Dre Russ: KKR's six-hitting legend and prolific wicket-taker

Russell was among only two allrounders in IPL history to achieve the double of 2000 runs and 100 wickets

Shubh Agarwal30-Nov-2025Andre Russell has retired from the IPL as a player, culminating one of the most influential careers in the league, especially for an overseas player. Making his debut in 2012, Russell featured in 140 IPL games – seven for Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) and 133 for Kolkata Knight Riders – scoring 2,651 runs at a strike rate of 174.17 and picking 123 wickets. Here are some of the statistical highlights from his IPL career.2 – Russell is among only two allrounders in IPL history to achieve the double of 2000 runs and 100 wickets. Only Ravindra Jadeja (3260 runs and 170 wickets) has matched this feat.174.71 – Russell’s strike rate in the IPL is the highest for any batter with over 1500 runs. The next on the list is Nicholas Pooran, who has a strike rate of 168.97 for his 2293 runs in this league.Related

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204.81 – Russell’s strike rate in the 2019 IPL season. It is the only occasion of a batter amassing over 500 runs in an IPL season with a strike rate in excess of 200. Russell scored 510 runs in IPL 2019 at an average of 56.66 in what was his most productive year with the bat. Only two other batters have achieved the double of averaging above 50 at a strike rate of more than 200 in an IPL season – Brendon McCullum in 2008 and MS Dhoni in 2024.100 – Sixes Russell hit in the death overs (overs 17 to 20), making him one among only four batters with 100 or more sixes in that phase in the IPL.

Overall, Russell struck 223 sixes in the IPL, the joint seventh-most in the IPL, alongside Kieron Pollard.88* – Russell’s highest score in the IPL which came against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in 2018 while batting at No. 7. It is the highest individual score by a batter at No. 7 or below in the IPL.369.23 – Russell’s strike rate during his knock of 48* off 13 balls against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in 2019. It is the highest strike rate in a successful chase of 200 or more in the IPL (minimum 30 runs in the innings).4 – Russell is among only four players to feature in more than 100 IPL games for KKR with his tally of 133 matches, second only to Sunil Narine’s 189. Overall, only six overseas players have played more than 100 matches for a franchise. Russell is fourth on that list, highlighting his significance in KKR’s camp for over a decade.

16 – Times Russell won the Player-of-the-Match award in the IPL, all for KKR. Only Narine won more such awards in KKR colors (17). Russell also won the Most Valuable Player of the season award in 2019.2 – Players to have picked over 100 wickets for KKR. Russell’s total of 122 wickets for KKR is only second to Narine’s 192. Among fast bowlers, Russell tops the list; Umesh Yadav was the second-best seamer for KKR, with 65 wickets.5 for 15 – Russell’s bowling figures against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2021. These are the best bowling figures for a KKR bowler in IPL history.

عقوبة ضد رباعي ريال مدريد بعد أحداث مباراة سيلتا فيجو

أعلنت لجنة المسابقات عقوبات لاعبي ريال مدريد، عقب أحداث مباراة سيلتا فيجو في بطولة الدوري الإسباني لموسم 2025-2026.

وتعرض ريال مدريد للهزيمة من سيلتا فيجو، بهدفين دون مقابل، ضمن منافسات بطولة الدوري الإسباني “الليجا”.

وشهدت المباراة طرد لكل من ألفارو كاريراس وفران جارسيا خلال المواجهة، وسط احتجاجات من لاعبي ريال مدريد.

وتوترت الأجواء خلال المباراة في النهاية، وقد زادت احتجاجات العديد من اللاعبين، بما في ذلك رودريجو وفالفيردي وكاريراس، وإندريك الذي تلقى بطاقة حمراء (من على مقاعد البدلاء).

وبحسب ما ورد في تقرير الحكم، قام داني كارفاخال قائد ريال مدريد بمهاجمته قائلاً له هذا هو مستواك، ثم تبكي في المؤتمر الصحفي!”. 

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ووفقًا لما ورد في صحيفة “ماركا” الإسبانية، يُعاقب إندريك بالإيقاف لمباراتين بسبب احتجاجه على طاقم التحكيم.

