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'Right now, we can't even commit that we can tour Sri Lanka in July followed by (short T20I series) in Zimbabwe. Both these tours are part of the FTP programme and we are still not sure what the situation will be in two months, so how can we commit on South Africa tour?' BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal asked

BCCI has agreed to honour its prior commitment to play 3 T20Is in South Africa. The Virat Kohli-led Indian team could travel to South Africa if the situation improves. Currently, there is no cricket due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

 

In April 2015 following the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates, had predicted that the world would struggle to cope with a highly infectious virus and also warned about its dangers. Unfortunately, it appears that nobody listened to him then, as the world continues to battle with the coronavirus pandemic. It all happened when Bill Gates participated in a 2015 Ted Talks and revealed his fears of a potential global epidemic. Gates, who has donated 50 million dollars to speed up the development of a coronavirus treatment, had also made an appeal for becoming better prepared to tackle the same. So what did Bill Gates really say in his Ted Talks titled – The Next Outbreak? We’re Not Ready. Watch this video y Sunita Iyer to know more.

Suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain was arrested by the Delhi police after his surrender plea was rejected by a Delhi court. 7 Congress MPs suspended for their unparliamentary behaviour in Lok Sabha.

India's 16-year-old sensation Shafali Verma now has the highest strike-rate in Women's T20Is. The opening batter has scored 438 runs in the shortest format of the game at a strike-rate of 147.97 and has surpassed South Africa's Chloe Tryon and Australia's Alyssa Healy. The official handle of the T20 World Cup posted the stat on Twitter and captioned the post as: "Highest career strike rates in women's T20Is (min. 200 runs)--Shafali Verma - 438 runs at 147.97, Chloe Tryon - 722 runs at 138.31, Alyssa Healy - 1,875 runs at 129.66, the 16-year-old is top of the tree". India entered the semifinals of the women's T20 World Cup after Shafali Verma's 34-ball 46 followed by a superlative performance from the bowlers helped the team notch up a narrow four-run win over New Zealand in Melbourne on Thursday.

Bangladesh have done what has looked unthinkable for at least the last three years at U-19 level. They have beaten India in an absolute humdinger at the U19 World Cup final at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom, South Africa. This is Bangladesh's first World Cup at any level.

On February 4, India and Pakisan will face off in the semi-final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa

In an exclusive chat with MyNation, former Australia batsman Matthew Hayden said he doesn't support ICC's decision to ban South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada

Four-time champions India emerged victorious over Sri Lanka in their opening match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa. Siddesh Veer was the Man-of-the-match

India Under-19 team clinched the three-match Youth ODI series 2-1 against South Africa Under-19 in East London despite losing the third game

In an exclusive interview with MyNation, left-arm spinner Shubhang Hegde opens about the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Among other things, the 18-year-old Bengaluru boy says he would love to bowl to Virat Kohli and Steve Smith

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Brazil for two days to participate in the 11th BRICS summit alongside leaders from Russia, China and South Africa. The theme for this year's summit is 'Economic growth for an innovative future' and this is the sixth time that PM Modi will be participating. A large business delegation from India is also expected to be present during the visit.
 

With this win, South Africa equalled New Zealand's record of a country with most rugby World Cup titles. The two teams had also locked horns in the 2007 World Cup final where South Africa defeated England and lifted the coveted trophy for the second time

Catch all the sports update of last week (October 21 to 27) in MyNation’s Sportstop weekly review show. Sourav Ganguly took charge as the new president of the BCCI while India completed a 3-0 clean sweep over South Africa in Freedom Test Series