The Pakistan cricket could up being in more trouble than before as the investigating committee over their debacle in Australia has recommended some really harsh penalties and fines for some of the players. The recommendations have been sent to the PCB chief Ejaz Butt, who has now to take decision for the same.
Bangladesh’s former captain and current fast bowler, Mashraf Mortaza has said that he is not sure about his future as a Test match bowler. Mortaza was recovering from his knee injury for the last eight odd months, that he had sustained in the West Indies last July.
What South Africa had done to India in the first match, the same has been meted out by the hosts to the tourists on the first day of the second Kolkata Test match.
The Indian team for the first Test match against South Africa has been named and it has a couple of surprising names. For starters, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh have been ruled out of the Test match due to their injury.
Virender Sehwag continued to aim barbs at his opposition during the press conference after India had beaten Bangladesh rather comfortably in the first Test match at Chittagong. He again said that the opposition was not good enough to pick up 20 wickets.
Virender Sehwag’s statements about how he did not rate the Bangladeshi bowlers too much almost backfired on the first day of the first Test match at Chittagong as they lost eight wickets in 63 overs scoring only 200 odd runs.
The Pakistani cricket is said to be puzzling on most occasions. And on the tour of Australia, it continues to go into doldrums as the suspense around who will keep wickets for the Pakistani side in the third Test match at Hobart continues unabated.