Fahim acknowledges the team's potential under Shanto's leadership but questions the wisdom of persisting with Shakib.

Mahedi, playing his first T20I for the Tigers in almost 14 months, claimed two wickets for just 14 runs with his off-spin

The left-hander now has scored a ton at all Test venues in South Africa.

Earlier, KL Rahul scored 101 for India – his eighth Test century and his second in successive matches in Centurion.

Australia skipper Pat Cummins said that he produced a ‘dream ball’, the outcome of which was even unknown to him, to get rid of Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam on Day 2 of their Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday.

Player of the match Mahedi Hasan reckons the Tigers bowlers gained ample confidence after the ODI win on Saturday.

India added 37 runs to their overnight total of 208 for eight after rain delayed the start of play by 25 minutes.

“Really excited and really proud with the way we played today,” Shanto said immediately after his side won the match by five wickets.

Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon put Australia in the driving seat of the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday to leave Pakistan tottering at 194-6, still 124 runs behind on day two.

Liton Das played a measured knock of unbeaten 42 off 36 deliveries while batting with cramps to guide Bangladesh to a five-wicket win over New Zealand in the first T20I in Napier today.

Rahul, who had made a century at this very venue exactly two years ago in the 2021 Boxing Day Test match, was lauded by Rathour as India's "crisis man" for his pristine touch and strokeplay.

The visitors removed Travis Head (17), Marnus Labuschagne (63), Alex Carey (four), Mitchell Starc (nine), Mitchell Marsh (41) and Pat Cummins (13), and Nathan Lyon (eight) on the second morning.

Even though the Tigers conceded the preceding three-match ODI series 2-1, a thumping nine-wicket win in the final ODI saw the Tigers end an 18-ODI losing streak in New Zealand. Hence, it is no surprise that a positive ambiance prevails in the Bangladesh camp as they prepare for the T20I series.

It was Rabada's 14th five-wicket haul in his 61st Test and his fourth in eight Tests at Centurion, but his first against India.

Fargana Hoque's century, her second hundred, in the second ODI might have gone in vain but it gave her a two-spot ranking boost as she climbed to No.13 for batters.

India were 208 for eight when bad light followed by rain brought an early close.

A Mahmudul Hasan Joy ton guided East Zone to their first win in the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) one-day format as they beat North Zone by 62 runs at ground 2 of the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium (SKICS) in Cox’s Bazar today.

Kohli and Iyer went on to add 68 for the fourth wicket before both were dismissed in an inspired three-wicket spell by Rabada immediately after lunch.

Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha was all praise for stand-in skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto, stating that the cricketer has shown great positivity in his leadership skills.

India were 91 for three at lunch after being put in to bat with Nandre Burger making an immediate impact on his Test debut, taking two for 23.