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  Thanks to a 120 by Kusal Perera and a brilliant bowling effort by Chameera, Sri Lanka registered an emphatic 97 runs win in the 3 rd One-day international played at the Sher-E- Bangla Stadium, Mirpur on Friday. Sri Lankan captain Kusal Perera won the toss and decided to bat first. It was an ideal start for Lankan openers as Gunathilka and captain Perera took the attack right from the word go and put the Bangladeshi bowler’s pressure especially Mehidy Hasan Miraz. Both openers made use of good batting conditions and hit boundaries off bad balls. At the end of the first 10 overs, Sri Lanka raced away to 77 for 0. After the field restrictions, Taskin Ahmed got the breakthrough for Bangladesh getting rid of Gunathilka taking the inside edge onto the stumps ending a strong 82 runs opening partnership. Taskin then got rid of Nissanka to bring back Bangladesh into the game. After the hiccups, Kusal Mendis and Kusal Perera steadied the ship hitting bad balls for boundaries. Perera c...

  After impressive performances in the 2 matches completed against Sri Lanka, two Bangladeshi rises during latest ICC ODI bowlers’ rankings announced by ICC on Wednesday. New Zealand's prime fast bowler Trent Boult still occupies the number 1 spot. He has not played any ODI matches so far in 2021. Bangladeshi young spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz climbs to number 2 in the bowler’s rankings. He has been exceptional in the first two ODI matches against Sri Lanka. During the first ODI, he grabbed 4 for 30 and then took 3 wickets in the second match to help Bangladesh register comfortable wins. Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman slips down one place to number 3. He has not performed according to the level. Matt Henry, Jasprit Bumrah, Kagiso Rabada, Chris Woakes, and Josh Hazlewood maintained their respective positions of numbers 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. Bangladeshi left-arm pacer Musftizur Rahman climbed up 8 places to number 9 th in the bowlers’ rankings. Along with Miraz, the pacer p...

  A superb knock by Rahim and disciplined bowling effort, Bangladesh produced a dominating performance in the 2 nd One-day international played at Sher E Bangla Stadium, Dhaka on Tuesday. With this win, Bangladesh moved top of the ICC Super League tournament. Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal won the toss and decided to bat again. Tamim got off to a cracking start with 3 boundaries in the first over of Isuru Udana. Chameera dismissed the experienced Tamim Iqbal and Shakib AL Hasan cheaply to leave Bangladesh in some trouble. Perera bought Hasaranga into the attack early into the attack. Liton Das looked impressive with his strokes along with Mushfiqur Rahim. At the end of the first 10 overs, Bangladesh moved to 44 for 2. Lakshan Sankdan was bought into the attack and dismissed Liton Das in his first over. Das and Rahim added 34 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Soon after, Sandakan got rid of Mosadeek Hossain's caught down the leg to leave Bangladesh in trouble at 74 for 4. Mushfiqur Ra...

  Bangladesh produced a good bowling performance to defeat Sri Lanka in the first One-day international played at the Sher-E- Bangla Stadium, Mirpur on Sunday. Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal won the toss and decided to bat first. It was a historic moment as Tamim Iqbal became the first Bangladeshi batsmen to reach 14,000 international runs. Liton Das went without scoring as he was dismissed providing an easy catch to Dhananjaya. The Sri Lankan bowlers did not allow the experienced duo of Tamim and Shakib AL Hasan to score runs easily by bowling tight lines and lengths. At the end of the first 10 overs, Bangladesh made 40 for 1. After the field restrictions, Danushka Gunathilka provided the breakthrough in getting rid of Shakib. Shakib and Tamim added 38 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Hasaranga was bought into the attack and trouble both Bangladeshi experienced batsmen in the form of Rahim and Tamim. Tamim showed some intent playing aggressive strokes against Sandakan reaching his f...

