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‘I feel very annoyed’: Sir Vivian Richards wants West Indies to emulate Afghanistan to improve | Cricket News

‘I feel very annoyed’: Sir Vivian Richards wants West Indies to emulate Afghanistan to improve | Cricket News

Legendary player Sir Vivian Richards urged West Indies to learn from Afghanistan and re-establish themselves as a force in ODI cricket. The West Indies and Sri Lanka, both former world champions, have failed to qualify for the ongoing Champions Trophy with WI even failing to take part in the 2023 ODI World Cup in India. “I’m just hoping that my West Indies team can take a leaf out of these guys’ book, because there is a passion and energy that the Afghanis have brought to the game,” Richards said. “They haven’t been in the cricket world for so long as maybe some other teams around the world, but just their fighting spirit. To me, the ability to learn as the years go by, that would have given them the experience that’s needed in order for them to be where they’re at. When you can see Afghanistan in the Champions League, and the West Indies not, it means that Afghanistan is doing something right,” he added. Story continues below this ad As compared to West Indies, …

Champions Trophy | Pakistan will struggle to beat India B team, says Sunil Gavaskar | Cricket News

Champions Trophy | Pakistan will struggle to beat India B team, says Sunil Gavaskar | Cricket News

Sunil Gavaskar had a scathing comment on Pakistan’s recent woes when he said that this Pakistan team would struggle to even beat a second string Indian side. Champions Trophy hosts Pakistan have been in the receiving end of endless criticism ever since they lost to India on Sunday and it got much louder after they were dumped out of the tournament after New Zealand defeated Bangladesh on Monday. “I think a B team (from India) certainly (can give Pakistan a run for their money). C team, I am not too sure. But a B team will be very, very hard to beat for Pakistan in their current form,” Gavaskar said on ‘Sports Today’. “I think it’s surprising-this lack of bench strength. Pakistan always had natural talent. Natural in the sense that they may not have always been technically correct, but they had an instinctive understanding of bat and ball. Look at Inzamam-ul-Haq, for example. If you look at his stance, you wouldn’t recommend that to a young batter, but he had great temperament. With that …