Rabada takes 300th Test wicket as SA dominate
The Proteas took a first-innings lead in an action-packed first day of the opening Test, after Bangladesh collapsed to 106 all out.
The Proteas took a first-innings lead in an action-packed first day of the opening Test, after Bangladesh collapsed to 106 all out.
Follow the first Test between Bangladesh and the Proteas in Dhaka.
Former Bangladesh batting coach Ashwell Prince says he expects the Proteas to face a lot of spin bowling when they take on the Tigers in a two-match Test series.
Opener Sanju Samson’s blistering century helped India hammer Bangladesh in the final T20I on Saturday to sweep the series 3-0 after they posted the format’s highest total by a Test-playing nation.
Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed 51 as India pulled off a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in a rain-hit second Test in Kanpur.
The two-match Test series between Bangladesh and South Africa will go ahead.
Blistering half-centuries by Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul led India’s batting onslaught as the hosts tried to force a result in the weather-hit second Test against Bangladesh.
Bad light followed by heavy rain ended play before tea on day one of the second Test between India and Bangladesh in Kanpur.
Ex-Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan, facing prosecution for his relationship with the country’s former leader, says he will soon retire from international cricket.
Ravichandran Ashwin claimed six wickets after a first-innings century with the bat to inspire India to a 280-run thrashing of Bangladesh in the first Test on Sunday.
Centuries from opener Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant helped India close in on victory in the first Test despite a spirited start to Bangladesh’s chase for their target of 515 in Chennai on Saturday.
India took command of the first Test against Bangladesh as they extended their lead to 308 after fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah helped bundle out the visitors for 149 on Friday.
A counter-attacking century from Ravichandran Ashwin pulled India to 339-6 on day one of the first Test after Bangladesh fast bowler Hasan Mahmud rattled the hosts with four wickets.
Indian cricket fans are traditionally obsessed with batsmen but star pacemen are finally bringing overdue recognition to the side’s bowlers, says coach Gautam Gambhir.
Fresh from their first Test series win over Pakistan, Bangladesh will chase more cricket history when they face India in Chennai from Thursday.