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David Mille's second T20 century went in vain as India beat South Africa by 16 runs Sunday to win the three-match series with an unassailable 2-0 lead. Miller scored 106 not out off 47 balls after South Africa had been reduced to 47-3 in reply to India's 237-3 in the second T20. Miller put on 174 off 82 balls with Quinton de Kock (69 not out) for the unbeaten fourth wicket. The visitors finished at 221-3 and fell just short of India's fourth-highest total in T20s. This was after Suryakumar Yadav smashed 61 off 22 balls and Lokesh Rahul scored 57 off 28 for India.

England finished their first tour to Pakistan in 17 years with a thumping 67-run win in their T20 decider Sunday to clinch the seven-match series 4-3. Dawid Malan (78 not out off 47 balls) smashed his first half century of the series and Harry Brook hit an unbeaten 29-ball 46 as both profited from three dropped catches in England's strong total of 209-3. Pakistan, who won the toss and elected to field, were effectively out of the chase once the prolific opening pair of captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan departed within the first two overs. Pakistan finished on 142-8. Babar, who dropped both Malan and Brook, gave a regulation catch at cover in Chris Woakes' first over and Reece Topley clean bowled Rizwan off a full-length delivery. No. 3 Shan Masood fought a lone battle with 56 off 43 against well-disciplined England pacers with Woakes (3-26), David Willey (2-22), Sam Curran (1-27) and Topley (1-34) all chipping in with wickets.

The defending champions Bangladesh began their Women's Asia Cup 2022 campaign with a 9-wicket win over Thailand. The Tigresses will now face Pakistan on Monday, a more competitive team to test their strength. Pakistan's women’s side, meanwhile, registered a big win over Malaysia in their first match, showing their ability as a team. Let's take a look at the Bangladesh vs Pakistan match preview. Bangladesh Women vs Pakistan Women: Match Preview The Bangladesh women's team has won nine of its first 10 games in 2022, which is an exceptional run of form. They also recently won the ICC Women's T20 Qualifier 2022 competition in the United Arab Emirates without losing a game. However, all of Bangladesh's triumphs this year have come over opponents whom they had predicted to prevail. The game against Sri Lanka in June was the only one they have lost this year. Read: Papon admits failure to give women’s cricket attention it deserves Pakistan's women’s team, on the other hand, has won five matches and lost three in 2022. They whitewashed Sri Lanka 3-0 in a bilateral series in May and won a couple of matches against associate nations. However, Pakistan have found it difficult to compete with bigger rivals like Australia and India. Given both sides' recent international performances, the squad strengths of Bangladesh and Pakistan seem quite similar. The Bangladesh women’s team will try to take advantage of home conditions. Pakistani players are also used to playing in these conditions and will try to put their game plan into action on the field. The spinners will be crucial to the match since the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium's wicket is anticipated to favor slower bowlers. It will be important to keep wickets in hand in order to attack the bowlers in the final five overs. Therefore, one of the top batters on both teams must play the anchor role in each of their respective innings. Bangladesh and Pakistan are unlikely to alter their winning lineups unless an injury issue emerges ahead of the match. The game will begin at 9 a.m. (Bangladesh Standard Time) on October 3. Read: How much prize money will be on offer at the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia? Bangladesh’s predicted playing XI Shamima Sultana (wicket-keeper), Fargana Hoque, Nigar Sultana (captain), Rumana Ahmed, Sobhana Mostary, Ritu Moni, Salma Khatun, Nahida Akter, Shohely Akhter, Sanjida Akter Meghla, Jahanara Alam Pakistan’s predicted playing XI Muneeba Ali (wicket-keeper), Sidra Ameen, Bismah Maroof (captain), Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Ayesha Naseem, Aliya Riaz, Tuba Hassan, Diana Baig, Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal

After Bangladesh Women’s cricket team beat Thailand by nine wickets in their first match of Women’s Asia Cup in Sylhet, Nazmul Hasan Papon, BCB president, has said it is the board’s failure to not look at women’s cricket with the attention it deserves. Ahead of the Asia Cup, Bangladesh women’s team emerged as champions of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup qualifiers. The BCB president said the women’s team has been playing very well on a regular basis. Despite that, the board has not given proper attention to the women’s team, which as he described, is a “failure of the board”. “They have been playing so well for a long time,” Papon said in Sylhet. “They won the World Cup qualifiers. They played the previous World Cup, winning the qualifiers, and they also won the Asia Cup before. But we did not give them the attention they deserved, this is our failure.” On Saturday, Bangladesh beat Thailand by nine wickets to kick off their campaign of keeping the title home. In 2018, Bangladesh women won the Asia Cup for the first time beating India.

