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1st WT20I: Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, spinners star in easy Indian victory over Bangladesh

Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur started the new international season with a smashing half-century as the Indian women’s team cantered to a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the opening T20 International here on Sunday. Opting to bowl, the Indian spinners used the conditions to their advantage and restricted Bangladesh to a meagre 114 for 5. In reply, Harmanpreet (54 not out 35 balls) and her deputy Smriti Mandhana (38 off 34 balls) added 70 runs for the third wicket to chase down the target in just 16.2 overs. The skipper hit six boundaries and two sixes and made best use of the two reprieves that she got off left-arm spinner Nahida Akter’s bowling. Mandhana was the pace-setter for India as she hit some delectable boundaries, five of them in all, including a rasping square cut off seamer...
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KL Rahul’s average as Test opener is not acceptable, says Dinesh Karthik

Dinesh Karthik has questioned KL Rahul’s below-par average in Test cricket and said the opener must not get more than two matches to prove his worth. Rahul, who led India to 2-0 Test win in Bangladesh is tipped to be the next India captain but his average in the game’s longest format is concerning. The opener is averaging only 34.26 in 45 Tests. 𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙉𝙀𝙍𝙎 👏👏#TeamIndia | #BANvIND pic.twitter.com/NFte0lKgbg — BCCI (@BCCI) December 25, 2022 India will play Australia in the four-match Test series, starting February 3 onwards. Karthik feels that should be the do-or-die series for Rahul and if fails to score big hundreds in the contest, he must pave for the other openers. “I would give KL those couple of Test matches, but if things don’t go KL Rahul’s way… The one thing that does go against hi...
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Why isn’t R Ashwin the vice captain in Tests?

Why isn’t R Ashwin the allrounder raved as much as he should be? Why isn’t he the vice-captain of the Indian Test team? The first question’s failure is on us, the watchers. The second reflects the conservative vision of the current Indian think tank where they hedge on the known – and fail. You never appreciate what you have until it is gone…. That thought might have played in the minds of numerous Indian fans as Ashwin scored the winning runs in the Mirpur Test on Sunday. Down at 74 for 7, Ashwin cradled India to another Test series win, walking away with the Man of the Match Trophy. There are only two cricketers who have scored over 3,000 runs and taken 400-plus wickets in Test matches for India. One is Kapil Dev, the greatest star allrounder Indian cricket has ever seen, and the oth...
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India consolidate position at No 2, remain in hunt for WTC final

India’s 2-0 series sweep over Bangladesh in Mirpur on Sunday consolidated their position at the number two spot behind leaders Australia in the ICC World Test Championship standings. The series win brightened India’s hope for a back-to-back WTC final appearance. Chasing 145, India were in real trouble at 74 for 7 but Ravichandran Ashwin (42 not out ) and Shreyas Iyer (29 not out) held fort and stitched unbeaten 71 runs for the eighth-wicket to pull off a three-wicket win on the fourth day of the second and final Test. This helped India consolidate their position behind Australia with 58.92 per cent of possible points with a crucial home series against Australia (four Tests) due in February-March next year. India need to produce some good results during their series against pacesetters A...
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Dhaka Test: Ashwin, Shreyas Iyer rescue India with narrow win over Bangladesh

Ravichandran Ashwin and Shreyas Iyer saved India from what would have been a hugely embarrassing defeat, lifting them from the depths of 74 for 7 and dragging them to the target of 145 before lunch on the fourth morning of the second Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka for a 2-0 series win. When Mehidy Hasan Miraz uprooted Axar Patel’s leg stump for his fifth wicket of the innings, India were just past the halfway stage of what was increasingly looking like a target beyond them. Resuming on 45 for 4, India had lost Jaydev Unadkat plumb leg-before to Shakib Al Hasan, and had also burned a review in trying to save the nightwatchman. A cracking unbeaten 71-run stand between @ShreyasIyer15 (29*) & @ashwinravi99 (42*) power #TeamIndia to win in the second #BANvIND Test and 2⃣-0⃣ series vic...
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Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer help India reclaim control in Mirpur Test

Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer combined in a rollicking 159-run partnership to help India wrest back control of the second test against Bangladesh on Friday. The touring side were all out for 314 claiming a handy first-innings lead of 87 in the low-scoring contest at Mirpur’s Shere Bangla National Stadium. Bangladesh finished day two on seven for no loss after openers Najmul Hossain and Zakir Hasan safely negotiated six tricky overs until stumps. “I love challenges and … that was exactly the situation I wanted to be in,” Iyer, who made 87, told the official broadcasters, also heaping praise on Pant, who made 93. Stumps on Day 2 of the 2nd Test. Bangladesh 227 & 7/0, trail #TeamIndia (314) by 80 runs. Scorecard – https://t.co/XZOGpedaAL #BANvIND pic.twitter.com/34yNqtidji — BCCI (@BC...