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Anti-corruption ban was blessing in disguise: Shakib al Hasan

Anti-corruption ban was blessing in disguise: Shakib al Hasan

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By: PTI | Dhaka | Updated: November 5, 2020 2:00:38 pm

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan.

A “blessing in disguise” he calls it but Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan says he is also prepared to be doubted by his teammates when, in a few days’ time, he returns to cricket after serving a one-year ban for failing to report…

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IPL Round Up: Week 1

Toby Reynolds, 18/04/2021

It is one week into the start of the IPL and to everyone’s surprise, Mumbai Indians are not top! RCB have taken the tournament by storm, winning three from three under Virat Kohli’s leadership. At the other end of the table, Sunrises Hyderabad are propping up the table without a win. Although they have played two of the top sides, pundits and fans expected a much better start for Hydrabad.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

RCB have always had a star-studded side but this seems to be the year that it has finally come together. Kohli has moved to the top of the order to replace Aaron Finch, allowing Maxwell to slip in at number four. Maxwell went all of last season without scoring a fifty or hitting any sixes. This season everything seems to have clicked for him and he has returned to the player we know him to be. Maxwell is the leading run scorer with 176 runs at an average of almost 60 with a strike rate of 150. He has been ably assisted by AB de Villiers, who has come in towards the end of the innings and really excelled with a strike rate of 190! He has played two match winning performances so far: taking RCB right to the death against Mumbai and hit 76 against KKR today.

RCB have also been helped on the bowling front by leading wicket taker Harshal Patel and New Zealand pace man Kyle Jamieson. Patel took five in the first match and has continued his form since. Jamieson has been more expensive than Patel but has also chipped in with some handy runs down the order. RCB also have a threatening spin trio of Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed and  Yuzvendra Chahal. All have had impacts on the matches but none with a match winning performance. As the tournament continues, I expect them to take more wickets and become more dangerous with the balls due to the pitches wearing.

Delhi Capitals

Last years runners up have had a varied start to season with a high scoring win and tight loss. They have an Indian packed batting line up with fifties for Dhawan, Shaw and Pant so far and have relied on Woakes in the first match and Rabada in the second to take wickets alongside opening bowler Avesh Khan. Surprise package of last season, Anrich Nortje is yet to play due to Woakes’ performances in the first matches while Nortje was playing for South Africa. It is likely he will come in for Tom Curran or Steve Smith as the tournament progresses. Curran has struggled to make a good impact on the tournament so far, being hit by Chris Morris to lose the match against Rajasthan and Smith can interchange with Indian vice captain Ajinkya Rahane as an anchor at number three.

Delhi will be hoping for their top order too keep making runs and converting their fifties into large scores and hopefully hundreds. Aussie all rounder, Marcus Stoinis has failed to score many runs yet and was hit for 15 in his one over of the tournament but todays innings bodes well as he guided Delhi to what turned out to be an easy chase after Dhawan batted very impressively for his 92.

Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma’s side were heavy favourites before the tournament started and since their first match against RCB have shown why. They lost a tight first match but have since shown they can hold their nerve against KKR and Sunrises in two matches that went right down to the wire. Rahul Chahar and Krunal Pandya have used the spinning wickets of Chennai well and are leading the attack well with Bumrah and Boult dominating at the death with perfect execution of their yorkers. 

Their three matches have been low scorers with no side passing 160 yet which hasn’t allowed for their long batting line up to show off its skill. Suryakumar Yadav has continued his form from 2020 and leads their side in runs scored and is the only player in their squad to pass fifty. The return of Quinton de Kock seems to have made their batting line up more rounded, even after Lynn scored 49 in their season opener but Pollard and Hardik Pandya have not managed to find their form from the last few seasons as finishers.

Chennai Super Kings

CSK are surprisingly high on this table in my opinion (even if it due to Net Run Rate). They have a very mixed squad. It is full of all rounders with Bravo and Thakur down at numbers nine and ten, but their average age is extraordinarily high. They have six players over the age of 35 and half of their squad over 30. Dhoni seemed to have lost it a bit last year in the UAE and hasn’t found the form he had in the early years of the tournament. 

Sam Curran and Moeen Ali are the two English players in the squad and have both been in fine form so far. Moeen Ali has shown why he was wasted sitting on the RCB bench over the past few years. He is their top scorer after two matches and is striking at 150, while Sam Curran is coming in lower down the order but still smashing the ball all round the park. He has a strike rate over 200 and won the battle against his older brother in the first match, taking him for over 20 in an over.

CSK failed to win the first match after a slow start meant they put up a score of 188, well below par and allowed the Delhi Capitals to chase it down with eight balls spare. In the second match, Deepak Chahar tore through the Punjab Kings top order taking 4-13 and limiting Punjab to 106 before they chased it down in 15 overs.