  The Indian women’s team will take on the mighty Australian women’s team in a 3 matches ODI, T20Is, and historic pink-ball Day-night Test match. After playing a Test against England in June, the Indian women’s team would be playing their first day-night fixture to be played at WACA Stadium, Perth. It promises to be an exciting series as the Australian team would look to dominate India in their own conditions. The series would start on 19 th September and finish on 11 th October 2021. The top two cricketing teams in the world would be looking to showcase their skills in all formats. The last time, the Indian women’s team played a Test match on Australian soil was 2006. There are some top-quality on both sides and hope to see lots of crowds on the ground. The Indian team will be looking to put their best foot forward in the day-night Test match against a strong Australian unit at WACA, Perth known for its pace and bounce. On the other hand, the Australian women’s team played...

  In a big announcement today, Cricket Australia has announced its schedule for the prestigious Ashes Test series starting from 8 th December 2021 to be played at Gabba, Brisbane. Australia is currently the holder of this prestigious series that they won in 2019 after drawing the series 2-2. Before this series, Australia will take on Afghanistan in one-off Test match starting from 27 th November at Hobart. It promises to be an exciting series with Australia looking to show their skills after losing to India in the Border- Gavaskar against a weakened Indian line-up that was without Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and other top players. On the other hand, England would be looking to improve their performance on Australian soil after being hammered in the last Ashes series played in Australia. Apart from this series, Australia will be playing a series of limited-overs matches against New Zealand, Sri Lanka. The Australian women would be playing their Ashes series agai...

  The West Indies Cricket Board have announced their 18-man provisional squad for the home T20I series against South Africa, Australia, and Pakistan. It looks like a strong unit with top-quality players in the squad. Kieron Pollard will be led the squad while Pooran named as the wicketkeeper as well as vice-captain. Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetymer, Lendl Simmons, Nicolas Pooran comprises batsmen. Andre Russell makes a comeback into the T20I squad after a gap. Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Jason Holder, Fabien Allen comprise of all-rounder slot. The fast-bowling department comprises Fidel Edwards, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Holder, Obed McCoy, Oshane Thomas. There is only one specialist spinner in the form of Hayden Walsh Junior and Fabien Allen. It promises to be an exciting home series as West Indies will feature 5 T20I matches against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan keeping in mind two World Cups. West Indies will start their home T20I series against S...

  It was a historic day for Bangladesh cricket as they registered their first ODI win in the Coca Cola Tri-series played at Hyderabad on 17 th May 1998. Kenyan captain Aasif Karim won the toss and decided to bat first. It was a disciplined bowling effort by the Bangladeshi bowlers to restrict a strong Kenyan batting line-up comprising of Otieno, Steve Tikolo, Maurice Odumbe, Hitesh Modi, Thomas Odoyo. Ravi Shah was the top scorer for Kenya with 52 while Hitesh Modi made 42. For Bangladesh, Mohammad Rafique picked 3 wickets giving away 56 runs. Bangladesh bowled out Kenya for 236 in 49 overs. Chasing 237 runs to win, Mohammad Rafique came to open the innings along with Athar Ali Khan. Bangladeshi openers set a strong foundation putting on 137 runs in 26 overs. Rafique scored a brilliant 77 off 87 balls while Athar scored 47. After a strong opening partnership, Bangladesh lost 3 quick wickets. Bangladeshi captain Akram Khan steadied the ship with a quickfire 39 and was eventua...

  The West Indies Cricket Team board have announced a blockbuster home season including T20I matches against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan keeping in mind the World T20I to be played from October. The home season for West Indies would begin from 10 th June with 2 Test matches and 5 T20Is against South Africa. Apart from 5 T20I matches each against South Africa, Australia and Pakistan, few test matches and ODIS would be played during this period. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, many tours were called. Sri Lanka was the first country to play in West Indies including 3 T20Is, 3 ODIs, and 2 Test matches. It promises to be an exciting series with all teams finetuning and keep them in good shape for the World T20 tournament. Here we look at the schedule of the West Indies home season. South Africa Test matches 1.        West Indies versus South Africa (Darren Sammy Stadium, St Lucia)- 10 th -14 th June 2.     ...

