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Shakib Al Hasan returned to the national side with selectors naming a 16-man squad Sunday for the first Test of two-match series against Sri Lanka next month. Shakib was part of Bangladesh's one-day international squad during the recent tour of South Africa, with a 2-1 victory giving the visitors their first ever series win in that country. He missed the Test series against the Proteas because of a family emergency.
Royal Challengers Bangalore batter Virat Kohli is currently going through a lean patch with the bat as he has managed to score just 119 runs in eight matches. Kohli's last international ton came in 2019 against Bangladesh and since then, the three-figure mark has eluded the former skipper. Recently, former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri suggested that Virat should look to take a break as he looks "overcooked". Now, Delhi Capitals' assistant coach Shane Watson has also said that there is something different about the India batter but he backed Kohli to return to form soon.
Manu Gandas continued to impress in what has been a standout season for him so far as he shot a resolute final round of four-under 68 to register a convincing four-stroke win at the Delhi-NCR Open on Friday. In the searing heat on Friday, Gandas (65-69-67-68) totalled 19-under 269 for the week to record his third career victory which was also his second of the 2022 season. The 26-year-old picked up the winning cheque worth Rs.
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.