Rajasthan Royals

The English contingent of the IPL have had two ok first games. They have heavily relied on captain Sanju Samson in the first match, who blasted his third IPL century and was a few metres away from hitting a six off the final ball and carrying his side home to victory against Punjab Kings. The main controversy of this match was that Samson turned down a single off the penultimate ball to put Chris Morris on strike needing four to win. Morris was visibly angry to be sent back by his captain but in my opinion, Samson was more likely to hit a boundary (either the six needed to win or a four to take it to a super over) than his South African counterpart. The one criticism I have would be that Samson could have possibly come back for two and sacrificed Morris at the non-strikers end but would have risked running himself out.

Morris then showed why he Samson should have taken the single in the Royals second match, bludgeoning 36 from 18 after David Miller fell for 62. After the match, Morris said he knew his role was to slog at the end and was happy to do it for the team. 

The biggest new for Rajasthan was that Ben Stokes would be out for three months and the rest of the tournament due to a fractured finger in the first match. This allows fellow Englishman Jos Buttler to slide up to the top of the order and Miller to take his place in the middle order. Buttler had an outstanding tournament a few years ago after he moved to the top of the order for Rajasthan and dominated so it is not all bad news for Royals fans.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Before the tournament, I predicted KKR would just about make the cut for the playoffs due to Eoin Morgan’s captaincy and their world class overseas players. This hasn’t been the case yet. Morgan has failed to fire with the bat; Russel, one of the most devastating batsmen ever in both T20 cricket and the IPL, has been more use with the ball; and both Shakib and Cummins haven’t made the biggest impact yet. I am sure this will soon change though. 

For the first three matches, KKR have relied on their home grown talent at the top of the order to score their runs. Rana, Gill and Tripathi have all made runs at a good rate but KKR have failed to push on from being in good positions in matches with a lack of quick runs down the order. Against Mumbai, “DreRus” took 5-15 from two to slow Mumbai in the final few overs. However, he then struggled with the bat and scored a tentative 9 from 15 as KKR fell 10 runs short.

KKR have failed to win the tight matches so far which seems to be due to a lack of finishing ability from the middle order, if they can fix this problem (and with Morgan as captain, I am sure they can) then I think they have a good chance of finishing in the top four.

Punjab Kings

Even with KL “King Legend” Rahul averaging over 70 at 150, Punjab Kings (formerly King’s XI Punjab) have struggled so far this year. They have just lost to Dehli Capitals after setting an impressive 195 to win but their inexperienced bowling line up failed to defend it. Rahul and Agrawal put on 122 with Agrawal smashing 69 from 36, while his partner crawled along to 61 off 51 before Hooda and Shahrukh Khan came in to blast the ball round at the end. 

This was the second high scoring match they have been apart of. They have a strong and experienced top order but have a younger and less experienced bowling line up and almost no tail a Richardson bats at number seven. Arshdeep Singh is only 22 and this is both Meredith and Richardson’s first seasons in the IPL. Shami is their only seam bowler over 25, but is backed up by two experience spinners. You could see this inexperience in the match vs Delhi as Dhawan took the game away from Punjab. As the tournament progresses, it will be interesting to see how the younger players will adapt to conditions and deal with an increase in pressure and if Punjab try to lengthen their batting lineup.

Sunrises Hyderabad

David Warner’s side are sat at the bottom of the table without a win. They have lost three close matches. With three players in the top 11 for runs scorers so far, you might expect such a strong squad to be further up the table, but the lack of power hitters down the order seems to be catching up with Sunrises. Bairstow slotted in at number four in the first matches to accommodate for Saha up the top and performed well but struggled to stay at the crease during the key moments. He was caught slogging across the line when Hyderabad were in a commanding position, causing a batting collapse and loss against KKR and has since moved back up to opening.

Hyderabad have been changing their team a huge amount so far during the IPL. They have played six overseas players, as well as having Kane Williamson on the sideline. Hyderabad were often selected as the side most likely to steal the crown from Mumbai before the season started but unless they can find some finishers, it seems unlikely that this will happen.

Rashid Khan, as usual, has been performing very well. He has four wickets with an economy rate of 5.33. He hasn’t blown any teams away yet, but arguably more importantly, his economy is under six, building pressure and helping others in the side take wickets. If he can keep this up, it is likely Hyderabad will continue restricting oppositions to low totals.

Predictions

From the first week it is always hard to tell how the season will progress. I think it is likely that Mumbai, RCB and Delhi will progress to the knock-out stages but the fourth place is up for grabs. Right now I think I would go for KKR, just because they haven’t hit their heights yet and I can see them start winning matches they shouldn’t if Morgan and Russell get into form.

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Shakib Al Hasan banned for two years under ICC Anti-Corruption Code

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Shakib Al Hasan banned for two years under ICC Anti-Corruption Code

The Bangladeshi cricket team’s captain, Shakib Al Hasan has been handed over a two-year ban from all forms of cricket by ICC for failing to report multiple approaches made by a bookie. A year of this punishment was suspended after he accepted three charges of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.