  In the annual rankings announced by International Cricket Council today, the Indian Cricket Team proved their worth being the number 1 ranked Test side. The update includes all the matches played since May 2020 at 100 percent and those two previous years at 50 percent. Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the Indian Cricket Team has become the number 1 ranked Test side for the 5 th successive year from 2017 onwards. In this annual update, The Indian team gathered 2914 points from 24 matches during that period accumulating 121 points while New Zealand earned 2166 points from 18 Test matches. Virat Kohli led side dominated the inaugural ICC World Test Championship points table. They defeated West Indies, Sri Lanka, away from home, and then dominated South Africa, Bangladesh at home. Due to coronavirus, the points system was changed. Their position changed with that rule. After being humiliated in the opening Test match at Adelaide Oval, Ajiyanka Rahane led from the front help...

  The Indian Premier League 2021 was suspended due to bio-bubble breach with many players and support staff getting COVID. With 29 completed games, there was some gripping action as most of the matches saw an exciting battle going right down to the wire. In this year’s IPL, 3 batsmen scored centuries that made the audience enjoy the matches in their homes. It was an amazing performance by these batsmen who showed domination and helped them win matches with their superb batting display. Here we look at the 3 centuries scored in IPL 2021 1.        Sanju Samson The newly appointed captain Sanju Samson led from the front and almost took RR to a famous win against Punjab Kings at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 12 th April. Thanks to great knocks by Rahul, Deepak Hooda, and others, Punjab Kings posted a big total of 220 for 6. Chasing 221 runs to win, Sanju Samson came after the early fall of Manan Vohra’s wicket. Sanju was in sublime touch putting p...

  It was a great season so far for Virat Kohli led Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2021. With the new recruits like Maxwell, Jamieson, Harshal Patel, they performed brilliantly with some top-quality performances leading to such good performances. Royal Challengers Bangalore started the season defeating Mumbai Indians in a last-ball thriller at M Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 9 th April. RCB captain Virat Kohli decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Despite losing Rohit Sharma early in the piece, Chris Lynn and Surya Kumar Yadav put on 70 runs for the 2 nd wicket looking good for a big total. Jamieson struck for RCB getting rid of Surya Kumar. Harshal who was traded from Delhi Capitals created a major impact with amazing figures of 5 for 27 in 4 overs including 3 wickets in the final over. RCB restricted Mumbai Indians to 159 for 9. Chasing 160 runs to win, RCB lost the wickets of Washington Sundar and Rajat Patidar cheaply. Virat Kohli and Maxwell steadied the inn...

  After finishing a disappointing 7 th in last year’s IPL, MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings performed brilliantly at halfway stage of IPL 2021. Thanks to few good signings like Moeen Ali and others, they created a major impact. Chennai Super Kings started their 2021 journey with a loss against Delhi Capitals played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 10 th April. After being asked to bat first by Pant, CSK lost 2 early wickets of Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj Gaikwad. Suresh Raina and Moeen Ali showed some intent putting on 53 runs for the 3 rd wicket. Suresh Raina looked good with a well-made 54 before being run out in a mix-up with Ravindra Jadeja. Sam Curran’s 34 off 15 balls helped CSK post 188 for 7. Despite this good total, CSK bowlers could not control the run flow as Shaw and Dhawan put on 138 runs for the opening wicket. CSK lost the match by 7 wickets with 8 balls to spare. CSK captain MS Dhoni won the toss and invited Punjab Kings into bat in the next match played at Wa...

  The explosive left-handed wicketkeeper-batsman, Rishabh Pant played one of the best innings by an Indian player against Sunrisers Hyderabad played on 10 th May 2018 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi. Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bat first. It was not an ideal start for DC as they lost wickets of Prithvi Shaw, Jason Roy, and DC captain Iyer cheaply. Pant looked steady at the crease and put the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers under pressure with his attacking style. Harshal Patel also provided some impetus for the team. Pant remained cool and reached his fifty off just 36 balls. After reaching his fifty, Pant was in simply sensational form hitting boundaries and sixes at will. Harshal Patel contributed 24 off 17 balls. Patel and Pant added 55 runs for the 4 th wicket. Pant upped the ante showing his class making life tough for SRH bowlers. He did not allow any bowlers to settle and completed a century off 56 balls. Despite the other batsmen fai...