ويُعاقب ألفارو كاريراس بالإيقاف لمباراتين بسبب سلوكه غير اللائق أو المُهين تجاه الحكام، وإيقاف داني كارفاخال مباراتين إضافيتين للسبب نفسه.

وفي حالة فران جارسيا، اقتصرت العقوبة على إيقافه مباراة واحدة فقط لحصوله على بطاقتين صفراوين في دقيقة واحدة.

يذكر أن ريال مدريد سيواجه ديبورتيفو ألافيس يوم الأحد المقبل في الدوري الإسباني، ثم يلاقي تالافيرا بكأس ملك إسبانيا، وعقب ذلك يستقبل إشبيلية في الليجا يوم 20 من شهر ديسمبر الجاري.

Red Sox Walk-Off Win Showcases Incredible Stat While Wearing Green Monster Uniforms

The Red Sox may want to consider wearing their Green Monster-themed City Connect uniforms on a full-time basis.

When shortstop Trevor Story punched a ground ball through the infield to drive in the winning run for a 2-1 victory over the Marlins on Friday night, it marked Boston's fifth walk-off win wearing their green uniforms which were just released this season.

The thrilling victory was Boston's 10th walk-off win of the year with half of those coming in their Fenway Greens. Considering they only wear the special uniform during Friday home games, that's a pretty remarkable feat. Plus, each game the Red Sox have won donning the green has come on a walk-off.

After the close win in the series opener against the Marlins, the Red Sox advanced to 67-56 on the year, currently 4.5 games back of the Blue Jays who hold the lead in the AL East. They are in wild-card position, though, currently two games up on the Yankees who hold the final spot and three games in front of the Guardians who sit as the first team out.

Down the stretch, maybe they should bend the rules and rock the Fenway Greens more often.

Jayant Yadav signs with Puducherry for 2025-26 domestic season

The decision stems from wanting to play all three formats, something he could not do at Haryana since 2023-24

Shashank Kishore30-Aug-2025India offspinner Jayant Yadav has signed with Puducherry for the upcoming domestic season. He has been granted an NOC by Haryana, the team he has represented since his first-class debut in 2011-12.ESPNcricinfo understands Jayant’s decision stems from wanting to play all three formats. He hasn’t been a regular in white-ball formats since 2023-24, when Haryana were crowned Vijay Hazare Trophy champions. The team management has preferred spin allrounders Nishant Sindhu and Rahul Tewatia over Jayant.Jayant’s most recent outing with the side came during the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy, where he picked up 28 wickets in eight matches. The quarter-final against Mumbai in February was his last for the team, where he picked up three wickets and scored 40 runs across two innings in a 152-run loss.Jayant, 35, comes with rich experience, having picked up 265 wickets in 90 first-class matches. He has also scored 2924 first-class runs with three centuries and 14 half-centuries, with a best of 211 against Karnataka in 2012-13. During that innings, he added a record 392 runs with Amit Mishra for the eighth wicket.At Puducherry, Jayant will be one of three professionals, alongside Madhya Pradesh allrounder Puneet Datey and Mumbai wicketkeeper Siddhant Adhatrao. Jayant is believed to be a late signing in place of Mumbai batter Armaan Jaffer, nephew of former India batter Wasim Jaffer.Jayant played the most recent of his six Tests against Sri Lanka in Mohali in February 2022. He has also featured in two T20Is – one each in 2016 and 2022. He’s currently contracted to Gujarat Titans in the IPL and has previously represented Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians.

Liverpool know how to silence Erling Haaland – but Man City goal machine has ideal chance to run riot against the Reds at start of a huge week in Norwegian's career

Erling Haaland needed less than four minutes to score his first ever goal against Liverpool. Aged just 19 at the time, he had started on the bench for RB Salzburg's Champions League visit to Anfield in 2019, despite scoring a hat-trick on his competition debut against Genk. He was introduced by coach Jesse Marsch with his side in the middle of a comeback from three goals down and duly made it 3-3.

