Roars of delight go up around Potchefstroom and beyond as Bangladesh’s inspirational tiger cubs get their paws on the U19 World Cup. (Image credit: ICC/Getty).
With another brilliant edition of the Under 19 World Cup done and dusted, and a new champion crowned, I select a Team of the Tournament with a twist - no more than one player per nation, strict Fantasy League style. Who makes the cut?
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Shikhar Dhawan, Joe Root and Marcus Stoinis - just 3 fine cricketers who might star in a 2nd XI T20 World Cup. (Image credits (L-R): Press Association, The Telegraph, Omnisport)
The strength in depth of world T20 cricket has never been greater - so if freak circumstances aligned to force every team in this autumn’s men’s T20 World Cup to go without their first-choice XI, who would cope best?
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The ICC Board (left panel) made positive strides in the room where it happens - but new BCCI President Sourav Ganguly (left panel, L) and the man who made that office infamous N Srinivasan (right panel, R) aren’t willing to wait for it.
With the ambitious Sourav Ganguly at the helm, backed by the still-influential old guard, the BCCI are coming for the tentatively forward-looking ICC. Cricket should be worried.
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