ICC, during the course of interviews with Shakib, earlier this years found two different instances of bookie contact over WhatsApp. The first one in mid-November 2017 before the tri-series between Bangladesh, Srilanka, and Zimbabwe hosted by Bangladesh.

In January 2018, he participated in the said ODI tri-series, where he and Dinesh Aggarwal, the bookie, engaged in further WhatsApp conversations. On January 19, 2018, he received a WhatsApp message from Aggarwal congratulating him for being named man of the match in that day’s game. Aggarwal followed this message with one saying, “Do we work in this or I wait till the IPL”.

He got engaged in another conversation with the same bookie in January 2018, where the bookie asked information about the ongoing tri-series. Shakib confirmed being approached approach to him to provide inside information, saying “Bro anything in this series?”

Later, in April 2018, Shakib received another message from the same bookie while playing an IPL game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab. Aggarwal messaged him to check whether a particular player was going to be playing in the game that day, i.e. again asking for inside information.

Shakib continued to discuss bitcoins, dollar accounts and asked Shakib for his dollar account details. Though, he told Aggarwal that he wanted to “Meet him first”. During this conversation, there were a lot of deleted WhatsApp messages, which Shakib confirmed contained requests from Aggarwal for inside information.

Shakib failed to report all these instances to ACU or any other anti-corruption activity. An official ICC release stated the following as the charges against Shakib:

Article 2.4.4 – Failure to disclose to the ACU full details of any approaches or invitations he received to engage in Corrupt Conduct – in relation to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe Tri-Series in January 2018 and / or the 2018 IPL

Article 2.4.4 – Failure to disclose to the ACU full details of any approaches or invitations he received to engage in Corrupt Conduct – in relation to the second approach in respect of the Tri-Series in January 2018

Article 2.4.4 – Failure to disclose to the ACU full details of any approaches or invitations he received to engage in Corrupt Conduct – in relation to an IPL 2018 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kings XI Punjab on 26 April 2018

Alex Marshall, ICC’s general manager – integrity, said, “Shakib Al Hasan is a highly experienced international cricketer. He has attended many education sessions and knows his obligations under the Code. He should have reported each of these approaches. Shakib has accepted his errors and cooperated fully with the investigation.”

Shakib, who is one of the premier Bangladeshi players and is among their all-time greats, is currently at No. 3, No. 1 and No. 2 in the ICC allrounders’ rankings for Tests, ODIs and T20Is respectively.

He will be available to play any form of cricket after 29 October 2020 and will not be available to play in the upcoming all-important India-Bangladesh series as well as the World T20 to be held in Australia next year.

The Indian series was already under a lot of doubts after the recent strike by the cricketers seeking a pay hike. BCB President Najmul Hussain said that he was only made aware of the incident by Shakib after the players’ strike was withdrawn, and informed the board about the punishment after the announcement. Meanwhile, Momin-Ul Haque has been appointed as the captain of the Test team. Other senior players like Masharfe Murtaza and Tamim Iqbal have already chosen not to play for the country in the series.

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IPL: A Liability or Asset for Indian Cricket

The Indian Premiere League (IPL), like a Twenty20 cricket tournament, began by business and cricket magnate asia, Lalit Modi, the then v . p . from the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) in 2008. The next year the IPL was now use Nigeria for that UPA government could not give security assurance because of the General Elections-2009. Following the third edition this year the BCCI suspended Lalit Modi because of an array of allegations and mix allegations that culminated in 2013 once the BCCI banned him for existence after a number of investigations. He now use London this year and it has lived there since. Meanwhile the IPL has emerged among the greatest cricket tournaments around the globe when it comes to chiefly money-through the billions.

From the beginning many cricket purists including stalwarts as well as politicians belittled it as being 'commercialization' of cricket with exchanging of cricketers from around the globe, known as auction in moderate term, and teams composed of Indian icons, youthful Indian cricketers and worldwide cricketers according to their 'price' that was calculated according to their performances or potential. Because of its money-spinning ability and growing recognition among popcorn cricket revelers the BCCI adopted the IPL among their 'must' activities and visited lengths at occasions, lobbying for this worldwide. Even just in the publish-2010 period the IPL never was eliminate controversies including match-fixing and so on resulting in banning of franchises or teams in the tournament on the couple of occasions. However, the IPL increased and increased in importance, because worldwide cricketers also started relying on it because of the money they was to earn. National pride and franchise loyalties arrived to clash.

