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Veteran Bangladesh batter Tamim Iqbal has been left out of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) central contract list for the year 2024. The BCB announced the contracts on Monday and former captain was one of the biggest omissions in Bangladesh cricket governing body’s central contract list for 2024. Tamim had a turbulent 2023 after announcing

England’s ongoing Test tour of India has been full of ups and downs. The visitors arrived in the sub-cotinent without spinner Shoaib Bashir, who had to fly back to England from the United Arab Emirates to sort out his visa issue. Despite Bashir’s absence, England managed to pull off a huge surprise in the series-opener,

Jasprit Bumrah, after a brief break from cricket, will again get down to action when the third Test against England starts in Rajkot on Thursday. The series is level at 1-1 with three more Tests to go. The first Test was won by the Ben Stokes-led England while the second Test was clinched by Rohit

File photo of Najmul Hossain Shanto.© X (formerly Twitter) Bangladesh on Monday reappointed Najmul Hossain Shanto as national cricket captain for all three formats for the coming year due to uncertainty over the availability of regular choice Shakib Al Hasan. Najmul, 25, a top order batter, led Bangladesh in their last two series against New

It turned out to be a memorable day for the 31-year-old Kulwant Khejroliya as he joined Delhi’s Shankar Saini and Jammu and Kashmir’s Mohammed Mudhasir in taking four wickets in four balls in Ranji trophy history. He also became the third MP bowler to take a hat-trick in the Ranji Trophy. MP made 454 in

File photo of Irfan Pathan.© Instagram Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan is of the opinion that Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) could try opener KL Rahul in the middle-order. Rahul opens the batting for LSG at the marquee event ever since joining the side in 2022. In his first IPL season

SL vs AFG 2nd ODI, Live Updates: Sri Lanka will take on Afghanistan© AFP SL vs AFG 2nd ODI, Live Updates: Sri Lanka will be going up against Afghanistan in the second ODI of the three-match series on Sunday in Pallekele. The hosts have taken 1-0 lead in the series after a stunning 42-run victory. In

West Indies batter Alzarri Joseph survived despite being run out in a bizarre incident during the second T20I match against Australia in Adelaide on Sunday. During the 19th over of the West Indies innings, Joseph went for a quick single but the throw from Mitchell Marsh was extremely quick and the bowler Spencer Johnson dislodged

The Ranji Trophy remains India’s premier First Class cricket tournament, a platform for budding cricketers to showcase their talent and knock on the senior national team’s doors. However, former India cricketer Manoj Tiwary isn’t entirely happy with how the Ranji Trophy is being organised, and has highlighted various challenges with the the marquee event. Tiwary,

Young batter Prithvi Shaw, on just his second game after return to action after a six-month-long injury lay-off, smashed a century in his second innings for Mumbai to put them on top against Chhattisgarh in their Ranji Trophy Group B fixture in Raipur on Friday. He struck 18 boundaries and three sixes in his knock

In cricket, there are several bizarre incidents which often go viral. Recently, a snake stopped Lanka Premier League game. In 2022, the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati also saw similar incident during a match between India and South Africa. But what has reportedly happened in a cricket match between Trinadad and Tobago and Guyana in the

England’s Joe Root walks off after being dismissed on Day 4 of second Test vs India.© AFP Former England captain Michael Vaughan has criticised Joe Root for the latter’s ‘Bazball’ approach during the side’s ongoing five-match Test series against India. Ahead of the second Test in Visakhapatnam, Root was practising left-handed batting in nets. The

Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka (L) celebrates after scoring double century vs Afghanistan in first ODI.© AFP Pathum Nissanka‘s record-breaking double century steered Sri Lanka to a comfortable 42-run win over Afghanistan Friday in the opener of their three-match one-day international series at Pallekele. Set a stiff target of 382, Afghanistan reached 339 for six as

Amid doubts over Virat Kohli‘s return to the side for the remainder of the Test series against England, former South Africa captain AB de Villiers had dropped a bombshell, claiming that the star batter and his wife Anushka Sharma are expecting their second child. Kohli had pulled out of the India squad for the first

KS Bharat in action for Indian cricket team© AFP Former Indian cricket team batter Sanjay Manjrekar expressed his disappointment at the performance of wicket-keeper KS Bharat in the first two Tests against England. Bharat got a good start on a couple of occasions but was unable to convert that into a big knock. During a

File photo of Deepak Chahar.© BCCI India and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) speedster Deepak Chahar talked about the importance of gaining strength and said that it helps a fast bowler to gain strength and increase pace. While speaking at an event of the CSK, Chahar said that when one athlete is playing or continuing their

Veteran coach Tom Moody on Thursday said the players’ performance in highly-competitive leagues like IPL and ILT20 will have an added heft this time because of the impact it can have on the team selection ahead of the T20 World Cup. This edition of the marquee ICC event is scheduled to be held jointly in

Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Tuesday lauded Indian U19 batter Sachin Dhas for his knock, saying that the batter’s “coil and bat swing” reminds of West Indies star batter Shai Hope. The Indian U19s survived a top-order collapse and rode on masterful knocks from skipper Uday Saharan and Sachin Dhas to reach the final of