Indian cricket fans and pundits heaped praise on stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah on Sunday, but questioned the future of several veteran players after their team lost 3-1 to Australia in a gripping five-Test series.

Stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah said it was frustrating that he missed the crunch finale to their Test series against Australia Sunday, but said he was buoyed by what he saw from India.

India coach Gautam Gambhir said veteran batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli still have a future in the team if they want it, despite disappointing returns on the Test tour of Australia.

Although local batters flourished in the high-scoring opening phase of the ongoing 11th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in Dhaka, which concluded on Friday, most batters of the national T20I team struggled to get going, something they would be hoping to change in the upcoming Sylhet phase.

Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal said that he has retired and no longer wants to play for the national team during a conversation with Pakistan cricket legend Shahid Afridi.

An explosive Rishabh Pant slammed the second fastest Indian Test half-century  Saturday to drive his team to a 145-run lead with four wickets left after an intense day two of the decisive fifth Test against Australia.

Said Taskin Ahmed, the leader of Bangladesh's pace bowling pack across formats

“I just wanted to time the delivery. I anticipated that the ball would be in my zone which is why I was able to play that shot,” Ankon said.

With this win, Rangpur consolidated their top position with six points while Barishal suffered their first defeat after winning their tournament opener against Durbar Rajshahi by four wickets.

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Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) almost witnessed its first time out dismissal today in the match between Khulna Tigers and Chittagong Kings.

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Shamim Hossain’s brave innings went in vain as Chittagong Kings suffered a 37-run defeat against Khulna Tigers in their Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)  encounter at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today.

The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) almost witnessed its first ever time out incident today when Khulna Tigers captain Mehedi Hasan Miraz appealed for the dismissal against Chittagong Kings’ batter Tom O’Connell but later retracted the appeal at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.

A draw in Sydney would be enough for Australia to reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy contested between the nations, which India, winners of the last four series, have long held.

New Zealand made 186-5 in their 20 overs, with player-of-the-match Hay cracking an unbeaten 41 from 19 deliveries.

In opening day’s fixtures, reigning champions Fortune Barishal will take on newcomers Durbar Rajshahi at 01:30pm while Rangpur Riders will face Dhaka Capitals in the second match at 06:30pm.

In an interview with The Daily Star’s Samsul Arefin Khan, Stephen Eskinazi opened up on his cricketing journey and revealed that his international cricket aspirations revolve solely around England.

A late bowling fightback sparked by Jacob Duffy produced a remarkable eight-run victory for New Zealand against Sri Lanka at Mount Maunganui on Saturday.

"Bhalobashi", Pakistan’s speedster Shaheen Shah Afridi said in broken Bengali, smiling as he faced the reporters in front of the media centre.