Again, from the beginning, many cricket managers and veteran cricketers including stalwarts saw the IPL because the gateway for youthful talents-it's not obvious when they just approved it naturally or because of the money-oriented vested interests. There is no denying that youthful Indian talents ended up getting possibilities with the tournament when it comes to both recognition and a few assured cash except the purpose of concern could be that the national selectors began searching in the IPL like a yardstick for selection in Team India regardless of the various domestic cricket tournaments being offered since decades. Clearly, competitive cricket has been performed within the IPL with team rivalries for that coveted trophy however, the intensity generated by national pride-representing a person's own country in worldwide cricket-can't ever be in contrast to the club-centric cricket from the IPL involving players of numerous nationalities. Issue is, the revelers began enjoying IPL matches as three-hour 'cricket movies', and also the hype only magnified with time. We'll now think about the scenario within the last two-3 years.

Because of the IPL, an sea of 'talents' opened up up prior to the national selectors, and IPL grew to become a rather 'entrance test' to locate a devote the nation's team. Within the roughly two-year period before the ICC Cricket World Cup-2019 Team India was 'different' in nearly every match performed by them-in almost any format. In the 'finding the right team for that World Cup' a procedure of experimentation started that switched to be endless-and frequently mindless with players of dubious record finding repeated chances to participate in the national team. A man-made syndrome known as 'the number-4 batsman' seemed to be produced to warrant this. Included in this method various 'lobbies' also started to create around certain 'talented' youthful cricketers with even cricket stalwarts joining these. Among the greatest examples was the peculiar situation of 'Rishav Pant'.

It's well-known that Rishav Pant is not to exhibit when it comes to one-day worldwide cricket till now but as he wasn't selected for that World Cup team, a nationwide hue and cry was raging across varying from local protests to social networking to editorial pages of national newspapers. Possibly because of such national 'outrage' Indian strongman-opener Shikhar Dhwan got hurt in the initial half around the globe Cup. And just what happened? Naturally, Rishav Pant was selected superseding many other 'established' options like Ambati Rayadu, Ajinkya Rahane and so on. And just what Pant did within the matches he performed after that? Well, he only led to the 'decimating' procedure for MS Dhoni who had been endured upon throughout the period for his 'experience' only, and also the so-known as hitters like Pandya and Pant arrived to bat in front of 'experienced' Dhoni, frequently, including within the crucial semi-final against Nz which led the way out for India. It had been ridiculous to look at Pandya-Pant duo attempting to win matches after just three or four wickets lower. This is to say here that Team India had 3-4 wicket-keepers, 4 when we include KL Rahul, playing in a few one-day worldwide matches on various occasions. This absurdity got extended even going to a couple of World Cup matches too. Like a devout cricket lover since ages I have to admit that any team which includes 4 wicketkeepers within the playing eleven can't ever desire to win a significant tournament.

Using the ICC T20 World Cup-2020 under annually away the experimentation process began again using the IPL becoming the all-important platform to pick from. Within the first T20I match against Bangladesh on 3rd November, 2019 in Delhi Team India did not seem like a nationwide team-it had been a lot more like an IPL franchise. The match was lost would be a formality-notwithstanding the truth that Bangladesh was playing without Shakib and Tamim.

If this type of mindless IPL-centric experimentation continues unchecked only Team India and countless fans are going to are afflicted by the syndrome of snatching defeats from inevitable victories aside from demoralizing a lot of other tested cricketers. The essence of IPL is commerce, and it should be recognized by all stakeholders. Domestic cricket is deserving of back its lost relevance. Within this context it's reassuring to determine the brand new BCCI President Sourav Ganguli giving this type of promise for any new trend of Indian cricket. Else, the IPL will still be an excellent asset when it comes to money-spinning, along with a liability when it comes to Team India's winning ability in the worldwide level. This author had expressed the opinion earlier that any cricketer who excels in Test cricket can certainly stand out in most formats from the game-it's demonstrated by a lot of legendary players. The approaching introduction of day-night cricket Test using the pink ball between India and Bangladesh in India this month is likely to increase curiosity about the classical format.

Chinmay Chakravarty is a cricket lover since his childhood days and performed the sport in school level and then for social enjoyment. After finishing education he began writing on cricket--most around the aspects and games of Indian Cricket. He's a police officer of Indian Information Service and presently being employed as a Director. Printed his first solo book 'Laugh and Let Laugh' in 2017.

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The final day of Bangladesh's tour of Sri Lanka will be just a Test series

The team will leave for Sri Lanka on September 23 and the series will start on October 24. The day of the Tigers' tour of Sri Lanka became final. Muminul and Mushfiqur will leave Dhaka on September 23 to play Test series only. The game will start exactly one month after the end of quarantine and preparation camp. The first Test of the three-match series starts on October 24. Cricket Operations Chairman Akram Khan has confirmed after the BCB meeting. The board has not yet decided whether to keep Shakib in the team. Talks between the BCB and the Lankan Cricket Board have been going on since the T20 World Cup was postponed. Both the cricket boards have agreed to play the postponed series. The wait was over with the schedule of the tour. Finally, the Bangladesh team's tour of Sri Lanka has been finalized. The Tigers will reach the home of the Lankans a month before the start of the series. Traveling date is 23rd September. After quarantine and preparation camp, field fight starts on 24th October. Mushfiqur and Muminul are waiting to enter the field for the first time in Corona. But it is not easy at all. The process has been fixed in consultation with the Sri Lanka Cricket Board. Team staff must be in quarantine before and after leaving the country. Shakib Al Hasan is returning to the cricketing buzz Lanka. The Tiger all-rounder's ban will expire on October 29, before the series begins. So the team management is hesitant about Shakib. Read the full article

