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India have had options for the opening spot, but they are now leaning towards the two rookies in the big race to Australia

Is the Sri Lanka allrounder such a poor runner that the selectors' decision to drop him, despite him being the most consistent ODI run-maker in the side, defensible?

Also: how many times has a player opened both the batting and bowling in the same match?

A look at the spinners' actions and how they trouble batsmen

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Nair is not the first batsman to have gone through selection mismanagement in recent times, but his handling by the team management, in particular, has been baffling

Slow surfaces, large boundaries, sapping heat and low totals were a deviation from the quotidian ODI run-fest

Rohit Sharma became the fifth captain to lead India to an Asia Cup title

Right through the Asia Cup, Bangladesh's middle order had made up for their misfiring top order. In the final, the roles were reversed

Bangladesh sprang a surprise with an unusual opening pair, who added a century stand, but Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav combined to throw them off their plans

Since their defeat in the 2015 World Cup quarter-final, whenever Bangladesh have played India, there has been that "lose to anyone but India" mentality

Bangladesh haven't been at their best in tournament finals, which is why they'll need a fresh mindset against India in the Asia Cup title clash

How the WBBL is cricket's answer to plugging a hole left by the end of the AFL season, as well as engaging a half of the population that was neglected for too long

Appointed prior to the Australia series in 2017, Sunil Joshi has been trying to get Mehidy Hasan and company not to worry when they get hit and instead keep looking for wickets

He does not seem to have anyone else to talk to about the decisions he takes on the field and that's hurting the team's progress

No Tamim? No Shakib? No problem. Trust Mashrafe's captaincy and Mustafizur's bowling to get the job done

A look back at matches involving Afghanistan that wrote themselves in the history books

The cricket world applauded Afghanistan on Twitter after their Asia Cup campaign ended in a thrilling tie with India

Afghanistan captain Asghar Afghan credited their coach Phil Simmons for "raising the bar"

There were flashes of promises - notably the development of Tom Bailey and Matt Parkinson - but Lancashire failed to produce the runs required for Division One survival