Middle-order batter Ajinkya Rahane, who served as India's stand-in Test captain on several occasions, announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday, ending his pursuit of a recall to the Test side.

Australia coach Andrew McDonald says Ben Stokes has "a lot of good cricket left in him" and believes England's new Test coach should lure him out of international retirement for the Ashes.

The series, originally scheduled for 2025 before being postponed to September this year, remains uncertain amid strained relations between the two neighbouring countries.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Tamim Iqbal confirmed at a press conference in Mirpur on Wednesday that Litton Das has been appointed ODI captain, adding the 50-over format to his T20I captaincy and replacing Mehidy Hasan Miraz.

The business value of the Indian Premier League, the world's richest Twenty20 series, has soared more than 11% to $20.6 billion this year, according to U.S.-based investment bank Houlihan Lokey.

Former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan believes Nahid Rana's injury-enforced absence from the upcoming Test series in Australia is a significant blow not only for Bangladesh but for the hosts as well.

Pakistan will go into the second and final Test a few miles away at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain, starting Sunday, on the back of four consecutive defeats and an extended abysmal run of 13 losses in their last 17 Tests.

Injuries, questionable selection calls and familiar off-field distractions have once again overshadowed what should have been a defining moment in Bangladesh's Test journey.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and its medical department remain perplexed about how Nahid Rana sustained his injury during the Tigers' tour of Zimbabwe earlier this month, despite his workload being carefully managed.

The player, who fields at slip or silly point, appears to have perfected the art of creating fake edge sounds just as batters make tentative prods at deliveries subsequently caught by the wicketkeeper.

Bangladesh pacers Nahid Rana and Taskin Ahmed are set to leave for Australia on Tuesday night for medical assessments, BCB sources confirmed.

Veteran spinner Ravindra Jadeja was named on Tuesday in India's squad for two Test matches in Sri Lanka after recovering from injury.

Cricket is expected to remain in the Games beyond 2028. The 2032 Games will be held in Brisbane, Australia — another country with a strong cricketing tradition — and India is heavily pushing Ahmedabad to host the Games in 2036.

The challenge is compounded by the left-hand-heavy composition of the batting order.

It was Greaves' first five-wicket haul in Test cricket and bettered the four consecutive wicket maidens that former England fast bowler Stuart Broad managed in a Test against South Africa at Johannesburg in January 2016.

The BCB selection panel has come under scrutiny after Rana was ruled out of the upcoming two-match Test series in Australia with a side-strain injury.

Only 39 of more than 200 local applicants passed, leaving its recruitment quota unfilled.

The Bangladesh captain is looking forward to the challenge and wants her teammates to rise to the occasion against three of the biggest teams in women's cricket.

Laxman has already played a major role in Sooryavanshi's development, with the India great overseeing the winning Under-19 World Cup side at the start of the year in his role as Head of Cricket with the BCCI when the teenager amassed 439 runs to be adjudged Player of the Tournament.

Soumya is perhaps the most intriguing inclusion, although his domestic form makes a compelling case for his return, either as an opener or in the middle order.