What was to be a surprise visit to his mother in December 2022 went horribly wrong when the car Pant, was driving on that fateful Friday morning hit a central divider, flipped over and caught fire.

Although he could somehow escape from a burning car, Pant suffered multiple serious injuries, and it took him 14 months to return to competitive cricket through Indian Premier League (IPL) this year.

While India were batting, a large part of the crowd wore Virat Kohli’s jersey even though he had been dismissed on the second day. However, the crowd were treated to centuries from Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant.

Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan appears to be suffering from a finger issue and has been bowling less than usual as a result of it in the ongoing Test match against India in Chennai.

Bangladesh lost four wickets in the last session before bad light put an early end to the day's play as the visitors have reached 158-4 at stumps on Day 3 of the first Test against India chasing a mammoth 515 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai today.

Claiming that the second day of the Chennai Test between Bangladesh and India yesterday was almost evenly matched may seem absurd, but this notion is not totally out of place, at least in one department.

Hasan Mahmud’s incredible showing nearly made the opening day of the Chennai Test Bangladesh’s but after the fightback in the final session from India’s Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, the visitors are need of a ‘comeback’ on the second day.

India and South Africa are the only teams against whom Bangladesh are yet to win a Test.

Part of the World Test Championship (WTC), Bangladesh’s first of the two-Test series against hosts India will begin at 10:00 am.

Buoyant Bangladesh will face a different ball game when they meet formidable India in the two-match home series, beginning in Chennai on Thursday.

On a spin-friendly pitch New Zealand face an emboldened Sri Lanka who last week ended a 10-year wait for a Test win in England.

Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha labelled the current Test team the ‘most rounded’ Tigers’ squad and said the recent 2-0 series win over Pakistan gave them the confidence to be ‘competitive’ in the upcoming two-match Test series against India.

The ICC has lifted the total prize pool for the 2024 edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup set to take place next month in the UAE to an impressive $7,958,080 — more than double that of the 2023 edition.

Fresh from their first-ever Test series win over Pakistan, Bangladesh will chase more cricket history when they face India in Chennai from Thursday.

A 2-0 clean sweep of Pakistan has propelled Bangladesh into the top four and neck-deep in the running for a World Test Championship Final spot.

“Alhamdulillah, by the grace of Almighty Allah, I am excited to share that I've officially qualified as an ICC Level 3 coach,” Ashraful wrote on Facebook.

“I genuinely believe this is the best Test team I have seen from them [Bangladesh] for a very, very long time,” Bhogle said in a video posted on his Youtube channel today.

The three-match series finished level at 1-1 after Liam Livingstone's 87 helped England win the second T20 in Cardiff on Friday following Australia's commanding 28-run success in Wednesday's opener in Southampton.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Faruque Ahmed said he was thrilled by Bangladesh’s current pace attack in an impromptu press conference after the winning bonus handing over ceremony for the national team at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel today, going against the board’s own directive that there would be no media interaction at the event.

Morkel oversaw India’s practice session in Chennai before their opening game against Bangladesh on 19 September. The 39-year-old praised India’s background setup which benefitted from the presence of responsible senior players.