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Shakib Al Hasan likely to return from ban in Bangladesh’s tour of Sri Lanka | Cricket News Dhaka: Serving a ban for not reporting match-fixing approaches, Bangladesh's premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is likely to return to the national fold for a tour of Sri Lanka later this year, with his suspension ending on October 29.

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Deepak Agarwal was the one who had approached Shakib multiple times. ICC handed Deepak Agarwal, one of the team owners of the T10 League franchise Sindhis, with a ban of two-years after he accepted one charge for breaching the Anti-Corruption Code

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Shakib again embroiled in controversy after serving ban in fixing case News - News18 Lokmat, Today's Latest Marathi News

Shakib again embroiled in controversy after serving ban in fixing case News – News18 Lokmat, Today’s Latest Marathi News

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has once again found himself in controversy. Mumbai, June 6 : Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has once again found himself in controversy. Shakib had earlier informed the ICC Anti-Corruption Squad about the match-fixing scandal, but was suspended for a year. This time Shakib is in trouble for breaking the bio-bubble protocol. The Bangladesh Cricket…

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Steyn Becomes Leading Wicket-Taker for South Africa in T20Is

Veteran pacer Dale Steyn has grow to be the main wicket-taker for South Africa in T20 internationals. Steyn achieved the feat through the opening T20I of the three-match sequence in opposition to England performed on the Buffalo Park which the Proteas received by one run.

During the third over of England’s run-chase of 178, Steyn obtained the wicket of Jos Buttler and within the course of surpassed former leg-spinner Imran Tahir’s tally of 61. Tahir scalped 61 wickets in 35 matches for the Proteas whereas Steyn reached the 62-wicket mark in his 45th match. Third within the listing of main Proteas wicket-takers is Morne Morkel with 46 wickets.

Overall, Sri Lanka’s Lasith Malinga is the main wicket-taker in T20I cricket with 106 wickets to his title. He is adopted by Shahid Afrid (96), Shakib al Hasan (92) and Umar Gul (85).

Steyn already holds the file for being South Africa’s main wicket-taker in Test cricket. The right-arm quick bowler has 439 wickets to his title in 93 Tests. In 145 ODIs, he has scalped 196 wickets.

On Sunday, the 36-year-old was enjoying his first match for South Africa in nearly a yr. Steyn has had fixed run-ins with accidents over the previous few years, particularly after a career-threatening shoulder harm throughout South Africa’s tour of Australia in November 2016. Since then, he has featured in simply eight Tests, 9 ODIs and three T20Is.

He has already expressed his want to function on this yr’s T20 World Cup, feeling his expertise of 15 years in worldwide cricket can come in useful to guide the Proteas quicks in Australia.

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Pakistan target consolidation in first Bangladesh Test - Times of India

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Pakistan target consolidation in first Bangladesh Test - Times of India

RAWALPINDI (Pakistan): Skipper Azhar Ali hopes Pakistan will strengthen their credentials — both as a team and as hosts — when they face a depleted Bangladesh side in the first Test in Rawalpindi starting Friday.

The match will further Pakistan’s efforts to host Test cricket, which returned to the country just two months ago after a 10-year gap with a series against Sri Lanka.

International cricket was suspended in Pakistan after a militant attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in March 2009, forcing them to play home fixtures in the United Arab Emirates.

With improved security, Pakistan hosted limited-overs internationals between 2015 and 2019 before security confidence improved.

Bangladesh, initially reluctant to make a lengthy stay in Pakistan, only agreed to tour in three phases, having played Twenty20s last month.

After this Test they head home, before returning to play a one-day international (April 3) and second Test (April 5-9) — both in Karachi.

Azhar said the split series will give Pakistan further opportunity to establish itself as a Test host nation.

“Credit to the two Boards for making this series possible,” Azhar told reporters.

“Would have been good if the series was not split but we are focused as this is a World Test Championship match.”

Pakistan are currently fourth in the championship, which features the top nine Test nations and is currently led by world number one India (360 points) followed by Australia (296) and England (146).

The top two teams will play the final in June 2021.

“Hosting matches in Pakistan will send a strong message that we are a safe country,” said Azhar.

Bangladesh will be without Shakib Al Hasan, who is banned for one year in a spot-fixing case, and Mushfiqur Rahim, who opted not to tour Pakistan over security fears.

