Thursday, 09 Jan, 2025

Sports

Nadal out of ATP finals as Zverev wins

Rafael Nadal missed out on a place in the ATP Finals last four as defending champion Alexander Zverev claimed the remaining semi-final spot in London. Nadal, who beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 7-5 in the afternoon session, needed Daniil Medvedev to beat Zverev to secure a place

India declare at 493, Bangladesh begin 2nd innings

DHAKA: With a 343-run lead, India declared first innings at 493 for six against Bangladesh on day three of the first Test in Indore Saturday (Nov 16) morning. Bangladesh started their second innings after being bundled out for 150 in the first innings. India dominated the

Lambs for the Slaughter House

The way Bangladesh played so far in the test it seems that BCB sent a group of lambs for the slaughterhouse. At stumps on day two of the first test of India Bangladesh series home team finishing at 493/6 is in total control. This test looks like finishing on the third day. Bangladesh is

India 86/1 at stumps in reply to Bangladesh's 150

Mayank Agarwal and Cheteshwar Pujara remained unbeaten on 37 and 43 respectively at stumps on Day 1 of the first Test in Indore on Thursday (Nov 14). India finished the day trailing Bangladesh's first innings total by 64 runs. Bangladesh managed to remove Rohit Sharma for six

First Test in Indore: Bangladesh lose early wickets

Bangladesh lost the third wickets of Mohammad Mithun after openers Imrul Kayes and Shadman Islam in the beginning of the match.  Earlier Bangladesh test captain Mominul Haque won the toss and opted to bat first against India. Besides, Bangladesh are missing their two premier

India–Bangladesh Test Series: Stiffer Challenge For Tigers

Bangladesh surprising many in the just concluded T20 series just failed to achieve the historic win. Having won the first T20 by 7 wickets they were blown away in the second by a Rohit Tornado. In the third match they were looking eye to eye till the last stage of the match. A brilliant

Nicholas Pooran banned for four T20Is for ball tampering

West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran was banned from four T20Is as he had been found guilty of changing the condition of the ball during West Indies' third ODI against Afghanistan on Monday. Pooran was charged of ball tempering after a video footage showed him scratching the ball

Watson made President of Australian Cricketers' Association

Former all-rounder Shane Watson has been appointed as the president of the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA), a position, he says, will help him "to give back to the game". The appointment was made at the ACA's Annual General Meeting (AGM) which took place here on Monday

India piped Bangladesh to the post 

Formidable India could loose to spirited Bangladesh the T20 series if only Bangladesh players had stronger mental strength and Mahmudullah could be a bit more imaginative. A depleted Bangladesh team playing all round wonderful cricket shell shocked India beating them by 7 wickets in the

India seals T20 series with 30-run win

DHAKA: Deepak Chahar's world-record six-wicket haul helped India to a 30-run against Bangladesh to clinch the T20I series in Nagpur on Sunday (Nov 10).  Chahar, a medium-pace bowler playing in just his seventh T20 for India, finished the match with a hat-trick as Bangladesh were

Bangladesh to score 175 runs to win against India

DHAKA: Bangladesh need to score 175 runs to win against India in the series decider of the three-match T20I series in Nagpur on Sunday (November 10). India managed to score 174 runs with the loss of 5 wickets. Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah won the toss and elected to field first.

Australian boxer Ritchie dies after training session

Australian boxer Dwight Ritchie has died aged 27 after a training session. The father-of-three had been sparring in Melbourne with Michael Zerafa. "It is with great sadness and shock to announce 'the Fighting Cowboy' Dwight Ritchie sadly passed away doing what he loved,"

Difficult not Impossible

Bangladesh India T20 international series at 1-1 is now delicately poised. New look Bangladesh shocked strong India in the first match in New Delhi by 7 wickets. Shocked and awed India bounced back with vengeance in the second match at Rajkot drowning the tourists by 8 wickets. The third

Messi hat-trick sends Barca top again

Messi opened the scoring from the penalty spot after Junior Firpo's cross struck defender Joseph Aidoo's arm. Lucas Olaza equalised for the visitors with an excellent free-kick, but Messi put the hosts back in front with a similar attempt four minutes later. Messi stepped up

Tigers On the Threshold of History

Team Tigers and Team India on level at 1-1 would appear for the series decider at Nagpur on 10 November. Bangladesh surprised India in the series opener at New Delhi beating them by 7 wickets .India bounced back at Rajkot winning by 8 wickets. This makes the series decider a very

Hasina, Mamata to ring Eden bell jointly

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will ring the customary Eden bell to start the historic day/night India-Bangladesh Test from November 22-26. Both will be seen at the bell ringing ceremony to start off the first day's

Tides Turned

Bangladesh Vs India T20 International Series 2nd Match Played at Rajkot  India 154/2 (Rohit Shama 85, Shikhar Dhawan 31, SS Iyer 24* , Aminul Islam 2/29) beat Bangladesh 153/6 ( Mohammad Naim 36, Soumya Sarkar 30, Mahmudullah Riyad 30, Liton K Das 29, Chahal 2/28) by 8 wickets. New

India chose to field against Bangladesh

DHAKA: India have won the toss and chosen to bowl against Bangladesh in the second T20I today in Rajkot on Thursday (November 7). The match has begun at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium at 7:30pm (Bangladesh Time). Bangladesh : Liton Das, Mohammad Naim, Soumya Sarkar,

Mahmudullah for series win to regain confidence

DHAKA: Before the first match against India in Delhi, the biggest problem in Bangladesh was the 'lack of confidence'. But this time, the Tigers beat India for the first time in the Twenty20 match. And with this one victory, the confidence level of the Bangladeshi team has changed.

Team Tigers are favorably placed in T20 Series

Bangladesh played fearless aggressive cricket winning huge and handsome against formidable India in the first of the three matches T20 series at New Delhi. It was a milestone achievement in the milestone 1000th T20 international, the first by Bangladesh against India in 9th attempt. One