It was one of the easiest goals Haaland has ever scored, tapping into an empty net on the hour-mark after being teed up by future Liverpool player Takumi Minamino. The elation of drawing level against Liverpool did not last long though as Mohamed Salah made it 4-3 to the Reds nine minutes later. Still, his first goal on English soil served to bring more recognition to Haaland at the start of his astronomical rise to being the best centre-forward in the world.

And yet that simple goal was the feast before a famine – by Haaland's ridiculously high standards – against Liverpool. In eight matches against the Reds, Haaland has only scored three times, the lowest amount of goals he has scored against a team he has faced at least eight times. 

Haaland has scored eight times against Manchester United, five times against Arsenal and four times against both Chelsea and Tottenham. Those four teams are among the 35 sides Haaland has scored four or more goals against throughout his career. In that context, Liverpool, against whom he has scored two goals in six games for City with only one Premier League strike, are Haaland's bogey team. 

But Sunday's game against the champions, which begins a pivotal week for the Norwegian goal-machine, is the perfect occasion to end his Liverpool hoodoo and give the Reds the same merciless treatment he has meted out to almost every other team.

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Haaland was left frustrated in Salzburg's home fixture against Liverpool in his breakthrough season, being subbed off in a 2-0 defeat. His first game against the Merseysiders in a City shirt was the 2022 Community Shield, when he was surprisingly upstaged by Darwin Nunez in a 3-1 defeat.

The stiker touched the ball 14 times and missed a simple late effort when he hit the crossbar from a rebound inside the six-yard box. Guardiola exercised caution by remarking: "He didn't score. Another day he will score. He has an incredible quality on that and he will do it. He is going to help us a lot."

The coach was spot-on and in his next game Haaland scored twice against West Ham, his first strikes on the road to his record-breaking 36 goals in a Premier League season. But he has not really helped City beat Liverpool, at least not in the league. 

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The Norwegian drew a blank again the next time he faced Liverpool, the ill-tempered 1-0 defeat in the league at Anfield in October 2022. He did score in the Carabao Cup meeting between the two sides at the Etihad Stadium two months later although he missed their next fixture with injury. City barely noticed his absence though as they won 4-1 on the way to claiming the Premier League title. 

Haaland scored in a 1-1 draw at home to Liverpool in November 2023 and he has not found the net against them since, drawing blanks in a 1-1 draw and 2-0 loss at Anfield while missing last season's 0-2 defeat at the Etihad Stadium with injury. It means that Haaland is still waiting for his first win against Liverpool in the Premier League.

Liverpool's results between late September and the end of October, when they lost six out of seven matches while conceding 14 goals, would have lifted Haaland's hopes of turning the tide. But in their last two games against Aston Villa and Real Madrid they have looked more like the team that swept to last season's title and who did the double on City. 

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And it was why Haaland warned: "We need to perform as a team and need to be all together, attacking Liverpool and defending as a team. We need to be ready because it’s not going to be an easy game. The competition between Man City and Liverpool has been amazing in previous years – pushing each other to get better and fighting for the title. It’s going to be a difficult game, and we need to be at our best."

Haaland could not be in better form or mindset though as he prepares to set the record straight on Sunday. He has scored 18 goals in 14 matches for City in the Premier League and Champions League plus an additional nine strikes in three matches for Norway. 

That's 27 goals in 17 games for club and country, putting him on course to better that insane tally of 57 goals for club and country in 2022-23. Haaland was even prepared to admit that he has never been in a moment of form like this in his career. "It’s been a good start, and I feel really good," he told reporters this week. "I feel this is the best version of myself. I’ve never felt better than now."

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InstagramDiligent routine paying off

Last month Haaland opened a window into his daily routine, showing his diligent process to recover from games and training sessions in order to avoid injuries. That routine includes red-light therapy, massages, ice-baths and saunas plus a diet of fresh fish, steaks and raw milk. 

And after scoring against former club Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday to make it five goals in four Champions League games, he reiterated how important that routine has been to his current insatiable goalscoring form.

