Pacer Taskin Ahmed’s recent rich vein of form has seen him included in Bangladesh’s 15-man squad for the one-off Test against Afghanistan. Taskin, 24, last played a Test match in September 2017 before being hit by a number of injuries as well as a loss of form. He comes into the squad in place of Mustafizur Rahman.
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There were 5 notable omissions from India’s T20I squad for the upcoming home series against South Africa in September. We analyse the recent performances of these 5 players.
On August 29 2019, a day celebrated as National Sports Day in India, Poonam Yadav became the 11th woman cricketer to receive the Arjuna Award from India’s President Ram Nath Kovind. Yadav became the fifth active Indian woman cricketer to be conferred with the award after Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami.
Australia captain Tim Paine believes Steve Smith's return could be decisive in their quest to retain the Ashes. Paine's men were on the brink of going 2-0 up with two to play only for England all-rounder Ben Stokes's stunning 135 not out to condemn them to a dramatic one-wicket loss in the third Test at Headingley last week.
Bangladesh’s batsmen are focusing more on playing spin bowling in the nets ahead of their one-off Test against Afghanistan on September 5.
Former India opening batsman Virender Sehwag on Thursday made a bold statement that multi-sport events like the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games are bigger than cricket events.