Sumeet Kavthale

Opener Saim Ayub and in-form batter Saud Shakeel added a crucial 98 runs for the fourth wicket to help Pakistan survive an early collapse in the first innings of the opening Test match against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi.

"Feel like my best years are ahead of me. I have no doubt about that. The best years are still to come. And this year is going to be a good year, because now I am permanently at home, and I can enjoy home," Joao Felix said.

"We are very excited about our first preparatory camp and I know it will be the same for the players and We face two different teams and the rankings are not very important," India's new head coach Manolo Marquez said on team selection.

PAK vs BAN, 1st Test: Pakistan struggled for a start after being forced to bat first against Bangladesh in their first innings of the opening Test match in Rawalpindi. The star pacer Shoriful Islam gave Bangladesh a brilliant start with two early wickets of Babar Azam and Shan Masood.

Lausanne Diamond League 2024 live: India's star athlete Neeraj Chopra will be looking to continue his red-hot form in 2024 after claiming a silver medal in the Paris Olympics. Neeraj is currently fourth in the Diamond League 2024 standings with seven points.

After losing the Test series, the West Indies look to salvage something from the three-match T20I series against South Africa at home. Batters Rovaman Powell and Nicholas Pooran remain part of the team but two star all-rounders miss out.

After an impressive bowling spell, the star Indian spin all-rounder Deepti Sharma smashed a match-winning six when London Spirit needed four runs off the last three balls to beat Welsh Fire and win The Hundred Women 2024 title.

The experienced Indian pacer Mohammed Shami last played competitive cricket during India's ODI World Cup final against Australia in November 2023 and then underwent ankle surgery. He is likely to return to make a full recovery ahead of the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy.

West Delhi Lions vs North Delhi Strikers, DPL 2024: Hrithik Shokeen's West Delhi Lions won the toss and elected to field first against Pranshu Vijayran's North Delhi Strikers at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.

"Don't get me wrong, India is an absolute superstar side and extremely challenging but I'm extremely hungry to turn things around and make sure we get that trophy back," Nathan Lyon said on Australia's recent poor record against India in Tests.

"We have been guided by the construction experts on the timelines for the readiness of the Stadium. They advised that while construction could continue during playing hours, the resulting noise pollution would disturb the cricketers," the PCB statement said.

Chasing a 263-run target, West Indies were bundled out to 222 in the second innings of the second Test match against South Africa at Providence Stadium. West Indies suffered their tenth successive Test series loss against the Proteas to set a new low.

Captain Heather Knight played a captain's knock to help London Spirit beat Oval Invincibles by eight wickets in the Eliminator clash while Welsh Fire entered the final after topping the group stage points table with five wins in eight matches.

"Bowlers have to do the hard job and are not hiding behind a bat, they’re not hiding behind a flat wicket. We’re right in the firing line. When we lose a game, it’s usually the bowlers who are blamed. So it’s a hard job," Jasprit Bumrah said.

"Is this how you show respect to players who have brought not one but several Olympic medals in hockey for the country,” former Pakistani hockey star Rao Saleem Nazim said after the government revoked invitations to Arshad Nadeem's reception.