The International Cricket Council on Friday (September 30) revealed the prize money for the Twenty20 World Cup 2022. A total of 5.6 million US dollars in prize money has been allotted for the mega event by the ICC, where the winner will pocket 1.6 million US dollars. Let’s take a look at how the prize money will be distributed in the 2022 ICC Twenty20 World Cup in Australia. ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2022: Prize money The allocation of the prize money for the eighth edition of the Twenty20 World Cup has not changed. The same amount of money was provided by the ICC for the 2021 T20 World Cup in the UAE. Five and a half million US dollars will be spent over the course of the month-long competition, with the winning team receiving more than 30% of the total. In addition, the runner-up team would get 800,000 USD. Read: BCB unveils Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup 2022 jersey The semifinalists will also earn a good amount of money. Both the semifinal losing teams will get 400 thousand US dollars each. There will be a total of 30 matches in the Super 12 round and a handsome sum of money has been allotted for the winning team of these fixtures. The winners of the Super 12 phase games will receive 40,000 dollars. A total of 1,200,000 US dollars will be given to the winning teams of the Super 12s. The eight teams who will be knocked out in this round will receive 70,000 US dollars each. Before the Super 12 phase begins on October 22, there will be a first round from October 16 to October 21. A good amount of money has also been allocated for this round. There will be 12 matches in this phase, and the winner of each game will get 40,000 dollars. The winners of this round will receive a total of 4,80,000 USD. Besides, the four eliminated teams from the first round will receive 40,000 dollars each, which is 160,000 USD in total. The prize money for the Twenty20 World Cup 2022 in Australia will total 5.6 million USD, with 45 matches taking place over the course of one month.  Read: Women’s Asia Cup: Bangladesh aim to hold on to trophy at home

Rumana Ahmed scalped three wickets while Shamima Sultana hit 49 runs to help Bangladesh beat Thailand by nine wickets in the opening match of the Women's Asia Cup in Sylhet on Saturday. Bangladesh are the defending champions of the Asia Cup, and Nigar Sultana, the Bangladesh captain, said they are eager to keep the title at home. Thailand won the toss and opted to bat first. But the disciplined Bangladesh bowling attack didn't give them a chance to score a big total. The Thai women tumbled for 82 in 19.4 overs. Phannita Maya scored 26 while Rosenan Kanoh scored 11. The other batters failed to impress. For Bangladesh, Rumana bagged three wickets while Nahida Akter, Sanjida Akter Meghla and Shohely Akhter took two wickets each. In reply, Bangladesh sealed the match in just 11.4 overs with Shamima scoring 49. Fargana Hoque and Nigar remained unbeaten for 26 and 10, respectively. In the second match of the day, India will take on Sri Lanka. In their next match on October 3, Bangladesh will lock horns with Pakistan.  

Finally, the wait is over! The new jersey for the forthcoming T20 World Cup 2022 was finally unveiled by the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday (September 30). The BCB unveiled the eagerly anticipated new uniform for the Tigers men's cricket team for the Australia 2022 Twenty20 World Cup via a number of social media platforms. Read: Tigers to leave for New Zealand on Friday According to a video published by the Bangladesh Cricket Board, the Bengal tiger, the Sundarbans, and the traditional Jamdani sari are shown on the Bangladesh men's national cricket team jersey. The jersey has so far been well-received. Keep in mind that the Bangladeshi team's T20 World Cup campaign will begin on October 24 and will play their final group stage fixture on November 6 against Pakistan. The top two teams from each group will progress to the semifinals. Bangladesh will compete in a tri-nation T20I series against Pakistan and New Zealand before the World Cup. Read: The 3 challenges Bangladesh may face in New Zealand Tri-Series 2022

