India's cricket board has capped the amount of time players can spend with their families on tour after a string of Test defeats including a 3-1 drubbing in Australia this month.

His contract was previously extended until March 2026.

It was the first time the southpaw had undergone a batting session, and having been picked for the upcoming Champions Trophy, the Tigers’ think tank will be closely monitoring how his condition develops.

Retirement from international cricket has not dulled Tamim Iqbal’s competitive edge one bit as the Fortune Barishal captain got into an angry exchange with Dhaka Capitals’ Sabbir Rahman during their Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match in Chattogram yesterday.

A century from Graham Clark and a three-wicket haul from Arafat Sunny guided Chittagong Kings to a commanding 45-run win over Khulna Tigers in the first day of the Chattogram phase of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) today.

Chittagong Kings batter Graham Clark hit his second T20 century which equalled the most number of tons scored in a single edition of the Bangladesh Premier League. 

Current Fortune Barishal skipper Tamim Iqbal surpassed the franchise’s former star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in half-centuries scored in the Bangladesh Premier League.  

Tamim Iqbal and Dawid Malan put up a century stand as Barishal won against Dhaka Capitals by eight wickets at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) franchise Durbar Rajshahi insisted that the franchise would be clearing 50 percent of players' payments by today.

With payment crisis looming over, the Chattogram phase opens today with Dhaka Capitals facing Fortune Barishal.

A six from Sadia Akter lifted Bangladesh's Super Over total to 113, before the calm of Habiba Islam Pinky closed out a tense win.

Nortje was named in South Africa’s squad on Monday, but 48 hours on officials have said he will not recover in time from a back problem ahead of the Group B opener against Afghanistan on Feb. 21. England and Australia are also in the pool.

Both teams were originally due to play a one-off one day international at Hambantota but another match has been added to the schedule, with both to now be staged in Colombo.

The Chattogram phase of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) gets underway tomorrow [January 16] at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.

Miguel is in discussion because he has been flown in by Durbar Rajshahi to steady their rocking boat in the BPL.

The Ranji Trophy has benefited from an unexpected sprinkling of stardust with several big-name India batters returning to domestic cricket looking to find form after their horror run over the last three months.

Pakistan will look to formidable spin duo Noman Ali and Sajid Khan to torment the visitors when the West Indies play their first Test series in the country in 19 years from Friday.

The batters made merry on the field, the question automatically arose: should they take all the credit for that, or are there other factors -- apart from good wickets, which also had an outside impact on their sudden rise -- given that they have hardly showcased similar performances in both international and domestic matches?

England and South Africa have been urged to boycott next month's Champions Trophy matches against Afghanistan, whose maiden appearance in the men's 50-overs tournament as one of the world's top eight teams is a testament to their growth in recent years.

Club officials have vehemently criticised the new changes in TV and print media reports over the past few days.