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Mirpur, Jun 17: Bangladesh's ODI captain Mashrafe Mortaza is looking forward to the series against India and hopes that the youngsters in the team live up to the challenge and spring a surprise to upset the much-fancied two-time World Cup-winners India. "It's always a big challenge to play against India. We have young players who are at their best and can surprise India in ODIs," said Mortaza in

London, Jun 17: A new documentary titled ‘Death of a Gentleman’ casts fresh doubts over Test cricket’s future and asks if the game is losing identity in the face of stiff competition from commerce-driven Twenty20. ‘Death of a Gentleman’ talks about declining Test cricket and the murky world of the sport’s administration, featuring interviews with ICC chairman N. Srinivasan, ECB chief Giles Clarke

Singapore, Jun 16: Guam produced another stunning result on Tuesday as the tiny Pacific island side beat India 2-1 to move to the top of their 2018 World Cup qualifying group. Looking to build on their 1-0 win over Turkmenistan last Thursday, the Matao took the game to their visitors who are currently 141st on the Fifa World Ranking, 33 spots ahead of them. They took the lead at the GFA National

Guam, Jun 16: In keeping with coach Stephen Constantine’s new rotational captaincy policy, striker Sunil Chhetri has been handed the armband as India aim for full points against Guam in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers here on Tuesday. While India went down 1-2 after a spirited fight to higher-ranked Oman in their previous match, Guam created history with an upset solitary goal win over

Fatullah (Bangladesh), Jun 15: India’s veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh eclipsed Pakistan pace legend Wasim Akram to jump to the ninth position in the all-Time highest Test wicket-takers list on Sunday. He jumped to the ninth spot in the elite list when he dismissed Imrul Kayes for 72 at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah on Sunday. It was his 415th wicket, claimed in his 102nd Test

Fatullah, Jun 15: Ravichandran Ashwin cast his web with a five-wicket haul and was duly complemented by Harbhajan Singh before India settled for a draw against an edgy Bangladesh in the rain-marred one-off cricket Test which was interrupted by downpours on all five days. With more than 250 overs lost during the entire duration of the match, the visitors would feel unlucky that they didn’t even get

Fatullah, Jun 14: Rain delayed the start of play in the fifth and final day of the one-off cricket Test between India and Bangladesh, here today. Bangladesh were 111 for three in their first innings in reply to India's 462 for six declared. Bangladesh still trail by 351 runs. The Test is definitely meandering towards a tame draw after more than 200 overs were lost due to frequent rain

New Delhi, Jun 14: Virat Kohli’s third ever Test match as India captain was a rain-affected disaster. In the four days of the Test so far, only 133.4 overs have been bowled in between persistent bouts of rain. On day 5, while there is no probability of there being a result, captain Kohli must use the day to hone his skills, opines Rishad D’Souza. If there is one enemy of cricket that is more

London, Jun 13: Geoffrey Boycott has hailed BCCI’s decision to persist with Ravi Shastri as Team India Director and said that at the highest level an international side needs a manager and not a coach. “I am glad Ravi is there and they do not have a coach. Because personally I like Ravi Shastri a lot as he has lot to offer. Personally the use of a coach is over emphasised, manager is a better word

Fatullah, Jun 13: Murali Vijay hit 150 and Shakib Al Hasan grabbed four wickets as bad weather once again played havoc with the one-off Test bet¬w¬een India and Bangladesh here on Friday. Ajinkya Rahane chipped in with 98 as India ended the heavily-curtailed third day’s play at 462 for six in their first innings at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium. Just 47.3 overs were sent down during another