Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul shared an unbeaten opening partnership of 84 Saturday as India built a 130-run lead over Australia to seize control at tea on day two of the first Test in Perth.

Some of the world's top cricketers will be among 574 players seeking an Indian Premier League payday when the lucrative T20 tournament begins its annual auction on Sunday.

India skipper Jasprit Bumrah Mitchell Starc bagged a fifer while Mitchell Starc hit a defiant 26 to keep Australia in touch on day two of the opening Test at Perth, with the hosts all out for 104 at lunch on Saturday to trail India by 46.

Not often can a cricketer boast reaching a milestone just by stepping onto the field. But on Friday, all-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz reached not one but two significant career milestones when he went out for the toss ahead of the first of the two Tests against West Indies in Antigua.

Mikyle Louis and Alick Athanaze both fell just short of maiden Test centuries as West Indies reached 250-5 at stumps on the opening day of the first Test of two against Bangladesh on Friday.

A field altercation between players from both teams prompted an investigation by the CCDM Technical Committee.

Bangladesh’s Test record against the West Indies stands at four wins in 20 encounters, with just two victories on Caribbean soil -- both in 2009.

The match will be telecast live on T Sports from 8:00 pm (Bangladesh time).

India have won their last two Border-Gavaskar trophy series in Australia, but began this campaign after a demoralising 3-0 home defeat to New Zealand.

Bangladesh take on the West Indies in the first Test in Antigua today, hoping their slightly inexperienced batting line-up can weather the pace storm. Antigua has a strong recent record of making Bangladesh batters suffer.

England speedster Jofra Archer has been added back into the IPL final auction list, Cricinfo has reported.

Rangpur Division skipper Akbar Ali has been handed a two-match suspension for a level two offence during his side’s fifth-round match of the ongoing 26th National Cricket League (NCL) against Barishal in Rajshahi last week.

All-rounder Azizul Hakim Tamim will lead the Bangladesh Under-19 team in the upcoming ACC U-19 Men’s Asia Cup 2024 in the UAE as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) today named a 14-member squad for the eight-team event.

West Indies head coach Coley believes it’s crucial for the hosts to come out on top against Bangladesh and raise the team morale before the tour of Pakistan next year, which will see them contest in their final two Tests of the ongoing WTC cycle.

India head into the first of five Tests against Australia on Friday in Perth on the back of their first home series loss in 12 years.

Australia captain Pat Cummins Thursday urged new opener Nathan McSweeney not to try and emulate swashbuckling David Warner, while admitting his team had unfinished business with India.

The Block B gallery of Eden Gardens is to be renamed in her honour and the stand will be inaugurated on 22 January 2025, during India Women’s first T20I against England.

Bangladesh premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is not sweating over when he could next appear for the Tigers at the moment, mentioning that he is now focusing on the upcoming Abu Dhabi T10 tournament, which is set to begin today.

When Australia last bested India in a Test series, Josh Hazlewood made his debut in the longest format, as the hosts wrapped up a 2-0 win from four Tests.

While Ireland had recently beat England and Sri Lanka, the hosts are winless this year and last played a 50-over match in March.