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Ishant Picks Five As India Pack Bangladesh For 106 In Day-night Test

2020-06-24T03:26:22Z

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India's Umesh Yadav claimed three early wickets in Kolkata India's Ishant Sharma claimed five wickets Friday to help bundle out Bangladesh for a paltry 106 in the first day-night Test for both teams. Ishant returned figures of 5-22 in India's pink-ball debut to pack the tourists off in the second session after they elected to bat first in Kolkata. He bagged his 10th five-wicket haul in Tests and was ably supported by fellow quicks Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami as they shared the remaining five wickets between them. Troubles increased for Bangladesh when wicketkeeper-batsman Liton Das was forced to withdraw from the game after being struck by a bouncer from Shami. Liton retired hurt on 24 at tea -- the first break of the day-night Test, and was later replaced by concussion sub Mehidy Hasan. The International Cricket Council (ICC) approved the use of concussion substitutes for all internationals from August with Mehidy becoming the fourth sub to be used. India and Bangladesh have joined the pink-ball party four years after the first day-night Test in Adelaide between Australia and New Zealand. Ishant struck first to get Imrul Kayes trapped lbw for [http://soulofcricketer.mystrikingly.com/blog/sourav-ganguly-in-world-cup-2003 soulofcricketer.mystrikingly.com] four, and the left-handed opener wasted a review with replays showing the ball would have hit leg stump. Yadav soon got going in his second spell to send back skipper Mominul Haque, caught superbly by Rohit Sharma at second slip for nought, before bowling Mohammed Mithun two balls later. Kolkata-based Shami, part of India's deadly pace trio in the series, received the loudest cheers from a packed house at Eden Gardens after getting Mushfiqur Rahim bowled for nought. Opener Shadman Islam worked hard for his 29 off 52 balls before becoming Yadav's third victim of the first session, which ended with Bangladesh on 73-6. Ishant returned to wipe off the tail alongside Shami who took the final wicket of Abu Jayed for nought -- the fifth zero in the innings. India's cricket chief Sourav Ganguly has put on a grand show at Eden Gardens, which is sold out for the first four days of the match. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was in attendance along with a host of cricketing greats including batting icon Sachin Tendulkar.

Maskless Merkel Braves Severe Delhi Smog

2020-06-24T00:00:07Z

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Neither Narendra Modi, nor visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, wore masks to protect themselves from the pollution choking Delhi German Chancellor Angela Merkel got a toxic welcome to India on Friday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi treated her to a military parade in New Delhi's severely polluted air. Ignoring medical advice to the choking megacity's 20 million inhabitants, Merkel and Modi reviewed a guard of honour at the presidential palace without pollution masks. As on similar ceremonies following a series of shaking spells earlier this year, Merkel, 65, sat for the national anthems. The European Union's longest-serving leader is due to step down in 2021. Thick smog is blanketing the Indian capital Merkel, on her fourth visit to India, thanked Modi for the "very warm and gracious welcome" and said German-Indian ties were "broad-based and deep", the Press Trust of India reported. The Indian government monitoring agency said air in the Indian capital, a noxious cocktail of industrial and vehicle emissions and agricultural smoke from the surrounding regions, was rated as "severe" on Friday. Especially hazardous levels of particulates smaller than 2.5 microns, so tiny they can enter the bloodstream, were 19 times the World Health Organization's safe maximum, [http://soulofcricketer.mystrikingly.com/blog/sourav-ganguly-in-world-cup-2003 http://soulofcricketer.mystrikingly.com/blog/sourav-ganguly-in-world-cup-2003] data from the US embassy website showed. A Central Pollution Control Board official said that pollution entered the "severe plus" or "emergency" category late Thursday night, the first time since January. India is home to 14 of the 15 most polluted cities in the world, according to the United Nations. According to one study, smog kills a million Indians prematurely every year. Residents of Delhi are advised to wear masks to protect them from the worst effects of the smog Delhi's chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, said Friday that authorities would begin distributing five million pollution masks to schoolchildren. He blamed neighbouring states, where thousands of farmers at this time of year burn crop stubble, sending vast clouds of smoke drifting across northern India. On Thursday India's top pollution watchdog extended a night-time ban on construction in the city until Saturday and recommended a temporary shutdown of power plants in towns around Delhi. - Cricket doubts - The high levels of pollution, which were forecast to blanket Delhi in the coming days, threw into doubt a cricket match between India and Bangladesh scheduled for Sunday. Bangladesh's coach Russell Domingo and spin bowling coach Daniel Vettori wore masks in training on Friday morning. In December 2017 two visiting players from Sri Lanka vomited on the pitch because of the smog and play in the Test match was briefly suspended. Sourav Ganguly, the new head of India's cricket board the BCCI, said on Thursday that scheduling of matches in northern India during winter needs to be "little bit more practical". But, he said, nothing could be done for this weekend. "It's too late to do anything (for Sunday's match)... So it's not possible to cancel things at the last minute," Ganguly told Indian media. "I spoke to the groundsman. He says once the sun comes out, it will be fine."

