They are afraid of grass pitches: Basit Ali's surprising take on Pakistan batters ahead of England Test series
'If you want to demote K L Rahul in the batting order, it is better if you don't play him in the Test team.'
Moeen Ali smashed a quickfire half century to guide champions England to a four-wicket victory over Bangladesh in a rain-affected World Cup warm-up game in Guwahati on Monday.
Pakistan and Bangladesh will face off in a dead rubber match in the Champions Trophy on Thursday, both teams looking to salvage some pride after disappointing tournament performances. Both teams have suffered heavy defeats to New Zealand.
New Zealand will firmly bank on their potent batting line-up to ward off Bangladesh's capable spin attack on a slow Chepauk pitch on Friday.
India vice-captain Shubman Gill dethroned Pakistan's Babar Azam from the No. 1 spot in the ICC ODI Rankings for batters on the back of his strong showing against England in the recent home series.
Fast bowler Jayden Seales produced a record-breaking spell to put West Indies in command on Day 2 of the second Test against Bangladesh.
'Outstanding effort with direct hit, savings and outstanding top catch, Mr Jadeja.'
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Images from the second One-Day International between Bangladesh and India, in Mirpur, on Wednesday.
On a frenetic day four, Rohit Sharma's men quickly bowled out Bangladesh and then unleashed batting mayhem at the Green Park Stadium scoring at a rate unprecedented in Test cricket.
The decline in Kohli's Test batting average is particularly alarming. It has now plummeted to an eight-year low of 48.74.
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Head coach Jason Gillispie said Shaheen Afridi understands the "situation" and the break will give him quality time with his family.
Litton Das believes that facing the red 'SG Test' in India would present an entirely different and more difficult test for the team.
Mushfiqur Rahim's brain-fade moment led to his obstructing-the-field dismissal but Bangladesh took charge of the second Test against New Zealand after 15 wickets tumbled on a frenzied opening day of the contest on Wednesday.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the first Test between India and Bangladesh, played in Chennai, on Saturday.
Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal stole the show with a blistering half-century, surpassing the legendary Virender Sehwag's record for the fastest Test fifty by an Indian batter.
Gill said he has been training to use his feet against the spinners from a very young age, and kept adding new layers to the skill with time.
Ashwin moves up to joint fourth, Iyer jumps 10 spots to be 16th
IMAGES from the ICC Champions Trophy match played between Bangladesh and New Zealand in Rawalpindi on Monday.
Although India are playing a strong brand of 50-overs' cricket of late, they have some selection riddles to solve before they face Bangladesh in their opening match of the Champions Trophy.
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match played between Australia and Bangladesh in Pune on Saturday
South Africa continued their rampaging form in World Cup 2023 as they thrashed Bangladesh by 149 runs to jump to second place.
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan scored a superb 77 as Bangladesh claimed their first ever victory in South Africa with a 38-run win in the first One-Day International at Centurion Park on Friday.
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Bangladesh vice-captain Najmul Hossain Shanto says the team is hoping to benefit from the inputs it is receiving from technical consultant Sridharan Sriram in the World Cup matches, including Friday's game against New Zealand.
Bangladesh have beaten India three times in the last four ODIs -- twice in a bilateral series in December 2022 and then in the Asia Cup.
South Africa spinner Keshav Maharaj took the key wicket of first innings centurion Mahmudul Hasan Joy as Bangladesh slipped to 11/3 in pursuit of a victory target of 274 at the close of play on day four of the first Test.
Ravichandran Ashwin has the second most wickets by an active player in Test cricket. Australia's Nathan Lyon leads the list with 530 wickets and Ashwin can overtake him in the second Test in Kanpur.
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Temba Bavuma scored an unbeaten half-century as South Africa reached 233 for four at end of Day 1
It was Pakistan's sixth defeat in their last 10 Tests at home and this was also the first time Bangladesh have beaten their neighbours in a Test and series.
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India edged closer to a comfortable win in the opening Test against Bangladesh
A Sri Lankan troll took to Twitter after the game to tell Ashwin that he should hand over his Man of the Match trophy to Bangladesh's Mominul Haque, who dropped him at a crucial stage of the game.
Debutant Aiden Markram suffered a horror run out just three runs shy of a century as South Africa amassed 298 for one on the first day of the first Test against Bangladesh on Thursday.
India would want their big guns Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to fire when the mighty hosts aim for a clean sweep against a beleaguered Bangladesh in the second and final Test starting in Kanpur on Friday.
Bangladesh are facing several injury concerns within the team.
Bangladesh collapsed to 34 for five as the home seamers got exaggerated bounce out of the surface and caught the edge with regularity.
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