Bangladesh are going into the T20I series against India with promise of more aggression and intent to win. But when going against international teams of the highest-order, Bangladesh’s T20 merits fall short of the standard.

Sanjay Manjrekar found himself in hot water after making a controversial remark during Star Sports' Hindi commentary for the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup. His comments on India Women's team fielding coach Munish Bali sparked a backlash online, with fans calling for his ouster from the commentary panel.

Hridoy stressed Bangladesh are here to win the T20 series.

Shanaka, who led Sri Lanka to victory in the 2022 T20 Asia Cup, was replaced as captain by Wanindu Hasaranga in December following the team's poor showing in the last three white-ball World Cups.

England captain Ben Stokes said Saturday he will miss the first Test against Pakistan starting next week, after failing to recover from a hamstring injury.

Bangladesh are set to play the first T20I in Gwalior against hosts India and there is expectation of quality cricket from the fans. The Tigers are however without Shakib Al Hasan, who recently in a bombshell press conference in Kanpur revealed that he had already played his last T20I match during the last T20 World Cup.

India star Jemimah Rodrigues described a run-out decision which went against her team as "harsh" as the Asian giants slumped to a shock defeat to New Zealand in the Women's T20 World Cup.

Towhid Hridoy flicked a ball that went the distance while batting against a net bowler yesterday in Gwalior’s Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium. While the youngster almost casually cleared the boundary, the veteran Mahmudullah Riyad had to take his time to get his bat speed going once he came to bat in the nets.

Bangladesh’s all-format pacer Shoriful Islam witnessed a few ups and downs this year due to injuries. The 23-year-old pacer hurt his finger during a warm-up match before the ICC T20 World Cup. Although he had recovered and was available for selection from the second match, he ended up warming the benches for the whole tournament. After average stints in LPL and GT20 Canada following the World Cup, Shoriful was brilliant in the opening Test against Pakistan but missed the second one due to a groin injury. The left-arm pacer wasn’t picked for the India Tests to heal up completely for the three-match T20I series against the same team. Before leaving for India with the rest of the T20 squad, Shoriful spoke with The Daily Star’s Samsul Arefin Khan about his topsy-turvy year. Here are the excerpts:

Tristan Stubbs scored an unbeaten career-best 112 from 81 balls as South Africa thumped Ireland by 174 runs to clinch their three-game One Day International series with a game to spare in a hot and humid Abu Dhabi on Friday.

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine led from the front with an unbeaten 57 in her team's 58-run win over India in their opening match of the Women's T20 World Cup on Friday.

Opener Zak Crawley said on Friday that England's young pace attack will face a "test of character" in their upcoming Test series in Pakistan where a pitch baked by searing temperatures and surging smog levels await.

“Who are you comparing whom with?” Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto said when a journalist asked a question drawing comparison between Mahmudullah Riyad and Shamim Patwari.

The prohibitory orders, which will be in force until October 7, come ahead of a 'Gwalior bandh' call given by the Hindu Mahasabha on the match day (October 6) and protests by other outfits.

Three of Rashid's brothers also tied the knot on the same night.

The Youth and Sports Adviser reassured that the interim government would provide the necessary protection for the 37-year-old all-rounder.

The area around Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Gwalior, set to stage the first of three T20Is between Bangladesh and hosts India, is on “high security alert” ahead of the venue’s first-ever international exposure.

“It’s blown with the wind, so Sachin’s name isn’t there. We had left it like it was in the game,” said scorer Sunil Gupta while looking at the dilapidated scoreboard at the Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior.

In the format, the Tigers last faced India during the T20 World Cup in June, losing by 50 runs, and have not played a match since the tournament. The two sides have faced off in 14 contests, with India winning 13 times.

While approaching the Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in a cab, checkposts more than one kilometre away were stopping vehicles. None were being allowed through.