A stunning five-wicket haul by Mehidy Hasan Miraz on day two of the second Test in Rawalpindi has put Pakistan on the backfoot. The hosts need to get a few early breakthroughs on day three to claw their way back into the Test match.
West Indies clinched the three-match T20 series against South Africa 3-0 after winning the rain-hit finale by eight wickets in Trinidad while the current BCCI secretary Jay Shah was elected as the new independent ICC Chairman unopposed. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on August 28.
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been allowed to keep playing for now despite being named in the FIR last week alongside 146 others for a murder during the unrest in the country. Shakib was key in Bangladesh's thumping win over Pakistan in the first Test in Rawalpindi.
Shakib Al Hasan is currently in Pakistan with the Bangladesh men's cricket team. The veteran allrounder is a part of Bangladesh's playing XI for the ongoing Test match in Rawalpindi.
Bangladesh have a busy schedule in 2024 in Test cricket with their two-match series against Pakistan set to commence on August 21. They are also slated to tour India for two Test matches with the series starting on September 19 in Chennai.
Leg-spinner Rishad Hossain batted with intent lower down the order but it was too late by then. Bangladesh batters played way too many dots up front and it meant that they were behind the eight ball from the outset.
The former skipper Shakib Al Hasan top-scored with 64* runs off 46 balls and Tanzid Hasan added 35 runs to help Bangladesh post a challenging total of 159/6 in the crucial T20 World Cup 2024 game against Netherlands in Kingstown.
Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya has struggled to impress in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 with a bat but has been in great form with a ball with five wickets in two matches so far. Hardik jumped to eighth place in the points table in the latest ICC T20I all-rounder rankings on Wednesday.
Former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan is one of the only two players to have featured in all edition of T20 World Cup. He will be playing in his ninth mega event in the shortest format in June 2024 and wants to do well for Bangladesh.
Pacer Ali Khan was the star with the ball in hand as he claimed three wickets and finished with match-winning figures of 3/25. He bagged the big wicket of Shakib Al Hasan along with Rishad Hossain and Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
Shakib Al Hasan is part of the squad but will not be leading after the board decided to hand over the all-format captaincy to Shanto. Apart from the 15-member squad, two players will travel with the team as reserves. Bangladesh will start their campaign in World Cup on June 7 against Sri Lanka.
Mustafizur Rahman is coming into the series, having performed tremendously well for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He passed a fitness test before being included in the side.
Bangladesh lost the first of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka. Shakib last played in the format in 2023 but featured for his country in white-ball formats including the ODI World Cup. He will play under Najmul Hossain Shanto's captaincy in second Test.
Bangladesh veteran Shakib Al Hasan will not tour Sri Lanka in the next month for three T20Is, as many ODIs and two Test matches. But they will miss the all-rounder who is currently featuring in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
Shakib Al Hasan is the most prolific allrounder for Bangladesh across the three formats. The 36-year-old has been serving Bangladesh cricket for the last 17 years.
Mahmudullah last played a T20I game for the Bangla Tigers against Sri Lanka in the Men's T20 Asia Cup in September 2022. He was not picked for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022.
Shakib Al Hasan has been in trouble when it comes to his eye since the World Cup. He is receiving treatment for the same as well and travelled overseas during the Bangladesh Premier League. He is currently playing for Rangpur Riders but has only bowled in the last two games.
Shakib Al Hasan is one of the most experienced T20 players going around in world cricket at the moment. He has aggregated 6956 runs and claimed 467 scalps in 416 games.
Uncapped in IPL, Donovan Ferreira smashes the fastest fifty in SA20 history to power JSK to a maiden win. Watch the video to know today's sports wrap.
BPL 2024: Shakib Al Hasan was reportedly having an eye issue during the ODI World Cup 2023. Shakib, who is playing for Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League, is set to miss the Dhaka leg of the tournament.
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