On the eve of the Women’s Asia Cup cricket being hosted in Sylhet, Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana said their aim is to defend the title they won in  Malaysia in 2018 by playing good cricket at home.  Bangladesh will take on Thailand in the first match of the event on Saturday. The match will be played at the Sylhet International Stadium at 9 am.  Bangladesh are the defending champions of the Asia Cup. They won the last edition of this event in 2018 beating India in the final. “We just don’t want to play good, but we also want to keep the title at home,” Nigar told the media ahead of their first match. “We want to go match by match. We are not feeling any extra pressure.” The Bangladesh captain also said the team is already playing a good brand of cricket. They have won the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier in the UAE as well. Read: Bangladesh squad for Women's T20 Asia Cup announced “Our target is to win the title of the Asia Cup,” she said.  Along with the hosts Bangladesh, the other participating teams are India, Pakistan, Thailand, the UAE, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. In the initial phase, the six teams will play each other once to determine the four semifinalists.  The final will take place on October 5. All the matches will be played at the same venue. 

Bangladesh cricket team will leave for New Zealand on Friday. Ahead of the T20 World Cup, which will be played in Australia next month, Bangladesh will participate in a tri-series T20 in New Zealand that also involves Pakistan. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has already announced the New Zealand tri-series and World Cup squad.  Recently, Bangladesh played a two-match T20I series against the UAE and Bangladesh won 2-0. In this series, Afif Hossain has done well for the Tigers. But right-handed batter Sabbir Rahman, who played as an opener, failed to impress.  Bangladesh made a change to their staff— team manager Nafis Iqbal has been removed, and senior media manager Rabeed Imam has been appointed as the new team manager.  Media reports said the players are not happy to see Nafis as the team manager. Read: BCB announces Tk 50 lac reward for SAFF Champions The first match of the tri-series will take place on October 7 when Bangladesh will take on Pakistan. The Tigers will get at least four matches in this event.    Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh captain, missed the UAE series for CPL.  But he will join the Bangladesh team in New Zealand. In his absence, Nurul Hasan Sohan led Bangladesh in the UAE series.  Bangladesh squad for the New Zealand tri-series and the T20 World Cup: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Liton Das, Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan Sohan (vice-captain), Mustafizur Rahman, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Nasum Ahmed, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, and Standby players: Shoriful Islam, Rishad Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Soumya Sarkar. 

With a little over two weeks left before the T20 World Cup 2022 begins in Australia, the participating teams are currently busy preparing themselves for the main event. In this perspective, New Zealand will organize a tri-series beginning on October 7 that includes Bangladesh and Pakistan. Let’s take a look at the 3 challenges Bangladesh may face in the forthcoming New Zealand Tri-Series 2022. New Zealand Tri-Series 2022: The main challenges for the Bangladeshi players The Bangladesh cricket team’s recent performance in the Twenty20 format hasn’t been impressive. They have won 4 out of 12 matches this year, but all of the wins have come against weaker opponents or teams at the same level. In this context, Bangladesh’s poor run in the T20 format itself will be a big challenge during the tri-nation series. Here are the three areas where the tigers may struggle in the upcoming competition. Read: Bangladesh clinch T20I series vs UAE with easy win Conditions The Bangladesh players don’t have enough experience to play in the New Zealand conditions. A different skill set is required in order to do well in those kinds of conditions. Wickets in the Oceania region offer more bounce and pace. Balls come to the bat fast, and pace bowlers can get a lot of advantage from the surfaces. Whereas, in Bangladesh and sub-continent conditions, wickets usually remain slow and damp. The wickets offer more turn and swing, and batters often find it tough to score runs. Therefore, Bangladesh's players need to be well versed in the conditions. More importantly, the sooner they can adapt to the condition, the better for them. Strike Rotation - Batting Bangladesh batters' strike rates have been really unimpressive. One of the main reasons for that is their inability to play big shots on a consistent basis. The batters mindset and approach need to adjust according to the format. Because of the bouncy wickets, Bangladesh players may find it difficult to make an immediate impact in New Zealand conditions. But players will flourish if they can read the pitches properly and make some technical adjustments in their batting. The T20I stats of Bangladesh players in New Zealand haven’t been good. The two players who have more than 100 T20I runs and fifty plus scores in an innings in New Zealand are Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah Riyad, but they are not part of the team. Soumya has a more than 150 strike rate as well. Except for these two players, none of the Bangladesh players have even 100 Twenty20 international runs in New Zealand and their strike rates are poor as well. Therefore,a real challenge is waiting for the batters. Read: Bangladesh squad for Women's T20 Asia Cup announced