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Virat Kohli and Babar Azam are two of the modern-day greats and when in full flow, these two are a delight to watch. Kohli and Babar are vital cogs in batting lineups for their respective sides and the weight of expectations is on their shoulders whenever they walk out to the middle. Cover drive is a shot that both these batters are known for and fans keep on discussing on who has the better one between these two.
Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman has intimated he may not return to Test cricket as he needs to pick and choose between three formats to prolong his international career. Mustafizur last played a Test match for his national team in February 2021 in a home series against South Africa. He then opted out of red-ball cricket after the BCB decided to introduce format-wise contracts. Subsequently, he has missed the one-off Test against Zimbabwe and two-match series against Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa and is unlikely to play the longest format again.
Abid Ali as the Pakistan opener began his comeback trail in competitive cricket four months after suffering a heart attack. Abid, 34, had undergone an angioplasty a day after he was rushed to a hospital for chest pain while playing a match in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in Karachi last December. On Thursday, he appeared in a T20 league match in Faisalabad and scored a half- century.
Former Bangladesh spinner Musharraf Hossain Rubel has died at the age of 40. "The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) mourns the passing of former Bangladesh National Team player Musharraf Hossain Rubel. The left-arm spinner amassed over 550 wickets across all formats in a career spanning two decades. The BCB extends profound sympathies and condolences," tweeted Bangladesh Cricket. As per ESPNCricinfo, Hossain was suffering from brain cancer, diagnosed in March 2019. After his recovery, the tumor relapsed again in November 2020. Also known as 'Rubel', the spinner had been in hospital over the last couple of weeks but went home after another chemotherapy bout recently.
David Williams scored a brilliant hat-trick under pressure as ATK Mohun Bagan survived some anxious moments to down Abahani Limited Dhaka 3-1 and make the AFC Cup main round on Tuesday. In a do-or-die playoff fixture at the Salt Lake Stadium, ATKMB were in cruise mode in the first half and in no time they had a 2-0 cushion, with Williams scoring a brace (6th, 30th). The Aussie completed his hat-trick with five minutes left on the clock but it came after much drama, even as the home crowd of about 32,000 heaved a sigh of relief.
ATK Mohun Bagan will have their task cut out when they face six-time Bangladesh Premier League champions Abahani Limited in the AFC Cup playoff on Tuesday. The winners of the knockout match will join Gokulam Kerala, Bashundhara Kings (Bangladesh) and Maziya Sports and Recreation (Maldives) in the group D of the AFC Cup main round beginning May 18. The Mariners, who made an inter-zone semifinal exit in last season's AFC Cup, had it easy in the preliminary stage and secured a resounding 5-0 win over a weak Blue Star SC of Sri Lanka to make the playoffs.
Dinesh Karthik's India career seemed as good as over last year.
Sri Lanka announced four new coaching staff on Sunday to assist new head coach Chris Silverwood ahead of next month's two-match Test series in Bangladesh. Former Sri Lankan Test player Naveed Nawaz was named assistant coach for a two-year period, Sri Lanka Cricket said in a statement.