DESTINY WILL DECIDE IF INDIA DREAM WILL COME TRUE: SHAHBAZ
NEW DELHI : Spinner Shahbaz Nadeem on Friday said destiny will decide his dream of playing for India after breaking a twodecade old List-A bowling record with figures of 8-10 in a domestic game in Chennai. Nadeem, 29, helped Jharkhand register a big win over Rajasthan with his 10 overs of left-arm spin that included a hat-trick on Thursday in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, India’s top domestic one-day competition. “Performances like these are a step towards achieving my dream of playing for my country India,” said Nadeem. “But to tell you frankly I have deliberately stopped thinking about this (India call up) because the more you think about it the more frustrated you become and it starts affecting your performance. Nadeem surpassed the previous best effort of former Delhi left-arm spinner Rahul Sanghvi, who achieved figures of 8-15 in 1997. Sanghvi went on to play one Test and 10 ODIs for India. Nadeem has played 99 first-class matches, taking 375 wickets at 29.74. He has taken 124 wickets at the List A level in 87 games besides 89 scalps in 109 T20 matches.
Uncapped Burns in Eng Test squad for Lanka tour LONDON : England named uncapped Surrey opener Rory Burns on Friday in a 16-man squad for three November Tests in Sri Lanka, the first tour since the retirement of Alastair Cook. Burns led Surrey to the county championship this season and the 28-year-old has been the leading run scorer in the top flight with 1,319 championship runs at an average of more than 69. Squad: Joe Root (capt), Moeen Ali, Jimmy Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Joe Denly, Keaton Jennings, Jack Leach, Olly Pope, Adil Rashid, Ben Stokes, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes.