A mosh pit; that's exactly what the Tigers formed after Rubel Hossain uprooted James Anderson's stumps with a toe-cruncher. Forget the group hugs, forget the traditional laps of honour; this was more than that.

A tensed finale is shaping up at Fatullah as league leaders Dhaka, after posting 318 in their first innings reduced Rajshahi to 2216 for 6 on the second day of the seventh round of the National Cricket League.

Sri Lanka coach Marvan Atapattu has promised full intensity for Wednesday's World Cup match against Scotland even though his team have already qualified for the quarterfinals and their rivals are out of the race.

Mushfiqur Rahim proved that hard work is always the key behind any success. The little right-hander has now been tagged as the 'Mr Dependable' of Bangladesh's batting line-up

Sri Lanka suffered another injury setback at the World Cup on Tuesday when batsman Dinesh Chandimal was ruled out of the tournament to be replaced by Kusal Perera.

Sri Lanka will look to tie up some loose ends ahead of the World Cup quarterfinals when the former champions take on winless Scotland in their last group match in Hobart on Wednesday.

Actress Naznin Akter Happy who had filed a rape case against cricketer Rubel Hossain yesterday said that she was withdrawing the charges against the fast bowler, day after his match-winning heroics at the World Cup.

Shikhar Dhawan hit an aggressive century as defending champions India recorded their fifth victory in a row at the World Cup with a thumping eight-wicket win over Ireland in Hamilton on Tuesday.

Scotland hope to tackle Sri Lanka's sling-arm fast bowler Lasith Malinga in the World Cup on Wednesday by practising with Paul Collingwood's throwdowns at the nets, according to captain Preston Mommsen.

Ireland captain William Porterfield drew consolation from posting the highest total against defending champions India in the cricket World Cup so far despite a crushing defeat on Tuesday.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni took the opportunity to give his pace bowlers a good workout on a slow pitch by delaying the introduction of his spinners in Tuesday's World Cup match against Ireland at Seddon Park.

Dhoni on Tuesday created record when he went past Sourav Ganguly's record of most consecutive wins as an Indian cricket captain in WC tournaments. Dhoni achieved the feat when India slammed Ireland. Dhoni has now nine wins in a row, with the string of Indian victories starting in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 tournament.

Tas Neem: Alhamdulillah. Now next mission is to win the quarter final In Shaa Allah! #RiseoftheTigers.

Shikhar Dhawan came into this World Cup under a bit of pressure after a flop-show in the tri-series where India lost all their matches.

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Ravichandran Ashwin has been one of the standout performers of this World Cup. There have been only a handful of spinners who have managed to buck the trend of pace bowling dominance,

Defending champion and Pool A ace India slammed a big eight-wicket win over Ireland in the World Cup match at Adelaide riding on the century of Shikhar Dhawan

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza bracketed the 15-run victory against England as the best achievement in his career.

Speedster Rubel Hossain might not have got the player-of-the match award yesterday, but to many, he was the chief architect behind Tigers' victory against England, which sealed them a place in the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time.

England captain Eoin Morgan was "gutted" after his team's premature exit from the World Cup on Monday and confessed he was clueless about what the future holds for the team.