Bangladesh skipper Mominul Haque admitted Rahim will be missed.

“It’s difficult to play without your best players, but it gives an opportunity to younger players and we look forward to playing good cricket,” said Haque, who lost his first series as skipper in India 2-0 last year.

Also hurting Bangladesh will be the fact they have not won any of 10 Tests against Pakistan (nine defeats with one draw), and lost all five Tests they played last year.

Seasoned opener Tamim Iqbal — fresh from a triple hundred in a domestic match in Bangladesh — along with Haque and Mahmudullah will be Bangladesh’s main hopes against a strong Pakistan bowling attack which includes sensational 16-year-old pacer Naseem Shah.

Pakistan opener Abid Ali, meanwhile, will target another hundred in this Test to equal Indian maestro Mohammad Azharuddin‘s record of three consecutive centuries in his first three Tests.

Azharuddin achieved the feat against England in 1984-85 in his first three Tests.

Test Squads:

Pakistan: Azhar Ali (captain), Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Bilal Asif, Fawad Alam, Haris Sohail, Imam-ul-Haq, Imran Khan, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Yasir Shah

Bangladesh: Mominul Haque (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Saif Hassan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mahmudullah, Mohammad Mithun, Liton Das, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Ebadot Hossain, Abu Jayed, Al-Amin Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Soumya Sarkar.

Umpires: Nigel Llong (ENG) and Chris Gaffney (NZL)

TV umpire: Marais Erasmus (RSA)

Match referee: Richie Richardson (WIS)

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Column | At the end of the day it's all about mental toughness - Onmanorama

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"Who are the real fixers and who's actually doing it?" questions Russel Arnold after Shakib Al Hasan's ban

“Who are the real fixers and who’s actually doing it?” questions Russel Arnold after Shakib Al Hasan’s ban

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Who is really at fault?

Russel Arnold. (Photo Source: Twitter)

Match-fixing is a grave mistake. However, not reporting any such approaches is equally a crime. Such actions have a direct impact on the game and don’t do any good to all the measures that are being taken to curb fixing. Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has learnt this the hard way. Former Sri Lanka cricketer, Russel…

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Nothing much to do over Shakib’s issue: PM

Star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is likely to face action by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for not reporting about proposal of match fixing he was offered. Bangla News

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Sportsmail’s experts reveal their five favourite things from the World Cup

Following an entertaining tournament, the Cricket World Cup draws to a close on Sunday as England take on New Zealand in the final

There have been numerous memorable moments throughout the tournament.

Here, Sportsmail's Joe Bernstein and Richard Gibson outline their five favorite things from the World Cup.

Sportsmail 's experts reveal their five favorite things from the 2019 Cricket World Cup

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1) This World Cup never felt more alive than when an Asian team were in action. Forget alcohol, these fans get high on the cricket.

The supporters of Asian teams created an excellent atmosphere at the World Cup

2) Twice in this World Cup, Jason Roy has hit three sixes in three balls. Against Bangladesh, the next ball was trying to hit a fourth.

Against Australia, the next ball was defended. It almost felt like proof he had improved even during the course of the tournament.

Jason Roy has improved during the tournament – twice he has hit three sixes in three balls

3) Eoin Morgan giving short shrift to an Aussie journalist who wondered whether England were scarred by their World Cup record against Australia.

Morgan fixed him with an icy stare and pointed out he had played in only one previous defeat. On Thursday, Morgan battered the winning boundary against the Aussies.

Eoin Morgan's UK England Cup World Cup record vs. Australia

4) Jofra Archer is beautiful to watch and terrifying to face: six stitches in Australian wicket-keeper Alex Carey's chin was the latest evidence. It seems ludicrous now that some critics are worried about his impact on dressing room harmony.

Jofra Archer's performances for England at this tournament have a joy to watch

5) Sky recognizing the importance of sharing this once-in-a-generation match with a free-to-air competitor, Channel 4. It's a generous gesture, and has gone down well with the England dressing room.

Sky's generous gesture in sharing the final with Channel 4 has gone down well with England

My World Cup XI: Sharma (Ind), Roy (Eng), Williamson (NZ, capt), Root (Eng), Shakib (Ban), Stokes (Eng), Carey (Aus, wk) Starc (Aus), Archer (Eng), Ferguson (NZ), Bumrah (Ind).

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1) It was heartening to see Sky open up the final to a potential new generation of fans with their free-to -air gesture. It's about youngsters connecting with their heroes.

Sky's gesture will enable youngsters to connect with heroes and inspire the next generation

2) All eyes were on David Warner, with his ban still fresh in the memory. Gone was the snarling gutter snipe of the past, however, with even his batting taking on a new level of maturity.

David Warner, with his ban still fresh in the memory, has shown a new level of maturity

3) For Ben Stokes this was a tournament to make up for lost time after his self-induced sidelining. His performances were clinical and calm.

