had stepped down from the post in July last year.

Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year - Virat Kohli (India) Men's Test Cricketer of the Year - Steve Smith (Australia) Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year - Virat Kohli (India) Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year - Hasan Ali (Pakistan) Men's Associate Cricketer of the Year - Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) Men's T20I Performance of the Year - Yuzvendra Chahal (6-25 v England) (India) David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year - Marais Erasmus ICC Spirit of Cricket - Anya Shrubsole (England)

G.Gambhir - 2 Cr Harbajan Singh - 2Cr Yusuf Pathan - 75 lacks Irfan Pathan - 50 lacks

Sarfraz Ahmed (capt &wk), Fakhar Zaman, Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Rumman Raees, Umar Amin

India will play two T20Is Ireland in June, on their way to their tour of England. The matches will be in Dublin on June 27 and June 29, the BCCI has confirmed.

The 35-year-old has been banned for five months by the BCCI.

Angelo Mathews (capt), Upul Tharanga, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera, Asela Gunaratne, Niroshan Dickwella, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Pradeep, Dushmantha Chameera, Shehan Madushanka, Akila Dananjaya, Lakshan Sandakan, Wanindu Hasaranga.

Faf du Plessis (capt), Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Theunis de Bruyn, Quinton de Kock (wk), AB de Villiers, Dean Elgar, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada. The second test starts on 13th Jan.

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Eoin Morgan (capt), Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Vince, David Willey, Mark Wood

ODI squad : Asghar Stanikzai (capt), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Javed Ahmadi, Ihsanullah Janat, Najibullah Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Samiullah Shenwari, Nasir Jamal, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Zadran, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Dawlat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran.  Reserves : Noor Ali Zadran, Karim Janat, Sayed Ahmad Shirzad, Afsar Zazai. T20I squad : Asghar Stanikzai (capt), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Usman Ghani, Karim Sadiq, Najibullah Zadran, Shafiqullah, Samiullah Shenwari, Aftab Alam, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Zadran, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Hamid Hassan, Shapoor Zadran.

Hamilton Masakadza, Solomon Mire, Craig Ervine, Brendan Taylor, Sikandar Raza, Peter Moor, Malcolm Waller, Graeme Cremer (capt), Ryan Murray (wk), Tendai Chisoro, Brandon Mavuta, Blessing Muzarabani, Christopher Mpofu, Tendai Chatara, Kyle Jarvis

Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Mohammad Mithun, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Abul Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mohammad Saifuddin, Sunzamul Islam.

The Chennai Super Kings seem to be making a return to the IPL in style. After retaining MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja, the crux of their erstwhile successful team, the side have appointed Michael Hussey as their batting coach for the 11th edition of the IPL. Hussey's former teammates Ricky Ponting and Brad Hodge will be coaching the Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab respectively.

Indian hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh has been handed a 15-day suspension and will be on a 12-month probation for playing in a charity football match without taking Hockey India's permission. Sreejesh featured in goal for the Virat Kohli-led side named All Heart FC, which took on Ranbir Kapoor's All Star FC in Mumbai.

The departure of Bengaluru FC Assistant Coach Carlos Cuadrat was a big blow. Bengaluru FC faces Kolkata outfit ATK in their next ISL encounter where Marc Huguet is expected to make his ISL assistant managerial bow.

Chennaiyin FC head coach John Gregory has been suspended for three matches and fined INR 4 Lakhs.

Claudio Matias of Delhi Dynamos FC and Sehnaj Singh of Mumbai City FC have been suspended for four and two matches respectively for their club’s upcoming games in the  ISL . Claudio Matias has also been fined Rs 3 Lakhs and Sehnaj Singh INR 2 Lakhs.

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The tournament is scheduled to take place from January 7-27.

Chennaiyin FC striker Jeje Lalpekhlua once again proved why he is one of the best players currently in the ISL. Chennaiyin FC played 6 games in the month of December, they won 4 games, drew and lost one each. Chennaiyin FC are currently sitting at the second position in the table with 16 points from 8 games. CFC play their next game against Delhi Dynamos FC on January 7 (Sunday).

Goalkeepers: Akash Anil Chikte, Suraj Karkera, PR Sreejesh, Krishan B Pathak. Defenders: Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Dipsan Tirkey, Varun Kumar, Rupinderpal Singh, Birendra Lakra, Surender Kumar, Gurinder Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Sardar Singh. Midfielders: Manpreet Singh, Chinglensana Singh, SK Uthappa, Sumit, Kothajit Singh, Satbir Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Simranjeet Singh, Harjeet Singh. Forwards: SV Sunil, Akashdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Upadhyay, Gurjant Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Armaan Qureshi, Affan Yousuf, Talwinder Singh, Sumit Kumar

Former Australia captain  Ricky Ponting  will return to the IPL this season, this time as head coach of Delhi Daredevils. Ponting takes over from Paddy Upton and former India captain Rahul Dravid. The franchise is yet to win a title in 10 seasons. Ponting had coached Mumbai Indians to their second IPL title in 2015, but the franchise chose to not renew his two-year contract when it expired in 2016. He had joined the franchise as a player in 2013, but stepped away midway through the tournament due to poor form. Ponting also worked with Mumbai Indians in an advisory capacity in 2014. Prior to that, he was briefly part of Kolkata Knight Riders for the inaugural edition in 2008.