Italy’s Jannik Sinner holds the U.S. Open trophy after winning his men’s final match against USA’s Taylor Fritz in New York on Sunday, September 8, 2024.
| Photo Credit: AFP

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Italy’s Jannik Sinner holds the U.S. Open trophy after winning his men’s final match against USA’s Taylor Fritz in New York on Sunday, September 8, 2024.
| Photo Credit: AFP

Kolkata rape-murder: SC to hear R.G. Kar hospital incident case on September 9

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday (September 9, 2024) the case related to the murder and alleged rape of a junior doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

Centre dissolves panel on statistics, surveys amid delayed Census

The Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has quietly dissolved the 14-member Standing Committee on Statistics (SCoS) headed by eminent economist and former chief statistician of the country Pronab Sen, allegedly after its members questioned the delay in conducting the census.

Jannik Sinner beats Taylor Fritz to win U.S. Open

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Amit Shah on a two-day tour to Maharashtra

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4 killed at Chhattisgarh alumina refinery after hopper collapses on them

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Rishabh Pant returns as India announces squad for 1st Test against Bangladesh

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Rishabh Pant plays a shot during the Duleep Trophy match.
| Photo Credit: The Hindu

Rishabh Pant on Sunday returned to the Test side after nearly 20 months as India announced their 16-man squad for the opening match of the two Test series against Bangladesh starting on September 19.

Virat Kohli also returned to the Test side having missed the five-Test series against England at home earlier this year.

Having played in the second and final Test against Bangladesh at Mirpur from December 22-25, 2022, Pant had met a road accident a few days later on December 30 and made his return to top flight cricket only in IPL this year.

The 26-year-old swashbuckling batter returned to the national side in their title-winning campaign in the T20 World Cup.

However, Mohammed Shami failed to make it to the Test side even though chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar had earlier expressed that the right-arm seamer was targeting a return in the first Test against Bangladesh.

Left-arm Uttar Pradesh seamer Yash Dayal also earned a maiden call-up to the Indian team for the opening Test.

India’s long Test season begins with the first of the two Tests against Bangladesh in Chennai, starting on September 19.

The second Test of the series will be played at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur from September 27 to October 1.

India and Bangladesh have played 13 Tests so far in which the former has won 11 times while two have ended in draws.

Bangladesh will enter this series having recorded a historic 2-0 win over Pakistan in the opponent’s backyard whereas it will be India’s first Test assignment since beating England 4-1 at home in January-March earlier this year.

India squad for 1st Test: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah, Yash Dayal.

File photo of Yashasvi Jaiswal.
| Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain

India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal has emphasized on consistency as he focuses on red-ball cricket at the ongoing Duleep Trophy while preparing for the upcoming two-Test series against Bangladesh.

The 22-year-old, who has become a key player in India’s red-ball squad, scored 30 off 50 balls for India ‘B’ in their Duleep Trophy match against India ‘A’ in Bengaluru on Thursday (September 5, 2024).

“It’s a great opportunity whenever we have the chance to play the Duleep or Ranji Trophy. I’m really looking forward to that, and I hope I’ll enjoy my game. I’ll try my best,” he told JioCinema.

Looking ahead to India’s World Test Championship campaign, Jaiswal, who has played nine Tests since his debut, said, “Every match is important because of the World Test Championship. You have to make sure you give your best as every win counts.

“Any opportunity to play for India is incredible, and representing the country is the biggest motivation that I have.” “I have worked hard to keep up my form and continue to do so to ensure I maintain it. The more consistent I stay with my practice and preparation, my results will improve. I don’t overthink, I just need to prepare well and keep improving myself as a player. The more I repeat these steps, the better I’ll get.”

India are set to host Bangladesh, New Zealand, and England during the 2024-25 home season, starting with the series against Bangladesh on September 19.

“I think they’ve been playing well. It’ll be fun to match up with them. It’s fun to play Test matches regardless. I’m really looking forward to that,” Jaiswal said.