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India - Bangladesh Test Cricket Series 2004-2005
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Two Innings defeats for Bangla and India keeps the cup!
India thrashed minnows Bangladesh by an innings and 83 runs on the fourth day of the second and final Test in Chittagong to complete a 2-0 sweep.India, who won the opening Test at Dhaka by an innings and 140 runs, required just four balls to grab the last Bangladeshi wicket and complete the demolition in a one-sided series.
This was Bangladesh's 20th defeat by an innings margin and 31st overall in 34 matches since they gained Test status in 2000. For India, Sachin Tendulkar , who had seven single-digit scores against his name in the last 10 innings before the tour, returned to his big-scoring ways against a mediocre Bangladeshi attack. He scored a career-best 248 not out in the opening Test to equal compatriot Sunil Gavaskar's world record of 34 Test centuries. Left-handed opener Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid also made merry with centuries in the second Test to virtually bat Bangladesh out of the match and series, which was contested between two unevenly-matched teams. India's paceman Pathan, who took 18 wickets in the two-Test series was named man of the series. In Picture: Top Left: Mohammad Ashraful will be remembered for his unbeaten 60 in the opening Test at Dhaka and 158 not out in the second. He is seen with the man of the match trophy in the Chittagong test.Top Right: Ganguly with the test series trophy.
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At the start of the Series..
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India's First Series in Bangladesh
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India's first Cricket Series against Bangladesh
Cricket authorities on Friday confirmed the Indian cricket team will tour Bangladesh in December for the first formal Test series between the south Asian neighbours. The Indian team is due to arrive on December 7 to play two Tests and three limited-overs internationals, said a Bangladesh Cricket Board media statement. The first Test is scheduled to be held at the capital Dhaka from December 9, with the second slated for Chittagong, starting on December 16. The first one-day match will be played in Chittagong on December 23. The two other one-dayers will be played in Dhaka on December 25 and December 27.Bangladesh has yet to win a Test match since becoming a Test playing nation in 2000. Although Bangladesh played its inaugural Test match against India in December 2000, the upcoming tour will be the first series between the two. Bangladesh lost that initial Test match to India by 9 wickets.
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However, he was dropped for the series against India, after some weak performances against New Zealand.
India versus Bangladesh: Itinerary
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The full itinerary:
November 22, 2004
Dec 7: Indian team arrives in DhakaDec 8: Rest and practice
Dec 9-13: First Test at Bangabandhu National stadium, Dhaka Dec 15: Rest and practice in Chittagong
Dec 16-20: Second Test at MAA stadium, Chittagong
Dec 21 and 22: Rest and practice
Dec 23: First ODI, MAA stadium, Chittagong
Dec 25: Rest and practice in Dhaka
Dec 26: Second ODI (Day/Night), BN stadium, Dhaka
Dec 27: Third ODI (Day/Night), B N stadium, Dhaka The Indian squad would reach Dhaka on December 7 to commence their three-week tour of Bangladesh, encompassing two Test matches and three Limited Over Internationals against the hosts. The squad would plunge straight into the Test series two days after reaching the Bangladesh capital as per the itinerary chalked out by the Bangladesh Cricket Board. In Picture: Indian Team match under the national flag during the opening ceremony of the World Cup Cricket 2003 Tournament.
Death Threats & Security
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Indian cricket teams Bangladesh tour cleared
December 7, 2004
The government today gave a partial go-ahead for the Indian cricket teams tour of Bangladesh for the first Test match beginning on Thursday but its security delegation will go to Chittagong, the other venue, to make an assessment of the threat perception there before clearing that segment. The 15-member cricket team led by Sourav Ganguly will leave tomorrow from Kolkata by an Indian Airlines flight.
The tour came under a security cloud after a letter threatening to kill all the Indian players was mailed to the Indian high commissioner, or ambassador, in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka. In the letter, mailed on Thursday, a group calling itself Harkatul Zihad threatened to kill the Indians to avenge the deaths of Muslims killed during communal riots in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2002. The letter, handwritten in poor English, said: "We are happy that India is coming to Bangladesh. We are ready to kill them. Hindus killed 2,000 Muslims in Gujarat in 2002. We will take revenge."
Indian team lands in Dhaka
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Extremely tight security arrangements for India
Dhaka, Dec 8, 2004
The squad was received by the officials of the Bangladesh Cricket board and they were then driven by bus, with police escorts, to the Sonargaon Hotel in central Dhaka. The BBC website reported that Ganguly brushed aside any security fears and said, "We are not concerned with the security and we are here to play. We are here to play well and we are not taking Bangladesh lightly." The threat had caused a delay and it required the Indian government's green signal for the team to leave. The first Test is scheduled to start in Dhaka on Friday, a day behind originally scheduled.