No one trains harder and all the physical work was manifested in the stunningly acrobatic reverse-cup catch in England's opening game win over South Africa.

Ben Stokes has made up for lost time with his clinical and calm performances for England

4) Stokes' dismissal in the group game defeat by Australia at Lord's was a stunning piece of theater.

The left-hander carried England's hopes and was warming to his task when Mitchell Starc produced the sing-seeking yorker that snaked beneath a desperate defensive jab of the bat.

Australia's Mitchell Starc's dismissal of Ben Stokes was an excellent moment

5) At the Sri Lanka West Indies game we saw two huge batting talents of the future. Avishka Fernando and Nicholas Pooran showed there is plenty to look forward to with scintillating strokeplay and a hundred apiece.

Avishka Fernando of Sri Lanka and Nicholas Pooran of West Indies are two huge batting talents

My World Cup XI: Warner (Aus), Roy (Eng), Williamson (NZ , capt), Root (Eng), Stokes (Eng), Al Hasan (Ban), Carey (Aus, wk), Archer (Eng), Starc (Aus), Shah Afridi (Pak), Bumrah (Ind).

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Clash of Clans MOD Apk + Unlimited Gems + Gold + Elixir Free Download

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Clash of Clans MOD Apk + Unlimited Gems + Gold + Elixir Free Download

Clash of Clans is the most popular Strategy game ever created for any android devices. This latest version has Unlimited Gems, Unlimited Gold, Unlimited Elixir and many more special features, which is absolutely free! Now DOWNLOAD this COC special version and join millions of players worldwide as you build your village, raise a clan, and compete in epic Clan Wars. There are huge Mustachioed Barbarians, fire-wielding Wizards, and other unique troops are waiting for you.

Clash of Clans Latest Version Special Features

Now you can Upgrade to the all-new Town Hall 12 to have your Town Hall fight back in these special features. Especially, if you Work together with your clan in Clan Games, you can earn valuable Magic Items. With this unlimited gems, you can easily Defend your village with a multitude of cannons, bombs, traps, mortars, walls and fight against the Goblin King in a campaign through the realm. Here are some reviews:

Shamim Khan: Coc is the best in my game. I like it. It is my favorite game. My town hall 10. My name is Shakib Khan. It is very strongest. It plays 3 years ago. On this time it fewer knowledge clash of clan. I am happy to say it fun of the game. I have 6 IDs and safeguard keeping supersell id. I have no problem. It comes from my life 3 years ago. I am very much from clash of clan. I have many friends. I wanted many many friends and help from friends. I everyday play it. I am a good boy. I have no game.

Matt Copley: love the game and especially what you guys have done lately with the rewards system. My clan and I wanted to know if it would be possible to add: 1. maybe a lab assistant, sort of like another builder, that helps in some way? we’ve found that when reaching later stages of town hall, there aren’t many opportunities to spend elixir except for in the lab, but upgrades are too slow to keep spending 2. a “builder queue” for setting builders to automatically start another job after finishing one?

Alan Bowmer: I used to love the game but the whole Gold Pass deal and Hero model updates are disagreeable with, plus the whole not having to refill your traps anymore?!?! Normally this would be an almost 5-star review but ever since the April update.it doesn’t seem to deserve it anymore. Plus the matching system is awful, how am I in Crystal League when I don’t attack people and when I do it’s someone it Titan League, I’ve played for years, but it may be the last if this update doesn’t get better.

Carter Schlomann: I LOVE coc, the reason this is only 2 stars is because of the new challenges. why do you have to pay for the gold pass!?! why not make it ingame currency, so let’s see, most people already can’t get gold pass. also if you don’t get gold pass you only get about 1/4 of the items, all of them about 10x better than the regular one. so basically, it shows you care more about the money than the players.😓 also, the heroes look like trash.

Chace Aguirre: very competitive game. requires a lot of hours into building a good base. I noticed a pay to win aspect. to speed up the process of builders it requires gems. Gems are the in-game currency used to get materials or building times to go faster. overall it’s an addicting game, but with the pay to win aspect, it can get pricey. I would recommend this game to any adult. Hint: watch your bank account carefully if your children want to play this game.

Rupinder Kaur: I love warfighting strategy games. But this game was beyond anything I thought it was better. As soon as I opened it I was astonished to look at the graphics quality and the funny people in the game who taught me how to play it. Since that time I have been playing this game. Really good app. The new update was also good. The only problem is that when I zoom to see graphics quality becomes a bit poor otherwise this is one of the greatest strategy games. We all love COC!

H.M.D: My experience with this game is since 2015. Its a really good game. I am playing this game since 2015. I didn’t get any kind of errors. But Today, (“When I update my game. And when I try to play. I tap on the game icon. It opens just for 2 to 3 then it close immediately. I don’t what happened this.”) I reinstalled and re-downloaded and also restart my Android mobile. But still getting this anonymous error. Kindly it’s my request to supercell to help me. I cant able to play the game after the latest update.

