Virat Kohli was fined 30 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent at umpire's decision during India-Pakistan match in Asia Cup. The Indian star admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by Jeff Crowe of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees.

Sharjeel Khan and Mohammad Sami have been included in the Pakistan squad for the Asia Cup and World Twenty20 after injuries to Babar Azam and Ruman Raees ruled them out.

Pakistan's fast bowler Mohammad Sami and opener Sharjeel Khan have been in top form in the ongoing Pakistan Super League.

Shoaib Malik played the last of his 216 one-day internationals in the 2013 Champions Trophy held in England in 2013 while Mohammad Sami last featured in a one-day game on the 2012 tour of Sri Lanka.

In the inaugural BPL held in February this year around 20 Pakistani players including Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Nazir, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Sami, Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shahzad etc took part in the competition.

A official in the board confirmed that pace bowlers, Mohammad Talha, Mohammad Sami, Tabish Khan and Umaid Asif, all-rounder Fawad Alam and leg-spinner Yasir Shah have been given four-month contracts worth Rs 40,000 per month from September to December.

Shoaib Akhtar described Mohammad Sami, Akhtar's one-time new-ball partner, as mentally weak, after growing criticism over Sami's selection to the Pakistan Twenty20 International squads that will play against Australia and in the World T20.

Former players Friday blamed Pakistan's failure to make the most of their chances for their 1-0 defeat to Sri Lanka, which ended the side's two-year unbeaten run in Test series.

The Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo and Pallekele could well be on two different continents. Such was the contrast in the nature of their pitches, and in their treatment of bowlers.

A cloud of uncertainty hovers over Intikhab Alam's future role in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after the former Test captain and coach committed some glaring errors while finalising the list of players who were awarded central contracts and retainers.