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LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Sethi has asked fans to be patient and “have faith” in the young Test side, which played and lost its first series after the retirement of the legendary duo of Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan. According to a private news channel, it is said that in the absence of Misbah and Younis, Pakistan team – comprised of mostly young players led by Sarfraz Ahmed in his first Test series as captain, lost both the matches against Sri Lanka, ending its unbeaten streak in the UAE since…

GALLE: Two years ago Virat Kohli's India started a series in Sri Lanka as the team almost anyone could beat, on Wednesday they take to the field in Galle as the team to beat. India may have been nervous last time, but now Kohli says the side has come full circle with "no massive areas of concern" as they seek to strengthen their hold on number one Test nation status. Two years ago, India had not won a series in seven attempts. They lost the opening Galle Test and it was an electro-shock. They won that series 2-1.…

Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan will play their last Test match for Pakistan against West Indies in Dominica, which will start from Wednesday. The strongest candidate to wear the captaincy band after Misbah’s departure, Sarfraz Ahmed thinks that Pakistan Test team will have a difficult time following the duo’s retirement. “Younis used to bat at No. 4, and Misbah at No. 5, so it will affect our Test team a lot when they’re gone. When we came to the team, we used to learn from the way they conducted themselves, and we’ll…

KINGSTON: The selection committee of the West Indies Cricket Board on Tuesday announced a 13-member squad for the first Test against Pakistan, starting on April 21 at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica. Chairman of Selection Committee Courtney Browne said after winning previous Test against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, the panel felt that we should stick as close as we possibly can to that squad. “We have a young Test squad which was admirably led by Jason Holder during the last series and, though there are some…