Gill ton in vain as Bangladesh stun India

The Asia Cup delivered another last-over thriller as Bangladesh edged past India by just six runs in Colombo to end their Super 4 campaign on a high note. After half-centuries from Shakib al Hasan and Towhid Hridoy took Bangladesh to 265, the Tigers produced an inspired collective bowling effort to defend the score. Shubman Gill […]

Ashwin, Iyer star as India clinch 2-0 Test series victory against Bangladesh

India avoided a shock defeat in the second Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur as Ravichandran Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer guided the Men in Blue to victory with a priceless unbeaten 71-run stand for the eighth wicket. The pair came together with India reeling at 74 for seven in their chase of 145 but handled the […]

Kohli stars as India trump Bangladesh in last-ball thriller

India survived a nail-biting encounter at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday night as the Men in Blue narrowly edged past Bangladesh by just five runs. Virat Kohli shone with the bat once again in the rain-curtailed Super 12 matchup as the number three scored his third half-century of the tournament to take India to 184 […]

Hardik Pandya to lead India in New Zealand T20Is, Jadeja returns for Bangladesh tour

The BCCI have announced the India squad for the upcoming tours of New Zealand and Bangladesh. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and KL Rahul have been rested for the New Zealand tour, allowing Pandya to take over the captaincy reins in the T20Is and Shikhar Dhawan to continue leading the ODI side. Dinesh Karthik, R Ashwin, […]

Seamers gift South Africa clinical victory against Bangladesh

The South African seamers ran riot on a green top in Abu Dhabi with Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje each registering their career-best figures to skittle Bangladesh for 84 all-out. The duo unsettled the Bangladeshi batters with their pace and bounce, picking up three wickets apiece before the Proteas comfortably chased down the target with […]

West Indies edge past Bangladesh in last-over thriller

The West Indies have kept their semi-final qualification hopes alive by the barest of margins in the T20 World Cup after securing a nail-biting victory against Bangladesh by only three runs. Andre Russell held his nerve and executed his yorkers to perfection to defend 13 in the final over which gave the Men in Maroon […]

England brush aside Bangladesh in comprehensive 8-wicket victory

It was another clinical victory for England in the T20 World Cup as Eoin Morgan’s men comprehensively dispatched the Bangladesh Tigers to register their second win of the tournament. The bowlers followed up their exceptional performance against the West Indies, with another brilliant display to reduce Bangladesh to 124 for nine in the first innings. […]

Australia’s batting troubles continue as Bangladesh take 2-0 series lead

Bangladesh put on another clinical performance to win the 2nd T20I in Dhaka by 5 wickets as Australia’s batting woes on slow pitches continued. Mustafizur Rahman’s 3-23 restricted the visitors to a sup-par total of 121 in the first innings, and despite some troubles early on, the hosts chased down the target in 18.4 overs […]

Bangladesh dismiss Australia for 108 to take 1-0 series lead

Australia’s troubles against spin continued to haunt them as they suffered their first-ever T20I defeat to Bangladesh in the opening encounter at Dhaka. Led by an excellent 3-wicket haul from Josh Hazlewood, Australia bowled excellently to restrict the hosts to 131-7 in the first innings. However, spin once again proved to be Australia’s nemesis as […]

Cricket news round-up – March 22: Ireland tour of Bangladesh postponed, Domestic cricket in Sri Lanka suspended

Ireland-Bangladesh series scheduled for May 2020 was postponed. Atul Bedade was suspended by Baroda Cricket Academy for alleged sexual harassment. Sri Lanka cricket decided to postpone all domestic matches.