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Updated World Test Championship Points Table After India Sweep Bangladesh 2-0

India consolidated their lead in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 points table with a dominating victory over Bangladesh in the second Test match in Kanpur on Tuesday. With the first three days of the match getting affected by rain and wet outfield, the Rohit Sharma-led side had a tough task of getting a result in the encounter. However, they bowled out Bangladesh twice and produced an aggressive batting performance to clinch a significant victory. Thanks to the win, India remain top of the table with a PCT of 74.24. Australia are second with 62.50 while Sri Lanka are third with a PCT of 55.56.

"Best Reverse-Sweeper India Got": Sanjay Manjrekar's Top Praise For Star Batter

Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar applauded middle-order batter KL Rahul following his brilliant performance on the fourth day of the second and final Test match of the series at Green Park in Kanpur on Monday. Rahul played a magnificent knock of 68 runs in just 43 balls, which was laced with seven boundaries and two maximums in his innings. The right-hand batter scored these runs at a magnificent strike rate of 158.14.

India sweep series v Bangladesh after Jaiswal leads small chase

KANPUR, India :India beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in the rain-truncated second test in Kanpur to complete a 2-0 series sweep on Tuesday.

Ireland promoted back to top flight ahead of new season

The Ireland Senior Men's Hockey team have returned to international hockey's top flight, having been invited to participate in the upcoming FIH Pro League 2024/25 Season 6.

"People Have Mistaken...": India Pacer's Mammoth Verdict On Virat Kohli

Indian cricket team star batter Virat Kohli has been a bit of a divisive figure off late with some ex-cricketers claiming that he has changed a lot over time. However, fast bowler Ishant Sharma, who was Kohli's long-time teammate, rubbished any such claims and said that they still enjoy the same relationship. The duo have been close friends since their youth and in a recent interview with MyKhel, Ishant said that the responsibility of being the captain may have brought some minor changes but he added that people are mistaken when they believe that fame and time has changed the star batter.

"People Thought The Game Was Fixed": Ex-Pakistan Star Reveals Shocking Detail

Former Pakistan cricketer Mudassar Nazar spoke on the match-fixing cloud in cricket, saying every time his team lost a game to India, people back home used to think the match was fixed. Match-fixing has haunted Pakistan more in this part of the 21st century, with players like Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt, Sharjeel Khan and Khalid Latif serving bans for their involvement in it. "I think if you look at Pakistan's team in the 90s, they were, talent-wise, as good as Australia in the 90s. But it was a sheer fear factor of losing the game, and I'm going to be a little bit controversial here. The controversy is behind match fixing. There was a lot of pressure on the Pakistan team because every time they lost a game, people thought the game was dubious, the game was fixed."

Australia Look To Cement Dominance In Women's T20 World Cup

Australia are hot favourites for their seventh title at the women's T20 World Cup starting Thursday in their first tournament appearance since the retirement of four-time tournament-winning captain Meg Lanning. New skipper Alyssa Healy faces a challenge in the United Arab Emirates, leading a team that has only failed twice to win the 20-over trophy since the competition was first staged in 2009. The 34-year-old wicketkeeper-batter has been a member of all six of Australia's prior title wins but said she was entering this year's tournament with "no real expectations".

Watch: Jasprit Bumrah Uproots Mushfiqur Rahim's Middle Stump With Stunning Delivery

As India's search for the 10th Bangladesh wicket reached the final ball of the extended first session, Jasprit Bumrah produced a stunning delivery that completely deceived Mushfiqur Rahim. The Bangladesh batter was hoping to take a single in order to keep the strike when the second session begins but failed to read the slower one from Bumrah. The delivery from India's marquee pacer went through the gap between Mushfiqur's bat and pad to uproot the middle stump. Courtesy of Bumrah's third wicket of the innings, Bangladesh were bowled out for 147.

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Updated World Test Championship Points Table After India Sweep Bangladesh 2-0

"Best Reverse-Sweeper India Got": Sanjay Manjrekar's Top Praise For Star Batter

India sweep series v Bangladesh after Jaiswal leads small chase

Ireland promoted back to top flight ahead of new season

"People Have Mistaken...": India Pacer's Mammoth Verdict On Virat Kohli

"People Thought The Game Was Fixed": Ex-Pakistan Star Reveals Shocking Detail

Australia Look To Cement Dominance In Women's T20 World Cup

Watch: Jasprit Bumrah Uproots Mushfiqur Rahim's Middle Stump With Stunning Delivery