He explained: "To keep sharp, I need to keep my mind in the right place, I need to recover well, I need to get a lot of treatment, I need to eat the right things. I connect when I have to connect on the pitch and then relax as much as I can when I’m at home. It’s about maintaining the energy levels, being motivated and doing the things that are good for my body and for my brain."

‘Why not? – Former Premier League striker names shock winger as potential replacement for Mohamed Salah at Liverpool

Former Premier League striker Tomasz Radzinski has thrown up the name of a shock winger as a potential replacement for Liverpool legend Mohamed Salah. Salah’s public outburst last week, in which he accused the club of mishandling him and hinted at tension with manager Arne Slot, has intensified the speculation about his future. At 33, and with three consecutive games spent on the bench, the Egyptian superstar suddenly appears closer than ever to ending his decorated Anfield tenure.

Salah’s future in doubt as rift with Liverpool's deepens

Salah signed a two-year contract extension earlier this year, but recent events have thrown his long-term commitment into doubt. Despite his status as one of Liverpool’s greatest-ever forwards, many have asked why he chose to air frustrations publicly at such a sensitive moment in the club’s season, while Jamie Carragher believes the timing was deliberate, to send a strategic message to the board. And with the Africa Cup of Nations call-up imminent, some believe he may have already played his final match for Liverpool.

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Speaking in an interview with ComeOnabout Liverpool’s delicate situation, Radzinski insisted the Reds need not panic, even if their talisman departs.

"It's a very funny situation over at Liverpool, so it's hard to judge from the outside. We don't know what's going on at the training ground," he said. "I think they have enough players. I think they've done, in my eyes, fantastic deals in the summer. I just don't think the players who they brought are performing at the moment, but it probably has nothing to do with their personalities or whatever. It's just sometimes when you come from a different competition, different teams, not every team suits every player. This is how it is."

Then came his eyebrow-raising suggestion: Harry Wilson.

"Harry Wilson to Liverpool, why not? If he can perform this well for Fulham," he suggested. "Before Mohamed Salah became one of the greatest players in the Premier League, he had to move to a few other clubs as well. At Chelsea, he was not really rated and he had to go to Italy only to come back to the Premier League to be exceptionally fantastic. Anything can happen. The sky is the limit.

"It's all up to the individual himself and obviously the chemistry together with the manager at that moment and the way the team is playing. If you come to a team and you start playing a new formation and style, it's going to be strange for your head. So you're going to have to adapt to that as well. But, Wilson can do it."

Wilson expected to leave Fulham

Radzinski went further, suggesting Fulham may already have accepted losing their star winger in the summer, who has just over six months left in his current deal.

"If the contract has not been signed until now, it is unlikely it will be signed. The fans should be concerned because Harry Wilson is a really important player," he opined.

"This suggests the management was not up to scratch, I'm guessing. If you know you have such talent and someone who can perform this well for so many years, you don't wait until December to think about a contract extension. You do that last season in December. So, I'm almost sure that Harry Wilson is going to be leaving."

Praising Wilson’s technique and vision, he said: "You see the goal, the way you think about making that pass and then making that shot that he did with the outside of his foot. This is of the highest quality in the Premier League. This is something only the top 5% can think about and then execute as well. He's fantastic. He will be missed and unfortunately, he will be leaving. You know already now that he's not going to be wearing Fulham colours from next summer."

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While Wilson’s potential move is one storyline, the most seismic plot centres on Saudi Arabia’s growing confidence in landing Salah. Saudi Pro League chief executive Omar Mugharbel confirmed the league’s interest, calling Salah "welcome" and naming him among their primary targets. According to , Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad are already preparing substantial offers. One senior figure was quoted as saying: "We are absolutely convinced that Mo Salah will come to Saudi. No doubts about it. We don’t know if it will be January, in the next market, or next summer."

The next chapter in the saga will unravel on Saturday when Liverpool face Brighton in the Premier League. It will be Salah’s final match before joining Egypt for AFCON, and his place in the starting XI could speak volumes. If he starts, tensions may be easing. If he is benched for a fourth straight match, Saudi clubs will sense their moment.

