India head into the first of five Tests against Australia on Friday in Perth on the back of their first home series loss in 12 years.

Australia captain Pat Cummins Thursday urged new opener Nathan McSweeney not to try and emulate swashbuckling David Warner, while admitting his team had unfinished business with India.

The Block B gallery of Eden Gardens is to be renamed in her honour and the stand will be inaugurated on 22 January 2025, during India Women’s first T20I against England.

Bangladesh premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is not sweating over when he could next appear for the Tigers at the moment, mentioning that he is now focusing on the upcoming Abu Dhabi T10 tournament, which is set to begin today.

When Australia last bested India in a Test series, Josh Hazlewood made his debut in the longest format, as the hosts wrapped up a 2-0 win from four Tests.

While Ireland had recently beat England and Sri Lanka, the hosts are winless this year and last played a 50-over match in March.

Liton Das goes into the West Indies tour, which gets underway in earnest with the first Test match beginning on November 22 in Antigua, as one of only two senior batters in the squad alongside Mominul Haque.

Some of the most competitive clashes have come since they began contesting the Border-Gavaskar Trophy -- named after the first two batsmen to pass 10,000 runs -- in the 1996-97 season.

Bangladesh will not have David Hemp in the ongoing tour of West Indies, a BCB official informed The Daily Star today.

Former Australia opener David Warner has backed Nathan McSweeney to score the most runs in the test series against India despite the uncapped batsman's lack of experience as an opener.

Bangladesh cricket is set to get a glimpse of a new era in Tests when they take on hosts West Indies in the first of the two World Test Championship (WTC) fixtures from November 22 in Antigua.

The 23-year-old tops the run charts in the ongoing NCL with 567 runs in eight innings, averaging 81, including his maiden double century and consecutive centuries.

For the first time, BCB has been able to secure a deal for title sponsorship and ground rights for a home women’s series.

The third and final one-day international between New Zealand and Sri Lanka on Tuesday was abandoned after only 21 overs of play due to persistent rain in Pallekele.

A major inclusion in the side sees full-time skipper Temba Bavuma return as skipper, having recovered from a left elbow injury, which ruled him out of the recent series in Bangladesh.

Unlike Warner, who signalled his retirement plans well in advance, Smith has shown no indication of when he intends to walk away from the game.

India won 2-1 against Australia on both of their last two Test tours, but suffered a 3-0 whitewash at home to New Zealand last month.

Bangladesh's bowlers were relentless, led by Hasan Murad, who delivered a remarkable spell, taking three wickets for just one run. Hasan Mahmud and Taskin Ahmed chipped in with two wickets apiece, ensuring the West Indies XI could not mount a significant challenge.

The 34-year-old failed a drugs test after a domestic T20 game in January.

Even after 24 years since Bangladesh's first Test, the persistent problems of poor batting and substandard wickets in the domestic circuit, evidenced in the National Cricket League’s (NCL) fifth-round fixtures, highlight why the national team continues to struggle in the red-ball format.