Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed New Zealand batsman Tom Latham to get his 418th Test scalp. He took his 419th wicket in his 80th Test to overtake Harbhajan Singh (417 in 103 Tests) at an impressive average of 24.49. Ravichandran Ashwin is now second only to Anil Kumble and Kapil Dev and needs 16 wickets.

Afghanistan's head coach Lance Klusener of South Africa has decided to step down as the head coach of the Afghanistan cricket team after 2021. He said in his statement that his contract will expire on December 31, 2021, which he will not extend any further. He was appointed as the head coach of Afghanistan for a period of two years.

This is the confirmed list so far, who is with whom? CSK: Ravindra Jadeja (16 crore), MS Dhoni (12 crore), Moeen Ali (8 crore), Ruturaj Gaikwad (6 crore) KKR: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer SRH: Kane Williamson (14 crore), Abdul Samad (4 crore), Umran Malik (4 crore) MI: Rohit Sharma (16 crore), Jasprit Bumrah (12 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (8 crore), Kieron Pollard (6 crore) RCB: Virat Kohli (15 crore), Glenn Maxwell (11 crore), Mohammed Siraj (7 crore) DC: Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje RR: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal PBKS: Mayank Agarwal (12 crore, 14 crore to be deducted from purse), Arshdeep Singh (4 crore)

Opener Mohammad Naeem Sheikh has been included for the first time in the Bangladesh Test squad for the second and final Test against Pakistan, which starts on December 4, while all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and fast bowler Taskin Ahmed have been included in Bangladesh's squad returned to the test team.

Bonner said that only if West Indies can keep Karunaratne on a low score, they will go on to win the match. He further said that West Indies will have to make a 'smart strategy' against Sri Lankan spinners.

Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Liton Das was one of the players who was dropped from the Bangladesh squad for the three T20Is against Pakistan last week. He got a chance to work on his batting before the opening Test against Pakistan in Chattogram. Litton scored his maiden Test century in the opening day's play.

Michael Vaughan has told Azeem Rafiq for the first time since the racism controversy that he is "sorry for the hurt" he has gone through. Vaughan has been dropped from the commentary team of the BBC Test match special for the upcoming Ashes, accepts the BBC's decision