Bulawayo: Zimbabwe and Bangladesh go into Wednesday's third and final one-day international in Bulawayo locked at one match apiece, yet it is the hosts who know they will need to improve their game if they are to claim a rare series victory.
After being humiliated by 121 runs in the first match last week, Zimbabwe drew level with a six-wicket victory on Sunday, preventing Bangladesh from extending their unbeaten run in bilateral one-day series to three.
However Zimbabwe have enjoyed the benefit of bowling first in both matches so far, with early morning starts giving their seam bowlers an advantage against Bangladesh's strong top order - none of whom have registered telling scores as a result.
Tamim Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan remain some of the most dangerous batsmen on either side, yet none have passed 34 in the series thus far....
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09:46 PM, May 07, 2013
Bulawayo: Zimbabwe's batsmen go into Sunday's second one-day international against Bangladesh knowing that they must cast aside their suicidal tendencies if they are to keep the series alive. The hosts were bowled out for just 148 inside 33 overs as they lost the first one-dayer by 121 runs on Friday, with the majority of their batsmen either trapped lbw or bowled while playing across the line. Many of the same...
03:26 PM, May 04, 2013
Mumbai: Twenty two management graduates of Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), working in various companies, will lose their jobs and possibly face arrest in a forgery case. According to the Crime Branch, these graduates had cleared their management entrance exam with the help of imposters. Police has arrested six people in connection with the case. The prime accused has been identified as Alok Kumar, a B Tech graduate...
03:20 PM, May 04, 2013
Mumbai: Police claimed to have busted an MBA entrance test racket, with the arrest of six persons, including a B Tech graduate, at the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS). The B Tech graduate, who is the prime accused in the case, has been identified as Alok Kumar, who cleared the NMIMS entrance test several times by impersonating real applicants. About 87 students cleared NMIMS Management Aptitude Test (NMAT)...
10:08 PM, May 02, 2013
Bulawayo: Having contested a hard-fought tied Test series, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh turn their focus to the 50-over format with the first of three ODIs starting here on Friday. Bangladesh bossed the hosts in the second Test at Harare to level the series, and will take that spirited performance in the first match of a low-key series while the much rest of the cricketing world engages in the razzmatazz IPL or...
08:24 PM, May 02, 2013
Kolkata: Veteran star Mithun Chakroborty will be teaming up with his son Mimoh for the first time on-screen in the movie 'Rocky'. "'Rocky' is the first film where I will be partnering with dancing guru Mithun Chakraborty in a sequence. Don't know what lies in store for me," Mimoh said here. "You know you have to live up to the steps of a dancing wizard like my father, the mahaguru....
04:25 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: Shiv Kapur braved tough conditions to manage an even par 72 to be tied third while Jyoti Randhawa fired a flawless five-under 67 to jump to sole fifth after the third round of the Panasonic Open India, here on Saturday. Manav Jaini (68) rose from tied 22nd to the sixth spot, which he shares with defending champion Digvijay Singh, who played a third straight one-under 71, and was...
07:14 PM, Apr 06, 2013
After being put in to bat by Bangladesh, Sri Lanka were 33 for 0...
02:26 PM, Mar 25, 2013
The 24-year-old Rahman, who is likely to play in the 2nd ODI Monday, has amassed 978 runs in 48 List-A fixtures. ...
12:47 PM, Mar 25, 2013
The Bangladesh bowlers need to pull up their socks after they went for plentiful in the first one-dayer. ...
06:02 PM, Mar 24, 2013
Eminent social scientist and analyst Dr Sandeep Shastri joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Karnataka civic polls. ...
06:41 PM, Mar 11, 2013
MIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi was on Saturday detained by the Karnataka police in Bidar for allegedly organising a rally without permission. The police also claim that Owaisi was carrying a weapon. ...
11:32 PM, Mar 02, 2013
Why is Hyderabad being targeted repeatedly over the last one decade? Dr Jayaprakash Narayan, President, Lok Satta Party joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
05:03 PM, Feb 22, 2013
MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi condemned the blasts in Hyderabad and said those responsible should be apprehended. Owaisi said it was a challenging time for people in Hyderabad. ...
12:11 AM, Feb 22, 2013
After spending 38 days in a local prison, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi, who is facing charges of sedition and waging war against the nation for his "hate speech", was released on bail on Saturday. Owaisi had been granted bail by two separate courts in Nirmal and Nizamabad on Friday, where cases had been registered against him. ...
06:54 PM, Feb 16, 2013
A local court on Friday granted bail to MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi in connection with a hate speech case registered against him. The First Additional District Magistrate (ADM) court in Nizamabad town allowed the bail plea of Owaisi on the condition that he would cooperate with the investigation officer. ...
04:17 PM, Feb 15, 2013
An Adilabad court will record the voice sample of MIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi on Tuesday who has been charged for making inflammatory speeches in December 2012 and has been in jail since January 9. ...
08:09 AM, Feb 12, 2013
"My friend Imran Ahmed said to me, 'Man, Bal Thackeray dying is the worst thing he's done-now the Swedish House Mafia gig is cancelled!' I said to him, is that really the worst thing he could have done?" ...
12:04 PM, Feb 07, 2013
Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, accused of sedition for his "hate speech", was on Monday booked in a similar case, police said. Based on a complaint filed by city corporator Raja Singh, a local court had last month directed the Mangalhat police to investigate a speech made by Akbaruddin at Nanded in Maharashtra in 2012, which allegedly targeted a particular community. ...
10:59 PM, Feb 04, 2013
The Nizamabad police is interrogating MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi on February 1, facing sedition charges for his alleged "hate speech" in December last year, police said. Akbaruddin, who is in judicial remand and lodged at the Adilabad district jail, was brought to Nizamabad town this morning and was being questioned by Investigating officer at the Armed Reserve headquarters, they said. ...
03:25 PM, Feb 01, 2013