Fluminense x Alianza Lima-PER: onde assistir ao vivo, horários e escalações do jogo pela Libertadores

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O Fluminense recebe o Alianza Lima-PER nesta quarta-feira (29), pela sexta e última rodada da fase de grupos da Copa Libertadores. A bola rola a partir das 21h30 (de Brasília), no Maracanã, com transmissão da Globo e do Star+ ((Clique aqui para assinar e assistir no Star+!)).

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FLUMINENSE X ALIANZA LIMA
COPA LIBERTADORES – 6ª RODADA

🗓️ Data e horário: quarta-feira, 29 de maio de 2024, às 21h30 (de Brasília)
📍 Local: Maracanã, no Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
📺 Onde assistir: Globo e Star+
🟨 Árbitro: Jhon Ospina (COL)
🖥️ VAR: Nicolas Gallo (COL)

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⚽ PROVÁVEIS ESCALAÇÕES

FLUMINENSE: Fábio, Marquinhos (Guga), Martinelli, Felipe Melo e Marcelo; Alexsander, Lima e Paulo Henrique Ganso; Jhon Arias, Keno e Germán Cano Cano. Técnico: Fernando Diniz.

ALIANZA LIMA: Saravia, Zambrano, Garcés, Ramos, Freytes e Huamán; Castillo, Neira e Cabellos: Arriba Serna e Waterman. Técnico: Alejandro Restrepo.

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Sousa x RB Bragantino: onde assistir ao vivo, escalações e horário do jogo pela Copa do Brasil

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Sousa e Red Bull Bragantino se enfrentam nesta quarta-feira (1), pelo jogo de ida da terceira fase da Copa do Brasil. A bola vai rolar a partir das 18h (de Brasília), no Estádio Marizão, na Paraíba, com transmissão do Amazon PrimeVideo (streaming).

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🗓️ Data e horário: quarta-feira, 1 de maio de 2024, às 18h (de Brasília);
📍 Local: Estádio Marizão, em Sousa (PB)
📺 Onde assistir: PrimeVideo
🟨 Árbitro: Lucas Guimaraes Rechatiko Horn (RS)
🚩 Assistentes: Michael Stanislau (RS) e Mauricio Coelho Silva Penna (RS)
🖥️ VAR: Diego Pombo Lopez (VAR-Fifa) (BA)

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Bruno Fuso; Douglas Dias, Breno Cézar, Marcelo Duarte e Jackson; Emersonn Bastos, Hebert Cristian, Alexandre Aruá e Reinaldo; Hiago Ramiro e Diego Ceará.

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Cleiton; Nathan Mendes, Pedro Henrique, Eduardo Santos e Juninho Capixaba; Jadsom, Eric Ramires e Gustavo Neves; Vitinho, Mosquera e Eduardo Sasha.

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Arshdeep fine-tunes red-ball skills by learning to enjoy the 'boring times'

Arshdeep Singh is learning how to enjoy the “boring times” in red-ball cricket and has spent the last few months working on his “mindset” as he tunes up for the upcoming season.Arshdeep, 26, is currently playing for North Zone in the Duleep Trophy match against East Zone in Bengaluru, his last competitive game before the 2025 Asia Cup, which begins on September 9 in Abu Dhabi.”In Test cricket or red-ball cricket, there is a time when the day gets boring,” Arshdeep said. “In the session after lunch, mostly the ball doesn’t do anything. So, how can you enjoy that?”I spoke to [Mohammed] Siraj and he told me that when nothing is happening, how you enjoy that phase would tell you how successful you could be in red-ball cricket. He gave me this small tip. I really liked it.”Related

