The 2020 IPL season is just around the corner, making the post-auction period the ideal time to assess who will most likely end the upcoming tournament as the top batsman and bowler.

SOUTH AFRICA: Pakistan on Friday beat Afghanistan to reach the semifinal stage of the Under 19 World Cup 2020. The young guns successfully chased down the 190-run target posted by Afghanistan

Batsman Fawad Alam was made part of Pakistan's national Test squad that was announced on Saturday for the upcoming Test matches against Bangladesh.

LAHORE: Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara will lead the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) squad for their visit to Pakistan

MELBOURNE: Dominic Thiem ended six years of Grand Slam frustration against Rafa Nadal on Wednesday with a seismic 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 7-6 (8-6)

DHAKA: The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has awarded the hosting rights for the 2020 Asia Cup to the Pakistan Cricket Board

LAHORE: Pakistan Federation Baseball president Syed Fakhar Ali Shah on Friday said that the Pakistan team would take part in four-day B-5 Asia

NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is clear that while it has no problem with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hosting the 2020 edition of the Asia Cup

LAHORE: The Bangladesh cricket team arrived in Lahore in a chartered flight late on Wednesday to play a three-match T20 series

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is planning to enforce several stringent anti-corruption measures in the upcoming edition of PSL.

MELBOURNE: Former Australian cricketing greats Ricky Ponting and Shane Warne will temporarily come out of retirement to play in a charity Twenty20 match

DHAKA: BCB had a meeting on Sunday that was expected to throw up a final decision on Bangladesh’s proposed tour of Pakistan.

DHAKA: Bangladesh are ready to play Twenty20 Internationals in Pakistan next month but the Test series must take place in a neutral venue,

RAWALPINDI: Opener Abid Ali became the only batsman to score hundreds on both Test and one-day debuts as Pakistan’s first home match in the long form of the game since the 2009 attack

Spin king Nathan Lyon removed dangerous half-century makers Shan Masood and Asad Shafiq Monday as Australia edged closer to victory inside four days at the second Test in Adelaide despite stubborn Pakistan resistance

HAMILTON: Captain Joe Root ended a poor run of form when he scored his 17th Test century and led England to 269-5 before rain ended play early on the third day of the second Test against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton

LAHORE: Almost all key members of the Pakistan Twenty20 cricket squad have been retained by their respective franchises for the 2020 HBL Pakistan Super League

BELGRADE: Robert Lewandowski made Champions League history with four goals in 15 minutes as managerless Bayern Munich romped to a 6-0 win at Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday.

ADELAIDE:  In the first innings of the first Test at the Gabba in Brisbane last Saturday, Smith faced only nine balls and was bowled by Yasir Shah for four runs.

PARIS: Real Madrid booked their spot in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday after Club Brugge drew 1-1 at Galatasaray.