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India Name Squad For Zim Tour

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By Perkins-Tino Bare The Indian squad set to tour Zimbabwe was released and it the spiceboys released a relatively weakened side to face the Chevrons from the 11th of June. The squad, released yesterday includes veteran MS Dhoni and some Faiz Fazal who plies his trade out in India but they chose the same 16 men for both the T20 and the ODI format of the tour with the first match slated for the 11th of June at the Harare Sports Club. Faiz Fazal is the surprise pick on the team as he made a name for himself in the local league. The 30-year-old is an opening batsman from Vidarbha who scored a match-winning 127 for the Rest of India in the second innings of the Irani Cup against Mumbai in a match played earlier this year. Before that he had made also made 312 runs at 52.00 in a tournament which came on the heels of his 559 runs in eight trophy matches. He also scored an excellent 112-ball 100 in the Deodhar Trophy final and he seems to have made a name for himself amongst the local cric

Stings Like The Bee He Is

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By Perkins-Tino Bare Charles Manyuchi defied all odds again on Friday night as he pummeled Russian Dmitry Mikhaylenko once again having to do it away from home as he won the bout in Russia. Manyuchi showed again why he`s destined for success as he defeated Dmitry Mikhaylenko to become the new World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight silver champion. The win came through a unanimous decision as the judges scored the fight 116-114, 118-110 and 115-113 all in favor of the Zimbabwean. The Russian was undefeated as before the match he stood at 21-0 but that all changed as after 12 rounds of boxing Manyuchi once again stood victorious. The win then means Manyuchi is now on possession of the belt previously held by the British fighter Amir Khan who might just put his name to try and reclaim it once again after he lost his own which measn he relinquishes the bronze category he previously held. The fight was staged in Russia on Friday and it left twitter buzzing w

Chevrons set to host India

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By Perkins-Tino Bare Zimbabwe Cricket is set to host India next month as they play 3 ODI`s and 3 T20`s in a series to be played at the Harare Sports Club from the 11 th of June to the 22 nd of June. The tour will only be confined to the ODI and T20 formats as once again there are no Test matches scheduled for this particular tour. Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed the developments in a statement released by their managing director, Wilfred Mukondiwa “After finalising all the formalities with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), we are pleased to announce the incoming tour scheduled for this June,” Mukondiwa said. All matches are set to be played in Harare as the Harare Sports Club is going to be the principal venue for the series. A test match had been set for the series but ut was later replaced by the three T20`s after a request from Zimbabwe Cricket. That`s not however an issue as right now i bet any team would have done the trick for the many starved