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Cricket West Indies has sacked head coach Courtney Walsh after reviewing the women's team's performance in recent times. Assistant coaches Robert Samuels and Corey Collymore also could not retain their positions. The Board's Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams, said: 'We are extremely grateful for the contribution Courtney and his technical team have made over the last two and a half years. We wish him all the best. The West Indies team Could not make it to the knockout round in the T20 World Cup held in Africa. Under Walsh's coaching, the team has won 7 out of 24 T20s and 11 out of 32 ODIs. The most notable performance of the team during this period was the home and away series win against Pakistan in 2021. Apart from this, in 2022 the team reached the semi-finals of the ODI World Cup.

On the third day of the one-off Test between Bangladesh and Ireland, Lorcan Tucker of the visiting team made a comeback with a century. Tucker scored a century in the debut match itself. Ireland started play ahead with a score of 27/4. , After losing half the team for 51, Tucker (108) and Harry Tector (56) shared a 72-run partnership for the sixth wicket. Andy McBrine (71 *) and Tucker put on 111 for the seventh wicket to take Ireland ahead in the match. By stumps, Ireland had scored 286 runs for 8 wickets. Ireland has made a lead of 131 runs over Bangladesh.

The one-off Test series between Bangladesh and Ireland began on Tuesday. On the first day, Ireland's first innings collapsed for 214 runs. In reply, Bangladesh lost two wickets for 34 runs till stumps. Mominul Haque (12*) was at the crease. Before electing to bat after winning the toss, Harry Tector (50) was the only batsman to score a half-century. After 1348 days, 7 players made their debut in the match for Ireland, playing only the fourth Test as a team. This is his first Test in Bangladesh. Meanwhile, Bangladesh became the first team to play a match against all Test playing nations.

Mohali | IPL is returning to the IS Bindra International Stadium after three years. Punjab Kings along with Punjab Cricket Association have made preparations for this. The team started the ticket sale for the first two matches on the online platform. Offline ticket sale will start from 24 March. The team will face KKR on April 1 at 3.30 PM. On 13th April the team will play with Gujarat Titans. Tickets will be available here: Tickets will be sold at Gate No. 2 of the stadium. Whereas, online tickets can be collected from gate number 2A. Tickets will also be sold at booth numbers 9 and 10 (besides the one near Pride Hotel). Online tickets can also be collected from here. Ticket prices have been kept from Rs 1000 to Rs 9000.

The Indian hockey team made a winning start in the Pro League, recovering from a poor performance in the World Cup. India beat world champions Germany 3-2 in the first match. At the Birsa Munda Stadium, Indian captain Harmanpreet Singh put the team ahead with a goal in the 30th minute. Striker Sukhjit Singh then scored in the 31st and 42nd minutes to give the Indian team a huge 3-0 lead. Germany's Paul-Philipp Kaufmann scored a goal in the 44th minute to bring the team back. Michael Struthoff then reduced the gap with a goal in the 57th minute. After this there was no goal and the Indian team won the match 3-2. The Indian team will face Australia on Sunday. After this, the second leg will be played against Germany on Monday. India was out of the World Cup after losing in the pre-quarte...