In Picture: Sourav Ganguly: 'We are not concerned with the security and we are here to play'
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India Bangladesh First Test Match
Dhaka, December 10-14, 2004
India Bangladesh Cricket Series 2004 - First Test India won by an Innings and 140 runs
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India did not get chance to begin their reply as openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir were immediately offered the light on stepping to the wicket. Earlier India won the toss and Irfan Pathan soon got stuck into the top order, dismissing Javed Omar lbw in his second over with one that nipped back. Pathan was in destructive mood and that showed in his figures of 16 overs 5 maidens 45 runs 5 wickets. In Picture: Ace leg spinner Anil Kumble created history on the first day by surpassing Kapil Dev's decade-old record of 434 wickets to become the highest wicket-taker for India in Test cricket. Kumble also has 321 wickets in 259 one-day internationals at an average of 30.69.
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India were 348 for seven in their first innings at close on the second day of the first cricket Test against Bangladesh on Saturday. Sachin Tendulkar was batting at 159 at close of play. Sourav Ganguly scored 71, and for Bangladesh, Tapash Baisya took 2/78 and Mohammad Rafique took 2/65.
India lead by 164 runs with 3 wickets remaining in the 1st innings. In Picture: Tendulkar tapped the ball to mid-on and darted to his 34th century at the Bangabandhu Stadium on a sleepy Saturday afternoon and in the process equalled the world record for the most test tons.
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World Record: Zaheer Khan's score of 75 surpassed the 68 by Richard Collinge of New Zealand against Pakistan in Auckland in 1972-73 as the best by a last man. Tendulkar and Zaheer shared in an Indian record 133-run last-wicket stand, as the tourists made 526
If morning session belonged to Sachin, the evening session belonged to Irfan Pathan. As Pathan opened the bowling on a lively pitch, it looked like the match would be over to with two days to spare. Irfan Pathan took five quick wickets before tea - for his first 10-wicket match haul - to leave Bangladesh 36-5. But Nafis Iqbal (54) and Manjural Islam Rana (50 not out) took the match into the final day, with the hosts 170-8. In Picture: Irfan Pathan, who claimed five wickets in the first innings, added another five to claim his first 10-wicket haul as as the Bangladesh batsman crumbled on the third day of the test.
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In their 33 Tests since 2000, Bangladesh have now accumulated 30 defeats, with only three draws to their credit. In Picture: Irfan Pathan and Sachin Tendulkar . Tendulkar's double hundred and some inspired seam bowling from Irfan Pathan were all credited for India's massive win over Test minnows Bangladesh in the first Test in Dhaka. The 20 year old Irfan Pathan won his first Man of the Match award. Brief Scores First Test, Dhaka, day four: Bangladesh 184 & 202 lost to India 526
India Bangladesh Second Test Match
Chittagong, December 17-21, 2004
India Bangladesh Cricket Series 2004 - Second Test India won by an Innings and 83 runs
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Sachin Tendulkar, after a double-ton in the first Test, clubbed three fours in an over to be 36 not out at stumps. Tendulkar will now facy his chances of scoring a world record 35th Test century on Saturday. In Picture: Rahul Dravid now has hit a century in all the test playing nations.
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Kumble took two wickets for India to take his overall wickets total in Tests to 440. In Picture: The pick of the Bangladesh attack was Mortaza, who finished with figures of 3-60.
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In the morning, Bangladesh began on 54-3 in reply to India's 540. In Picture: Mohammad Ashraful hit 24 boundaries and three sixes in his 194-ball innings. He ended up with 158 not out. In the second innings, on the same day, he was bowled for 3!
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Indian team for the Bangladesh Cricket Series
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Kumble rests for ODIs
November 30, 2004
One-day squad for Bangladesh: Saurav Ganguly (Captain), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Mahendra Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, Murali Kartik, Dinesh Mongia, Sridharan Sriram, Joginder Sharma.
The national selectors omitted stylish batsman V V S Laxman and leg-spinner Anil Kumble and named two uncapped youngsters in the Indian squad for the three one-day internationals against Bangladesh this month. While Laxman and Kumble were "rested", Haryana pacer Joginder Sharma and Bihar wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni were the two new faces in the 15-member squad announced by Cricket Board Joint Secretary Gautam Dasgupta in Kolkata.
In Picture: Indian Team match under the national flag during the opening ceremony of the World Cup Cricket 2003 Tournament.
Bangladesh Cricket Team
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Bangladesh Team Announced
December 7, 2004
Even as the Indian cricket teams tour of Bangladesh hung in balance following a death threat issued by a militant group, the Bangladesh cricket board announced a 13-member squad for the two-Test series.One-day squad for Bangladesh: Habibul Bashar (Captain), Khaled Mashud, Nafis Iqbal, Javed Omar, Mohammed Ashraful, Rajin Saleh, Aftab Ahmed, Mushfiqur Rahman, Mohammed Rafique, Tapash Baishya, Mashrafee Bin Murtaza, Talha Zubair, Manjurul Islam Rana.
In Picture: Habibul Bashar is one of the team's older heads and his experience will prove vital at the top of the order.