The long list submitted to the eight franchises contains 1122 players and is set to be pruned further once the teams submit their wishlists to the IPL

With coach Andy Moles working on getting his batsmen to play long innings, and a mystery spinner who has already made an impact in international cricket, Afghanistan's World-Cup aspirations are far from fanciful

The legspinner was eligible to feature in his second successive Under-19 World Cup, but the selectors did not want to distract him from his progress at the senior level

David Warner, Steven Smith, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are some of the other players retained by their IPL franchises

He starts work from January 8, and will join the Afghanistan squad in Dubai as it prepares for the limited-overs series against Zimbabwe

Wasim Jaffer, former Mumbai captain and current Vidarbha batsman, talks about his role as a mentor with Vidarbha who will play their first Ranji Trophy final from Friday

The South African is set to join the team in a coaching role although Daniel Vettori will remain part of the management group

ESPNcricinfo understands that the IPL has asked all eight franchises to submit their final list of retained players by January 4

Rahul Johri, the BCCI CEO, talks to ESPNcricinfo about the proposed Future Tours Programme, which he says will 'ensure the best possible content and context'

Australia's T20 veteran signs three-year deal, will report to Virender Sehwag

Both countries will play a combined total of 29 Tests in the next cycle of the Future Tours Programme

An internal ICC document, which lists and dates all the major tournaments in the 2019-23 cycle, includes dates for the IPL alongside major events such as the World Cup, Champions Trophy and World T20.

The two boards are yet to confirm the dates and venue of the match, but India are likely to host it before they leave for their tour of Australia in late 2018

The ICC has retroactively suspended the Afghanistan wicketkepeer from January 17, 2017 to January 17, 2018. The matches he has played in between this period will be expunged from his record

The BCCI has worked out a "balanced" schedule in the new FTP spanning 2019-23, which would protect the players' interests as well as the board's revenues

IPL franchises will be allowed to retain a maximum of five of their existing players through a combination of player retention before the 2018 auction and the use of right-to-match cards during the auction

"The resolution is to agree to implement and support the Lodha Committee reforms along with any modifications that the court might pass,"Abhay Apte, MCA president said

India's chairman of selectors MSK Prasad said it was hard to look beyond Bumrah for the fifth fast bowler's slot given his "phenomenal" form

The two-member panel, in charge of BCCI, has submitted the new draft constitution in the Supreme Court, which is likely to take a final decision in January

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