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Simon Doull has made a shocking reveal and said that he stayed without food for many days after his comments on Babar Azam. Before the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Doull was in Pakistan for commentary duties during the Pakistan Super League (PSL). During the tournament, Dull had criticised the Peshawar Zalmi captain for slowing down whenever he reaches close to a century.

"Rather than putting the team first... the last little while, that's all that been happening. Rather than looking for boundaries, still, so much firepower to come. Hundreds are brilliant, stats are great, but it has to be team first," Doull said.

Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi on Monday has cleared the air about the PCB chief Najam Sethi's comments about him wanting to replace Babar Azam from captaincy.

Sethi on Sunday has revealed that the interim selection committee, led by Shahid Afridi, wanted to strip Babar Azam from captaincy.

“I spoke with Mr Najam Sethi who was kind enough to confirm he was not referring to me while commenting about Babar Azam’s captaincy. He has further clarified this in his social media posts. This has put the matter to bed," Afridi wrote on Twitter.

Former New Zealand cricketer Simon Doull wasn't delighted after Virat Kohli took his own time to get to his half-century in Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Monday, April 10 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

Kohli was unbeaten on 42 runs off 25 balls after the end of the powerplay. But from there on, he slowed down a wee bit and took 10 more balls to go from 42 to 50.

Doull was critical of Kohli, saying that batters can't afford to play for "personal milestones". Anjum Chopra and Sanjay Majrekar, Doull's fellow commentators, didn't speak a word and stayed silent.

Not many could have seen it coming, but veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane proved to be the surprise package of the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) as he took down the Mumbai Indians (MI) bowling attack during his debut for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 'El Clasico' at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium on Sunday (April 8).

Rahane showed a side of him that not many knew he had as he scored a 19-ball half-century as CSK easily chased down a low total of 158. Rahane made a total of 61 in just 27 balls as the four-time champions registered their second win of the season.

Kolkata Knight Riders produced an emphatic all-round show on Thursday against Royal Challengers Bangalore, blowing apart the Faf du Plessis-led side by 81 runs. Reeling at 89/5 at one point in time, the Knight Riders saw a show of fireworks by 'bowling all-rounder' Shardul Thakur who smoked 68 runs off just 29 balls while orchestrating a 109-run stand with Rinku Singh for the 6th wicket. As a result, the hosts put 204 runs on the board. As Shardul drew plaudits for his heroics on social media, a 'viral' old tweet of Virat Kohli also resurfaced.