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Before this, Arshdeep last played competitive cricket at IPL 2025, where he finished as Punjab Kings’ highest wicket-taker with 21 wickets in 17 matches. He earned a maiden Test call-up for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy and was in contention to make his debut in the fourth Test, but injured his bowling hand and was ruled out.Having gone close to three months without a game, Arshdeep put in a long shift on the second day, bowling 17 overs, the most by any North Zone bowler. While he only got one wicket, he “felt really good” with the number of overs he got in.”In the last couple of months I was with the team, I trained a lot, bowled a lot and worked a lot with the S&C [strength and conditioning],” Arshdeep said. “I worked on fitness as well and that helped me bowl a decent long spell. After 15-17 overs, my body feels well. It’s [the ball] coming out really well. Not many wickets but yes, they will come as well in the future.”India fast bowlers Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana and Mohammed Shami share a light moment•PTI

Did it get frustrating at any point in England, having to spend almost two months on the sidelines? How did he keep himself motivated?”When you are not playing, you just try to push your limits. The training is almost the same,” he said. “You just put in more work when you are not playing. More overs, more strength work, more training, so that whenever you get the chance, you are ready and fully fit to go.”I don’t know how many thousands of balls I would have bowled in practice. It’s not like there was a lack of bowling. I was properly managing my workload. The aim is to stay ready whenever you get a chance.”Arshdeep will have to make a quick switch to white-ball cricket, with the Indian team slated to reach Dubai for the Asia Cup preparations on September 4. The fast bowler, however, doesn’t feel the switch to T20 cricket will be tough, and insists it is all about adaptability.”Right from the last Test [at The Oval], I had started practising with a white ball,” Arshdeep said. “I didn’t know that there was a Duleep Trophy match in between. At the end of the day, red ball, white ball or pink ball, you have to play cricket and try and enjoy it.”I have got a chance here [at the Duleep Trophy], will play with a white ball next [at the Asia Cup]. So the aim is to put in a lot of overs under your belt and play any format. The mindset is about how quickly you can adapt. In today’s cricket, a batsman can hit against the red ball and he can play conservatively against a white ball.”So, it’s all about how you can adapt according to the situation, according to the wicket, according to the weather, when you have to put in effort, when you have to conserve yourself.”India’s first game at the Asia Cup is against UAE on September 10. They will play Pakistan on September 14 and Oman on September 19 before the Super Four round gets underway from September 20.

Earthquake stops Bangladesh vs Ireland Test for three minutes on third morning

The players and umpires congregated near the pitch while the stands emptied quickly after the 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit part of Bangladesh and India

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The Ireland contingent comes out to the ground as spectators leave their seats•BCB

Play had to be halted for three minutes after a 5.5 magnitude earthquake caused severe tremors in parts of Bangladesh and India in the morning session of the third day of the ongoing second Test between Bangladesh and Ireland in Dhaka.There was immediate panic in the stands as the jolts were felt, and the players and umpires gathered near the pitch. Both dressing rooms emptied at around 10.38am (10.08am in India). The small crowd looked for open areas to escape to. Some went out of the stadium while others tried to get close to the ground. The media centre, a five-storey building at the north end of the stadium, also emptied quickly as people tried to go out to safe spaces.While there was some confusion about the magnitude of the earthquake, local media in Bangladesh has reported that it was recorded at 5.5 on the Richter scale, with the epicentre in Madhabdi, a municipality around 40 kilometres east of Dhaka. There have been reports of at least two damaged buildings in the capital city but no confirmed reports of casualties.”I have been personally involved in in a couple of earthquakes,” Ireland coach Heinrich Malan said after the day’s play. “I have lived in New Zealand for a while. It’s never a nice feeling. You are trying to understand what is happening at the minute around you. But also you have to think about some bigger impacts, about where the earthquake obviously struck, and hopefully that’s not too bad. Everything stood still for a couple of minutes, and we got back to business. We are just thinking and hoping that there wasn’t too much damage done. We will obviously find out about what that happens as we go.”Reports from Kolkata, across the border from Bangladesh in India’s West Bengal, said tremors were felt there too, as was the case in Guwahati, the venue of the second Test between India and South Africa from Saturday, and in other parts of northeastern India.Play resumed in the Dhaka Test after the pause, with Ireland losing two more wickets in the first session to go to lunch on the third day at 211 for 7 in reply to Bangladesh’s 476.

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