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No communication between BCCI and CAB results in confusion over crowd capacity

Cricket Administration of Bengal President Avishek Dalmiya has said that he has not received any communication from the higher-ups at the Board of Control for Cricket in India about change in crowd capacity at the Eden Gardens. Dalmiya’s statement comes a day after Sourav Ganguly told news agency PTI that there will be no crowd at Kolkata for the India vs West Indies T20I series. His statement went against BCCI’s line of communication that Ahmedabad would not host any crowd, while Eden will have 75 per cent capacity. Dalmiya told ANI that he would not like to issue a reaction on the matter but made it clear that the CAB were yet to receive an update in communication from the BCCI. Eden Gardens is scheduled to host India and West Indies in a three match T20I series between 16-20 February.

Ricky Ponting smashes Cricket Australia over the sacking of Justin Langer

Ricky Ponting has come out to heavily criticise the incidents that led to the resignation of Justin Langer as the head coach of the Australia men’s national team. Justin langer stepped down from his position with immediate effect after contract negotiations broke down in the past week. Langer was offered a short term extension which he refused and the news was made public on Saturday, February 5. Calling it a sad day for Australian cricket, Ponting accused Cricket Australia of mishandling the Langer situation. "It is a really sad day as far as Australian cricket is concerned and if you look back it has been a really poor six months on the whole in the way that Cricket Australia has handled some of the better people in the Australian cricket - Justin Langer and Tim Paine - and I think it's been almost embarrassing the way they have handled those two cases," Ponting was quoted by ESPNcricinfo. "He mustn't have had the full backing of the board. Me knowing Justin the way that I do, he was very keen to continue in the role, as he should have been after what's been the best coaching period of his international career having just won the T20 World Cup and then the 4-0 result in the Ashes,” the former Australian captain further added. The legendary right hander also delved into the controversy that surrounds captain Pat Cummins in the role but stayed away from directly criticising the fast bowler. "I think Pat also has been put in a difficult situation as captain, if it's not just him and it is other players coming to him and letting him know that maybe they think Justin is not the right man then I think that puts Pat in a difficult position as well. "If he had got on the front foot and endorsed Justin they would not have been in a position to move him on,” Ponting concluded.

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Justin Langer resigns as head coach of the Australian men’s cricket team

Former Australian opener and the latest inductee in the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, Justin Langer has resigned from the position of head coach with immediate effect. It has been speculated for a while that Langer might be vacating his position if he was offered a short term contract for the men’s national team, and it seems like events of Saturday, 5 January, mimicked the same route. Cricket Australia announced that Langer chose not to extend his contract and resigned with immediate effect. CA further stated that Andrew McDonald will take over the duties as an interim coach till the administration finds a suitable replacement. McDonald will be in charge of the team’s preparation for the Pakistan series that starts from March. Langer leaves a strong legacy with his coaching tenure where he took over in turbulent times inf Australian cricket and made the team a dominant force in white ball cricket, playing one semi-final in the 2019 ODI World Cup and then winning the T20 World Cup in 2021. He leaves on a high after winning the Ashes 2021-22 by a massive margin of 4-0.