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Brilliant 191 By Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim Has Pakistan In Danger In First Test

Senior batter Mushfiqur Rahim hit a brilliant 191 on the fourth day of the first Test in Rawalpindi on Saturday, giving Bangladesh an outside chance of a maiden victory over Pakistan. The diminutive batter was the foundation of Bangladesh's first innings score of 565 -- their highest Test total against Pakistan -- and gave the visitors a first innings lead of 117. Pakistan were 23-1 at the close of play, with Abdullah Shafique on 12 and skipper Shan Masood on nine. The home team trail by 94 runs after making 448-6 declared in the first innings.

Massive Blow For Pakistan Cricket: PCB Forced To Sell Broadcasting Rights For Nearly Half Of Reserve Price

The Pakistan Cricket Board has settled for nearly half of its reserve price kept for selling broadcasting rights for the international home matches between the period of August 2024 and December 2026. The broadcasting rights for the Pakistan region have been sold for PKR 1.72 billion, which is at least PKR 1.48 billion less than the initial reserve price of PKR 3.2 billion the board kept for selling the rights. However, the PCB officials, without having sharing any figures, claim that the rights were sold at more than twice the amount from the previous rights cycle (FTP 2021 to 2024).

Shreyas Iyer Gives Up His Seat For Rohit Sharma At Awards Ceremony, Video Is Viral

The CEAT Cricket Rating Awards 2024 honoured some of the best Indian cricketers of the year, both men and women. However, amidst players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid being felicitated, cricket fans went gaga over a wonderful moment between two India stalwarts. During the event, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain and India's ODI middle-order pillar Shreyas Iyer was seen leaving his seat for India's Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma. Fans lapped up the heartwarming moment, as the video went viral on social media.

Watch: Furious Shan Masood Talks Animatedly With Australia Great. Internet Holds Babar Azam Responsible

Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood was seen getting furious in the dressing room and having an animated discussion with the side's head coach Jason Gillespie, who is also a legendary Australian pacer, on Day 3 of the first Rawalpindi Test against Bangladesh. A video of the incident is going viral on social media. While it is evident in the surfaced clip that Masood is angry over something, the fans on internet surprisingly linked it to Babar Azam's dropped catch, an incident that took a day later. On the fourth ball of the 142nd over of the Bangladesh innings, Mushfiqur Rahim edged an Agha Salman delivery but Babar at leg slip dropped the easy chance.

KKR Make Captaincy Offer To This Mumbai Indians Star, Claims Report. It's Not Rohit Sharma

The 17th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was marred by chaos surrounding the captaincy change at Mumbai Indians (MI). The five-time champions made a big call heading in the IPL 2024, replacing long-serving skipper Rohit Sharma with Hardik Pandya, with the franchise bringing him back from Gujarat Titans as part of an all cash deal. This led to further speculations of a rift between Rohit and Hardik. This alleged bad blood between the two led to MI finishing at the bottom spot in the points.

Australia Star Imitates Shah Rukh Khan's Iconic Pose Mid-Match. Video Goes Viral

Australia and Trinbago Knight Riders cricketer Jess Jonassen imitated Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan's iconic pose mid-match. She did it during women's Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2024 match between Trinbago Knight Riders and Barbados Royals at Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad on August 22. A video of the moment is going viral on social media. It happened after the third ball of the 15th over. Jonassen dismissed Aaliyah Alleyne and then brought out the SRK pose to celebrate the wicket.

England vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test Day 4 LIVE: Sri Lanka Aim To Extend 2nd Inns Lead

England vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test Day 4 LIVE Updates: Sri Lanka kept themselves alive in the first Test against England at Old Trafford, ending Day 3 with an 82-run lead. After trailing by 122 runs, Sri Lanka rode on half-centuries by veteran Angelo Mathews (65) and Kamindu Mendis (56*). The latter remained unbeaten overnight alongside wicket-keeper batter Dinesh Chandimal. Chandimal had retired injured and had to be taken to hospital after suffering a blow from a Mark Wood bouncer, but returned to take Sri Lanka to 204/6 at stumps. (Live Scorecard)

KL Rahul Breaks Silence On 'Koffee With Karan' Controversy, Says "Scarred Me..."

Indian cricket team star KL Rahul found himself in the middle of a massive controversy after he appeared in the popular TV show "Koffee With Karan" along with teammate Hardik Pandya in 2019. Their comments on the show led to massive backlash and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) even decided to suspended them. The episode aired when both Rahul and Hardik were in Australia as part of the Indian cricket team but they had to return midway due to the controversy. On a podcast with Nikhil Kamath on his Youtube channel featuring Kriti Sannon and Badshah, Rahul opened up about the entire controversy and said that it scarred him. He added that it completed changed him as a person as well.

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Brilliant 191 By Bangladesh's Mushfiqur Rahim Has Pakistan In Danger In First Test

Massive Blow For Pakistan Cricket: PCB Forced To Sell Broadcasting Rights For Nearly Half Of Reserve Price

Shreyas Iyer Gives Up His Seat For Rohit Sharma At Awards Ceremony, Video Is Viral

Watch: Furious Shan Masood Talks Animatedly With Australia Great. Internet Holds Babar Azam Responsible

KKR Make Captaincy Offer To This Mumbai Indians Star, Claims Report. It's Not Rohit Sharma

Australia Star Imitates Shah Rukh Khan's Iconic Pose Mid-Match. Video Goes Viral

England vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test Day 4 LIVE: Sri Lanka Aim To Extend 2nd Inns Lead

KL Rahul Breaks Silence On 'Koffee With Karan' Controversy, Says "Scarred Me..."