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Shanto reveals reason for leaving T20 captaincy Several reasons came to the fore. Nazmul Hossain Shanto did not say anything directly. The BCB also did not say anything about his resignation from the T20 captaincy. Finally, Shanto himself made the revelation. The Tigers' Test captain said that he made this decision to focus on batting. Shanto stepped down from the Twenty20 format last December. In this format, Bangladesh's burden fell on Liton Das. He wanted to step down from the captaincy in the other two formats as well. But the BCB wants Shanto to at least continue to lead in the Tests. The Tigers' batter has also accepted the matter. Today, with the full series against Sri Lanka ahead, Shanto revealed the reason for stepping down from the T20 captaincy, 'There was a reason behind stepping down from the T20 captaincy that I had informed the Cricket Board myself. I do not want to captain anymore, in this format. I wanted to give some time to my own batting. Because we...

Miraj has been appointed as the new captain of the ODI team. Mehedi Hasan Miraj is the new captain of the Bangladesh team in ODI cricket. The all-rounder will lead the team in a three-match series on the Sri Lanka tour. After Nazmul Hossain Shanto stepped down from the limited-overs cricket captaincy, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) gave Liton Das the responsibility of leading the T20Is. This time, the BCB announced Miraj as the captain of the ODI team. According to BCB sources, Miraj will be given the responsibility of leadership for one year. Miraj led the team last December when Nazmul Hossain Shanto was out of the field due to injury. The Bangladesh team will play the three-match ODI series under Miraj's leadership in the upcoming Sri Lanka tour. Bangladesh will see three captains in three formats after a long time since the Sri Lanka tour. Nazmul Hossain Shanto will lead the Tests, Mehedi Hasan Miraj will lead the ODIs and Liton Kumar Das will lead the T20Is.

South Africa all out for 138 runs South Africa cricket team all out for 138 runs in the face of Pat Cummins' pace. The Proteas suffered a terrible batting disaster in an important match like the World Test Championship final. The Test Championship final began on Wednesday at the traditional Lord's in England. Batting after losing the toss, Australia could not play even three sessions of the first day due to the pace of Kagiso Rabada. The current champion Australia cricket team was all out for 212 runs in 56.4 overs. Beau Webster scored the highest 72 runs for the team. Former captain Steve Smith also scored 66 runs. Kagiso Rabada took 5 wickets for South Africa alone. Marko Jensen took 3 wickets. In reply, South Africa started batting yesterday, losing 4 wickets in the first row after scoring 43 runs in the last afternoon of the first day. Today, just after lunch, the Proteas were all out for 138 runs in 57.1 overs. David Biddingham was the highest for the team. Captain Timba B...

Kamindu wins Sri Lanka's Player of the Year award, Atapattu wins in women's category The Sri Lanka Cricket Board has given the 2024 International Cricketer of the Year award for aesthetic performance in international cricket. Kamindu Mendis and Chamari Atapattu grabbed the spotlight at the annual awards ceremony on Monday. Kamindu was the best in the boys' category in all formats. Chamari Atapattu won the Cricketer of the Year award in the women's category. Atapattu won 6 awards alone. The Sri Lanka Cricket Board gave out a total of 7 awards in the women's international category. Chamari missed out on only one of them. She was selected as the ODI Batsman of the Year and All-Rounder. Atapattu won all three awards for the best batsman, bowler and all-rounder in T20 cricket. Kabisha Dilhari was the only ODI Bowler of the Year. Wanindu Hasaranga won three awards in the boys' category. He was also named the ODI Bowler of the Year, as well as the T20I Bowler of the Ye...

Philippines referee did not give Bangladesh a 'definite penalty' In the third minute of added time, Bangladesh's Faisal Ahmed Fahim entered the box from the left edge with a great effort on his foot. Singapore's Irfan Najib made a sliding tackle from behind to stop him. But despite the tackle, the ball did not reach him. On the contrary, Fahim clearly fell under his foot. But even then, Philippine referee Clifford Dayfuat did not blow the penalty whistle. He gave Bangladesh a corner because the ball crossed the line. However, it became clear on TV replays that his decision was completely wrong. Bangladesh missed a golden opportunity to equalize because there was no confirmed penalty. After Rakib's goal in the 67th minute of the second half, Bangladesh set up an attack. In particular, substitutes Fahim-Al Amin spread panic in the Singapore box. Hamza Chowdhury also joined them. Javier Cabrera's men tried hard to get back into the game by creating several goal opp...