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'The ball swings more here' - Pathan

'The ball swings more here' - Pathan

Irfan Pathan completed his first ten-wicket haul in Tests against Bangaldesh on the third day at Dhaka

17-May-2016•Cricinfo staff

'Pathan is getting better with every game'

'Pathan is getting better with every game'

Sourav Ganguly, on the road to recovery from the fever that kept him off the field for the whole of the third day of the first Test, spoke to the media after India's emphatic win at Dhaka

13-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu in Dhaka

Pathan wraps up comprehensive win

Pathan wraps up comprehensive win

After valiant hitting by Manjural Islam (69) and Tapash Baisya, Irfan Pathan and Zaheer Khan struck to dismiss Bangladesh for 202, giving India victory by an innings and 140 runs

13-Dec-2004•The Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Tendulkar and Pathan put India on the brink

Tendulkar and Pathan put India on the brink

Fighting half-centuries by Nafis Iqbal and Manjural Islam Rana saved Bangladesh from acute embarrassment, but India's continued to push for an inevitable innings victory

12-Dec-2004•The Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Learning disability

Learning disability

There's a macabre inevitability to the Bangladeshi batting that reminds you of the trashy tomato-ketchup-and-spray-paint Friday the 13th movies

12-Dec-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Dileep Premachandran

Zaheer's day out

Zaheer's day out

Zaheer Khan scaled a few batting peaks on the third day at Dhaka and broke the world record for the highest score by a No

12-Dec-2004•Cricinfo staff

Disenchanting the Dhaka crowd

Disenchanting the Dhaka crowd

Tendulkar scoring a century and more, reprieves notwithstanding, is bearable, but Zaheer Khan clattering the ball around the park merrily, and realistically harbouring ambitions of reaching three figures was too much for the Dhaka crowd to take

12-Dec-2004•Roving Reporter by Anand Vasu in Dhaka

Tendulkar mauls Bangladesh

Tendulkar mauls Bangladesh

It was another day at Dhaka when history, rather than competition, was the talk of the town

11-Dec-2004•The Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Setting the tone in the field

Setting the tone in the field

With player of the class of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly, often one chance is all it takes to swing the momentum of the game; Bangladesh generously offered three, and now can only pray that the defeat which will inevitably come their way is an

11-Dec-2004•The Wisden Verdict by S Rajesh

Pathan takes five as Bangladesh fold for 184

Pathan takes five as Bangladesh fold for 184

History was made at the Bangabandhu Stadium at Dhaka as Anil Kumble scaled Indian bowling's Mount Everest on a day when Bangladesh staggered against incisive left-arm swing

10-Dec-2004•The Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Memories of a Dhaka hero

Memories of a Dhaka hero

Anand Vasu on the sad events of February 1998 when Raman Lamba, the former India opener, was killed in a freak accident at the Bangabandhu Stadium

10-Dec-2004•Roving Reporter by Anand Vasu in Dhaka

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