Hunter Tripp: the game is amazing, I have been playing forever, but there are a few bugs. one that I really hate is when I beat a base and the game crashes, and I don’t get anything from that attack and my troops are gone. it shows in the attack log, but j don’t get anything from it. I know it’s not my phone because mine is only a year old. please fix this for a 5-star review.

Joe Quain: I think this game is amazing. Although, I think that the clan castle reinforcements are way too overpowered. For example, You could be up against a very easy base. And just after you place down all your troops, a bunch of level 6 troops will emerge from the clan castle and kill all of your troops. I think that they should add a way to know that your enemy has reinforcements, as I have lost at least 400 trophies because of it.

Aa Hh Ss Hamim: Thank you, Supercell for such a great game like Clash of clans. It is totally an amazing game I have played. according to my records, it is the first game I have played most from the other games. The updates are too good. When I was about to think about Clash of clans I was waiting for the time when I get a new event and updates from you. Thanks for such a great game like this. Looking for a new update. I am a little bit upset, cause there is no flag of Bangladesh.-Coc lovers of BD… 😍💖😍💖😍

vince friend: I’ve been playing with this app for about 3 years and I must say that I love this game. you can apply your strategies in achieving to have 3 stars or just one star. the troops are amazing and at the same time, so awesome and their abilities. contrary to it, the time consumptions in upgrading anything is a bit challenging and I think that is the essence of playing this game. with a lot of patience, all of the hard work is paid off. keep up the best work and looking forward to the new experience.

xPrOgAmEr1088 x: Honestly, this game was great fun. The new update, and updates to come, however, have and will ruin the game. Firstly, the new hero skins. Simply changed for an opportunity for a microtransaction. It’s basically the skins you would find in some rip off online arcade game with poor graphics. Secondly, and more importantly, the new town halls to come. There’s way too many, and I don’t expect many people to achieve the top, except through buying to win, which yet another opportunity for money-making.

Stacey Taylor: This game is amazing. There is no profanity and if there is you can flag them and they will get in trouble. THERE ARE NO ADDS!!!!! Honestly, this game is fitting for young kids (in my opinion.) I will be truthful. You don’t have to play with random strangers. you can play with your friends. You don’t have to, but you can. This is my opinion you should play this game. you’re not forced to but again, this is my opinion.😻😹🙀😸 Don’t listen to all the haters. they talk in anger.

Tigger Tigger: the game is great and I love everything about it but what’s the point of having four barracks if you only train one thing at a time? it seems like a waste of elixir upgrading the other barracks to the same level as the others if you only need one to train the entire army.

Martin Mroz: I have been playing this game for almost 5 years now. I’ve never played a game this long in my life and until today, I thought I was going to play Clash of Clans forever. However, this new update has changed that. Before this update, you could earn everything in the game just by playing. It would take much longer, but still doable. Now, they want you to spend $6 a month just for the opportunity to get some items that you otherwise cannot get. Thanks for ruining the game and wasting 5 years of my life.

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App Download Version 11.446.20 Last Updated April 17, 2019 Apk Size 130 MB Offered By Supercell Category Strategy Content Rating Rated for 7+ Support Android Version Android 4.1 and up Installs 500,000,000+ Play Store Available

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IPL 2018 Final Highlights: Watson hands Dhoni's Chennai a fairytale victory

Chennai Super Kings beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets to win the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2018). It was a cake walk for the CSK players as they went past the projected score of 178 with 9 balls to spare.

A vintage Shane Watson knock gave CSK a fairytale IPL glory after missing out the tournament for two consecutive years due to a spot-fixing scandal. The Aussie's 117 out of 57 balls runs single-handedly won the game for CSK. He hit a magnificent century in the ultimate IPL match of the season.

Ambati Rayudu hit the winning runs with 9 balls to spare as CSK won the title for a 3rd time. CSK showed utter dominance over SRH as they beat them in all the four encounters they had in this year's edition.

The SRH bowlers failed to display the scintilating form that they carried through most of the tournament, except Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Raashid Khan, who showed some prowress against the Chennai brigade. While Bhuvi was the most economic, with an economy rate of just 4.25, Shakib Al Hasan, Siddharth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma conceded runs heavily as the CSK batsmen thrashed their way to victory.

Earlier Yusuf Pathan and Brathwaite picked up the pace in the death overs to add 42 runs pushing the SRH to a competitive 178/6 after being put in to bat first. With runs hard to come by initially, the pressure of making the full use of fielding restrictions resulted in Dhawan and Williamson going after the bowlers. Soon the duo raised fifty-run stand but the introduction of Ravindra Jadeja broke their association as a quicker bowled out Dhawan at 26.

At one stage, a score in the 190s looked a real possibility but Lungi Ngidi put that to rest, giving away only eight runs in the 19th over, despite a six off the last ball.