The 22-year-old turned an overnight 179 into his first double ton with 209 on Saturday in the second match of the high-profile series.

England were still 241 behind India at the break with Jonny Bairstow, on 24, and skipper Ben Stokes, on five, batting in Visakhapatnam.

The Young Tigers will have to chase down the target set by Pakistan within 38-40 overs if they want to overtake the latter and book a place in the semifinal

The hosts were leading by 89 runs in Colombo after elegant stroke play by the two experienced batsmen

Jaiswal turned an overnight 179 into the first double century of his Test career before veteran pacer James Anderson finally got him out for the eighth wicket

Jaiswal’s defiance was on full display in the 49th over, when he smashed Tom Hartley for a six over long-on to reach the three-figure mark

Comilla were also involved in the previous lowest total of this edition of BPL when they managed to all-out Sylhet Strikers for 78 runs

Dhaka will not host any of the matches in this three-format series

Sylhet’s Zimbabwean pacer Richard Ngarava then claimed 4 for 30 to help restrict Dhaka to 127-9 in their 20 overs

Smith finished unbeaten on 79 off 79 balls and Green was 77 not out as Australia cruised to the winning target of 232 with 11.3 overs to spare

“The first time I saw him was on Twitter. I think the County Championship [account] put a little clip together of him bowling against Sir Alastair,” Stokes told cricket website ESPNcricinfo

Agni Chopra has become the first batter to amass four centuries in his first four first-class matches after making his debut for Mizoram in the Ranji Trophy Plate League last month.

"There was a lot of commentary around I’d failed in two or three innings or whatever it was," Smith told reporters in Melbourne on Wednesday.

Labourers are seen turning a lighter vessel into their arena for a game of short-pitch cricket at the Gabtoli Landing Station area, where such vessels dock to unload. Photo: Palash Khan 

"(I'm) going back home with this joy in my heart and mind. I'm so happy," Joseph said in a video posted on the team's social media on Tuesday.

“Sarfaraz hasn't just knocked on the door, he has beaten it down,” Harsha wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Tanzid made 50 off 40 balls while Bruce hit an unbeaten 51 off 44 deliveries as Chattogram cruised to 138-2 in just 17.4 overs.

“We are going to submit it [investigation report] to the cricket board soon. Since we got both of them here, we talked to them in the morning”

The incident took place during the first match of a four-Test series in 2015

It was India's fourth loss in their last 47 Tests at home since 2013