“Not only a fairplay award, they should be given an Oscar,” Gavaskar said.

The leg-spinner has so far claimed nine wickets in three matches for Shinepukur.

In the Sylhet Test, Sri Lanka didn’t outplay Bangladesh because they had more experience, instead they outdid the hosts because of their superior mindset.

“If you ask me, it would have been better had Liton not played in the Test,” Papon told the media today.

Shakib last played a Test in April 2023 when Bangladesh met Ireland in Mirpur

Despite his sparkling performance against RCB on debut, Mustafizur’s place in the eleven is anything but certain for CSK's match against Gujarat Titans today

“I can’t speak about Liton’s dismissal. Liton can explain it better. But yes, you don’t see such dismissals often in Test cricket,” Shanto said after the match

“Not just us, both team’s top-order struggled. But we don’t want to use that as an excuse. We need to work on how we can improve from here,” Shanto said after the match

The Tigers lost the wicket of night-watchman Taijul Islam early in the day, getting trapped LBW for six, after the Tigers began the fourth day reeling on 47 for 5

Shakib, who is expected to be available for selection for the Chattogram Test against Sri Lanka starting on March 30, picked up one wicket for 47 runs and chipped in with 34

“Our batting, to me, was really unexpected and not at all acceptable,” Razzak told the media after the day’s play.

“I still dream to play for Pakistan!” Amir posted on X, formerly known as Twitter today.

“We couldn’t prepare a lot [for the Tests]. We had T20s and ODIs [against Sri Lanka]. We had to play Tests just two [three] days after that. This might’ve been a reason.”

Kenya all-rounder Collins Obuya, who played a starring role in their dream ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2003 campaign, has retired.

Heinrich Klaasen smashed 63 off 29 balls to give Kolkata a scare as Hyderabad attempted to chase down a victory target of 209 at Eden Gardens

In total, the three bowlers made 84 runs while the other specialist bowler in the team, Nahid Rana, remained unbeaten on 0.

Bangladesh lost their final four wickets in the second session for 56 runs to be bundled out for 188 in 51.3 overs, conceding a 92-run first innings lead to Sri Lanka

Rana’s very first delivery in international cricket was at 146 km/h, which for a 21-year-old pacer who picked up the cricket ball after turning 18, was quite remarkable.

The ability to evolve has saved Test cricket from the doom people have been envisioning for over a century.

Bangladesh could end up debuting two pacers in the match - Mushfik Hasan and Nahid Rana—hinted Hathurusingha.