Kohli Open To Pink-ball Aussie Test

2020-06-23T20:37:15Z

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Virat Kohli has declared his team are ready for the challenge of a day-night Test in Australia next summer and he is open to playing one. India flogged Bangladesh in their first pink-ball Test late last year, but have previously refused to play the games under lights. The issue became a sticking point on the team's last tour of Australia, where no match was also played at the Aussies' fortress of the Gabba. Cricket Australia boss Kevin Roberts is in India this week meeting new BCCI boss Sourav Ganguly, [http://soulofcricketer.mystrikingly.com/blog/sourav-ganguly-in-world-cup-2003 soulofcricketer.mystrikingly.com] with a day-night Test expected to be on the agenda. But Kohli welcomed the prospect of finally facing the Aussies in one, despite them being undefeated in seven pink-ball Tests. "We played the day-night Test here, we were very happy with how it went," he said. "It's become a very exciting feature of any series, so we are absolutely open to play a day-night Test. "We are ready and up for the challenge." Kohli also said his team would be happy to play in Brisbane, after Tim Paine joked earlier in the summer he would have to ask the Indian captain where he wanted matches. The Australian players are firm in their stance they want the series-opener at the Gabba, while there is a push from Western Australia to make sure one match is played in Perth. Whoever misses out will likely instead host Afghanistan in a one-off Test. "Whether it is the Gabba or Perth, it doesn't matter to us," Kohli said. "We have the skill sets as a team to compete against anyone in the world anywhere, whether it is white ball, pink ball or red ball." "We are absolutely up for it."

Ganguly Wants India To Play Pink-ball Tests In Every Series

2020-06-23T19:58:48Z

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NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Indian cricket board chief Sourav Ganguly believes pink-ball tests are here to stay and wants the team under Virat Kohli to play at least one such match in every series. India became the last major cricket nation to embrace day-night tests when they hosted neighbours Bangladesh in front of a sellout crowd at Kolkata's Eden Gardens last month. As the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Ganguly's nudge prompted India to take the plunge into day-night tests, which pundits believe can address test cricket's dwindling attendance in most venues. "I am pretty upbeat about it," Ganguly told 'The Week' magazine. "I feel this is the way forward. Not every test, but at least one test in a series." The world's richest cricket board aggressively marketed India's maiden pink-ball test, illuminating prominent city landmarks in pink and overall creating a buzz around the match. Encouraged by the turnout in Kolkata, [http://soulofcricketer.mystrikingly.com/blog/sourav-ganguly-in-world-cup-2003 soulofcricketer.mystrikingly.com] other Indian venues are now ready to host day-night tests, Ganguly said. "I will share my experiences with the board and we will try and implement it in other places." "After this, everyone is ready. Nobody wants to play test cricket in front of 5,000 people," added the former India captain. Kohli has welcomed the innovation but said pink-ball tests should be an exception and not the rule. "I think (day-night tests) can be a one-off thing, it should not be a regular scenario," Kohli said in Kolkata on the eve of the test match. (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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2020-06-23T19:58:46Z

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