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📢Nahid Rana ruled out of Zimbabwe T20I decider; Bangladesh pacer faces race against time for Australia Tests

Nahid Rana ruled out of Zimbabwe T20I decider; Bangladesh pacer faces race against time for Australia Tests. (Photo Source: Twitter)

Bangladesh has suffered a major injury setback ahead of the third and final T20I against Zimbabwe , with pace sensation Nahid Rana ruled out of the series decider due to a side strain. The injury has also cast doubt over his availability for Bangladesh's upcoming two-match Test series against Australia.

The 23-year-old sustained the injury during the second T20I against Zimbabwe. After bowling just 2.3 overs, Rana was forced to leave the field, finishing with figures of 1/15. Earlier in the series, he had starred with the ball, registering career-best T20I figures of 4/26 in the opening match.

Rana is expected to be sidelined for two to three weeks, leaving Bangladesh anxious ahead of their red-ball assignment in Australia next month.

A member of Bangladesh's national selection panel confirmed that Rana will miss the third T20I and revealed that the team management is awaiting the scan results to determine the severity of the injury.

"He (Rana) is certainly missing the third T20I against Zimbabwe and we feel the side strain will take at least two to three weeks to recover," the selector was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.

While the initial assessment suggests a short-term layoff, Bangladesh is hopeful that the injury is not serious enough to keep the young fast bowler out of the Australia tour.

"We are waiting for the scan report while we keep our fingers crossed, as we still have some time before the first Test against Australia," he continued.

The selector admitted that losing Rana for the Australia series would be a significant blow, considering the impact he has made in Bangladesh's pace attack over the past year.

"The way he is bowling at the moment, missing him in the Australia tour would be a big blow, so we are waiting to see the depth of his injury and actually how many days he will take to recover," he added.

Australia Test series under threat

Rana is now in a race against time to regain full fitness before the opening Test against Australia, which is scheduled to begin on August 13 in Darwin. The second and final Test of the series will be played in Mackay from August 22.

The report further stated that Bangladesh Test captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and the national selectors met at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday to discuss preparations for the Australia tour, with Rana's fitness emerging as a key talking point.

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📢Mohammad Kaif suggests one change to India's Playing XI at Lord's for injured Washington Sundar

Mohammad Kaif suggests one change to India's Playing XI at Lord's for injured Washington Sundar (Source: Ranjith Kumar/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif has suggested one change to the Playing XI of the Indian team for the third ODI against England. The series decider will be played at the Lord's Cricket Ground, and Kaif wants the injured Washington Sundar to be replaced with senior player KL Rahul. Notably, Rahul had missed the second ODI in Cardiff due to a fever, as India lost after poor batting by their middle-order unit.

Kaif believes that the third and final encounter of the series is going to be a huge test for the Gautam Gambhir -led unit. He further opined that a fit-again Rahul should definitely make a comeback to the playing XI since the game on Sunday is a do-or-die contest with the series currently levelled at 1-1. However, he also feels that India will be compromising their bowling attack by bringing Rahul in.

"I think this is a bit of a test for the team now because of the five bowlers that were there in the second ODI, plus KL Rahul if he is fit. Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill like having batting till No. 8; this has been the template that has been followed. They have compromised their bowling but never their batting till No. 8. I don't remember them doing anything like that, and now it is a do-or-die game," Kaif said on Cricbuzz.

The team management is currently under the scanner for benching unorthodox spinner Kuldeep Yadav in the first couple of games. While left-arm spin-bowling all-rounder Harsh Dubey has been added to the squad as a replacement for the departed Sundar , Kaif believes that a seasoned campaigner like Kuldeep should make the cut.

"Since this is a series decider, two questions arise. Will they bring Kuldeep Yadav or KL Rahul? If KL Rahul comes, then they will have the same bowlers from the second ODI, which includes Shivam Dube. If you ask me, I would like Kuldeep Yadav to play in this decider match. He is a wicket-taker and he should get a chance," Kaif added.

The third ODI between India and England will be played at Lord's, London, on Sunday, July 19. The winner of this encounter will also win the series 2-1.

📢Jason Gillespie hits out at selector Aaqib Javed for alleged lies over his PAK coaching tenure

Former Pakistan coach Jason Gillespie hits out at selector Aaqib Javed for alleged lies (Photo Source: Twitter/X)

Former Pakistan Test coach Jason Gillespie has hit out strongly against criticisms and accusations of negligence from Pakistan Chief Selector Aaqib Javed.

Gillespie spent a tumultuous eight months, starting in April 2024, overseeing the red ball teams and the white ball teams for a short span. A significant milestone during his time was the 2-1 Test series win against England in the winter of 2024, who had whitewashed Pakistan at home two years prior. Javed had hit out at Gillespie and then-captain Shan Masood for their perceived negligence for not being able to beat the Englishmen after they had decimated Pakistan in the first Test of the series in Multan. Gillespie, recounting what was said, quoted Javed's words regarding the issue.

"I think this is a bit personal for me as well. It's a question that Aaqib Javed, who's the chairman of selectors of the Pakistan cricket team. Why did Gary Kirsten and Jason Gillespie resign? And then he's come out and been quoted, and I'm going to read it verbatim. Frankly speaking, they used to overrule every selector.

"They weren't willing to listen to anyone. I went to Multan and spoke with Jason and Shan Masood, the captain. I asked them, what was your plan after the first test against England? They had no plan. I said, this isn't going to work. We need to change both the pitch and the team. We brought in the spinners. Pakistan won. That's when things started to go wrong," Gillespie said on the Fast Bowling Cartel Podcast .

Pakistan played the second Test on the same wicket as the first Test, which they eventually ended up winning. Revealing the behind-the-scenes details, Gillespie said that Javed walked into the dressing room and told the team that the team would be changed, with the inclusion of spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Ali, and that they would be playing on the same pitch as in the first Test. The former Australian fast bowler also revealed the criteria for the selection of players, a fitness parameter, which was also breached by Javed when he made changes to the team.

"You didn't ask. You walked in and you said, this is what we're doing, we're changing the team. We are playing on the same surface that we just played a five-day test on in four days' time, so it was going to be a day 10 or 11 surface. And I asked him, why are we doing that, we've got other surfaces prepared, because you've got to prepare the best surface, you play on the best surface available. He decided that they were going to change," Gillespie further revealed.

"The reason we didn't play the spinners was because we were instructed, before Aaqib and the new selectors came in, we were instructed that you could only pick players that had passed the fitness testing criteria. There was a 2K time trial, and if you didn't satisfy that criteria, you weren't allowed to pick them. So there were a number of players that we weren't allowed to pick. So I communicated this with Aaqib. He said, I've spoken to the chairman, and we can pick who we want, I can pick who I want," he added.

Gillespie also expressed frustration with the pitch curators, who were deliberating about putting sand on the surface to encourage turn and with their attempts to wear down the pitch artificially.

"What I had an issue with was with the pitch, was that I didn't agree with the suggestion to sprinkle it with sand as well. Not only was it a 10-11 day pitch, to sprinkle it with sand, what? I don't agree with that. That's what I didn't agree with. What I also didn't agree with is when we went to Rawalpindi after that test match that we won, they had big industrial dryers on the pitch. And men, they're scraping them with nails. So I didn't agree with that either," Gillespie said.

Gillespie further stated that Gary Kirsten, who was Pakistan 's white-ball coach at the time, was let go after their loss in the first Test, after whic