7 dead, 1 injured after a cricket match in Pakistan, Mithali's manager bashes Harmanpreet and more - Cricket News Today, 24th November 2018

Bangladesh beat West Indies by 64 runs in the first of the two-match Test series between both the teams at Chittagong. After bundling the hosts for just 125 in their second innings, West Indies were set a target of 204 to win the game on a surface that aided the spinners.

Skipper Shakib Al Hasan and Taijul Islam reduced the visitors to 11/4 inside the first six overs. Shimron Hetmyer tried to pull things back by playing his natural game but he went for one shot too many before throwing his wicket away for 27 off 19 balls.

Sunil Ambris and Jomel Warrican put on 64 runs for the ninth wicket before they were dismissed for 139, handing Shakib and. co. an easy win. Taijul was the pick of the bowlers as he ended up with six wickets while Shakib and Mehidy Hasan picked up two wickets apiece.

In the other two international matches that are going around, England have the upper hand over Sri Lanka as they took a 96-run lead and were 3/0 in their second innings at the end of day 2 while Pakistan ended day 1 of their second Test against New Zealand at 207/4.

Let us take a look at the other things that happened in the world of cricket in the last 24 hours.

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Mitchell Starc recalled for the final T20I vs India

Fast bowler Mitchell Starc has been called into the Aussie squad for the third and final T20I against India that will take place at the SCG in Sydney on November 25. Starc has been asked to replace fast bowler Billy Stanlake, who injured his ankle during a fielding drill ahead of the second T20I at the MCG.

Starc's last T20I came way back in 2016 and his last game in the format at home was way back in 2014 as Australia have been managing his workload in a bid to keep him fit for the important tournaments.

"(Starc has) got so much experience in the limited-overs games as well and we've seen how dominant he can be when he gets it right with the ball," captain Aaron Finch said ahead of the third T20I.

Australia fined for slow over-rate in the first T20

Aaron Finch

Australian captain Aaron Finch has been fined for slow over-rate during his team's 4-run win over India in the first of the ongoing three-match T20I series. Australian captain Finch was fined 20% of his match fee while the rest of the team faced a fine of 10% of their fee. The right-hander was reprimanded for his team falling short by one over even after the time constraints were taken into consideration.

A media release stated, "Finch pleaded guilty to the offence after the end of the match and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing."

With this, Finch could end up facing a one-year ban if his team repeats the same offence again in the next 12 months.

Mithali Raj's manager slams skipper Harmanpreet Kaur

Mithali Raj

After India's eight-wicket loss to England in the semi-final of the 2018 Women's World T20, a lot of eyebrows were raised at the decision to bench veteran batter Mithali Raj for such an important game. Although skipper Harmanpreet Kaur said that she doesn't have any regrets over the decision, she has been at the receiving end of a lot of criticism from the fans back home.

It includes Mithali's manager Annisha Gupta as she termed Harmanpreet as a 'manipulative, lying, immature, undeserving captain' on Twitter. "Unfortunately @BCCIWomen believes in politics not sport. After witnessing what @M_Raj03 's experience could do in IndvIre it's shocking that they went with what pleases @ImHarmanpreet -a manipulative, lying, immature, undeserving captain," she tweeted.

Although her unverified Twitter account was deleted soon after, she herself confirmed that it was she who tweeted about Harmanpreet.

Seven dead, one injured in Pakistan after a cricket match

As many as seven people were dead and one was severely injured after the end of a cricket game between children in Pakistan. This incident happened earlier today when the children had a dispute among themselves about the game. The situation became worse when adults interfered as they decided to register a case against one another at the Rajoia Police post.

Things turned ugly thereafter as one party opened fire and the other retaliated. The gun battle led to seven deaths while one was injured. “At least seven people were killed and one injured after rival parties exchanged heavy fire at a police post where they had come to register a case against each other following a row between their children during a cricket match in Havelian,” read a report on Pakistan’s Geo News.