New Zealand Cricketer Colin Munro Announces His Retirement From international Cricket: New Zealand opener batsman Colin Munro has announced his retirement from international cricket. The aggressive batsman from New Zealand, who scored over 3000 runs in international cricket, has not played for the national side in the last four years; his last game was a Twenty20 international against India in 2020.

He begun his international career in Dec 2012, followed by ODI debut in the same month. While he only played one Test match in January 2013, he was predominantly recognized as a specialist in white-ball cricket.

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He played in 123 matches in all forms for New Zealand during his career, scoring more over 3000 runs. Interestingly, Munro is the only batter from New Zealand to score three hundred in Twenty20 Internationals.

He was a member of the side that placed second in the ODI World Cup in 2019 and made contributions to the T20 World Cup squads in 2014 and 2016.

Munro has been focusing on franchise cricket worldwide and cited his absence from the 2024 T20 World Cup squad as the reason for his retirement.

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“Playing for the BLACKCAPS has always been the biggest achievement in my playing career,” the 37-year-old said. “I never felt prouder than donning that jersey, and the fact that I’ve been able to do that 123 times across all formats is something I will always be incredibly proud of.”

“Although it has been a while since my last appearance, I never gave up hope that I might be able to return off the back of my franchise T20 form. With the announcement of the BLACKCAPS squad for the T20 World Cup now is the perfect time to close that chapter officially.”

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“Colin was one of our first players to embrace the aggressive, 360-degree style batting that is now accepted all around the world as best practice,” he said. “He was one of the pioneers of the new game, an innovative batsman who took calculated risk-taking to a new level, and led what was to become a revolution in the way short-form cricket was played.”

“We thank him for his amazing contribution in more than 100 international games, and wish him well in his future pursuits.”

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BD-W vs IN-W Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Pitch Report, Playing XI for 5th match: The Indian women’s cricket team is undefeated in this series, while the Bangladeshi women’s squad is under a cloud of whitewash.

Since this is a meaningless encounter, both sides will try to give their younger players more opportunities. India in particular, who have already won the series, would try to rotate a few players. Bangladesh, meanwhile, will want to play for both the supporters and their dignity.

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League: India Women tour of Bangladesh, 2024

Match: Bangladesh Women vs India Women, 5th T20I

Time: 3:30 PM IST, Thursday, May 9, 2024

Venue: Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet

Pitch Report:

The average first-inning score is 131, which is low as per men’s international standards, but in recent games, this ground has produced high-scoring encounters, and the last match is evidence of that.

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Chasing has been difficult on this ground historically, but the par score is 150 in Womens game. If the team batting first can score more than 150, they will have the advantage of winning the match.

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Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet Ground Stats:

Total: 53
Team Bat 1st: 31
Team Bat 2nd: 22
Tie/ No Result: 00
Average First Innings Score: 132
Average Second Innings Score: 106
Highest Score: 210/4 By SL vs BAN
Lowest Score: 33/10 By MLYW vs SLW

Head to Head:

Total 21 matches

Won by INW 18
Won by BDW 03

Player Stats: Based on IPL

N Sulata: 86 runs
S Verma: 84 runs
D Akter: 74 runs
S Mandhana: 83 runs
M Khatun: 69 runs
H Kaur: 75 runs

R Khan: 6 wickets
R Yadav: 7 wickets
D Sharma: 05 wickets
P Vastrakar: 5 wickets
N Akter: 01 wickets

Squads:

BAN-W: Dilara Akter, Murshida Khatun, Sobhana Mostary, Nigar Sultana©(wk), Fahima Khatun, Shorifa Khatun, Ritu Moni, Rabeya Khan, Nahida Akter, Marufa Akter, Fariha Trisna

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IND-W: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harmanpreet Kaur©, Deepti Sharma, Sajeevan Sajana, Richa Ghosh(wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Singh, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav

BD-W vs IN-W Dream11 Prediction Team:

Keeper: Richa Ghosh, Nigar Sultana
Batsmen: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur
All-rounders: Deepti Sharma, Fahima Khatun, Pooja Vastrakar(VC)
Bowlers: Shreyanka Patil, Nahida Akter, Renuka Singh Thakur(C)