Blistering debut for future superstar, Aiden Markram
Aiden Markram is enjoying a fabulous time with the Proteas setup. Following an outstanding debut Test series, where he racked up 255 runs in two Tests with a hundred and 97, Markram started his ODI career on a positive...
The ‘Streak’ of magic that Bangladesh miss
746 wickets as against 455 in International cricket. That is the number of wickets that separates Zimbabwe's Heath Streak from former Windies seamer, Courtney Walsh. In fact, Streak's tally does not even match up to Walsh's Test scalps, which...
Deep’s Corner: Bangladesh continue to frustrate
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Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field first but South Africa batsmen mauled the bowlers in a ruthless manner. Yet again, the Bangladeshi bowlers let them down. Yet another defeat for the visitors on this tour.
Deep Dasgupta...
In the World of AB de Villiers for 121 minutes
It was a normal afternoon at Boland Park with Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock carrying on from where they left off at Kimberly albeit on a slower, more difficult surface. The few people in the stadium were lazing...
Bangladesh need to play five specialist bowlers in the lineup
In an era, where batsmen dominate the game, the margin of error for the bowling unit has decreased drastically. With king-sized bats, shorter outfields, two new balls and field restrictions coming into play, run-scoring has become easy, which made...
Deep’s Corner: Bangladesh botched at Kimberley
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Things are not going well for the Tigers in South Africa. It was expected, they would bounce back in three-match one-day series, but in the first ODI the Tigers were humiliated in a disgraceful manner.
Deep Dasgupta gives his...
Irresistible Quinton de Kock – Hashim Amla challenging best in business
Seldom do teams find two openers who strike such a chord as Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock. West Indies’ Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes were the first of their kind in One Day Internationals. Sri Lanka once had...
Mushfiqur exorcises ghost of Test series
Bangladesh were completely outplayed in Test series, being clean swept in two-match series by South Africa. There were thoughts of the potent Bangladeshi side bouncing back in the One-Day International (ODI) series, but South Africa squandered a lot of...
Mediocre Bangladesh at Diamond Oval
Just before the start of first one-day international (ODI) between South Africa and Bangladesh at Kimberley, out of 12 ODI matches, only 3 were won by teams who batted first. Kimberley track favours the batsmen a lot and especially...
Out of order Bangladesh need lift in ODIs
The humiliation in the two Test matches is yet to sink in for the hapless Bangladesh team as they take on the Proteas for a three-match One Day series starting on the 15th of October. It is not as...
Bangladesh’s top 4 need to focus on conversions
Bangladesh had a fantastic run in the home Test season, beating some of the big guns and scaling newer heights in red ball cricket. They raised the bar with some emphatic performances at home, but South Africa was always...
Deep’s Corner: Bangladesh need to regroup soon
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Bangladesh capitulated within one and a half session at Bloemfontein. Surely, it was a disgraceful defeat. But this is not the end of the roads for the Tigers. They can still come back on track and for which,...
Bangladesh should look beyond ‘captain’ Mushfiqur Rahim
They say an ideal captain on a cricket field always leads by example. The entire team always looks towards the skipper for motivation. If a captain can raise the bar higher by giving his best on the field, the...
Bangladesh Cricket Board needs to take constructive steps
Bangladesh registered their second successive humiliating defeat. While the first Test extended to final day, the second ended within two and half days. On the third day, the visitors surrendered meekly and failed to occupy the crease on a...
Kagiso Rabada shines yet again
On a pitch where Bangladeshi bowlers struggled to get something out, Kagiso Rabada stood out with his accuracy and discipline. On a pitch, where South African batsmen scripted records, Bangladeshi batsmen failed to stand their ground barring Liton Das....
Bangladesh fold in familiar collapse story
For years, the cricketing World have watched Bangladesh struggled to compete against the better cricketing teams, losing wickets in clusters and embarrassing fans with strings of low totals. The first seeds of change emerged when an Ashraful-led chase saw...
Liton ‘Tough’ Das
Six down!
Rain delayed the start of second day’s play but when the game commenced, the sun shone brightly over the Manuang Oval Cricket Ground at Bloemfontein. The story was as usual for South Africa. Hashim Amla and Faf du...
Mushfiqur Rahim’s statements at press conference lacked maturity and logic
After a tiring first day of first Test at Potchefstroom, it was Sabbir Rahman, who appeared in front of the press and gave some illogical statement in favour Mushfiqur Rahim’s decision to bowl first. Bangladesh suffered badly due to...
Deep’s Corner: A frustrating day for Bangladesh
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The South African batsmen scored runs easily to end the day in a commendable fashion. Mushfiqur Rahim committed the same mistake at the toss and his poor captaincy helped the home team a lot to roast the bowlers’...
Bangladesh bowlers disappoint, but what about captaincy?
How often do we witness as many as 428 runs being scored on the first day of a Test match? When South Africa ended Day 1 with 428 runs on the board and seven wickets to spare, it did...