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Tecno’s Glocalization Strategy is Driving Growth in the Competitive Smartphone Market

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The competition in smartphone requests is adding day by day, with a number of established brands fighting for request share. Despite this violent competition, consumers are still willing to give new brands a chance, and one similar brand that has gained significant fashionability in recent times is Tecno.

Tecno’s Glocalization Strategy is Driving Growth in the Competitive Smartphone Market

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Tecno was innovated in 2006 as an attachment of Transsion Group, a Chinese transnational company specializing in mobile communication and consumer electronics. It originally concentrated on producing point phones and introductory mobile phones but started producing smartphones in 2014. The Spark and CAMON smartphone lines were particularly successful, leading Tecno to open nearly 1,000 stores in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2017, Tecno began expanding encyclopedically, entering requests in India, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe.

Tecno has endured strong growth in recent times, with double-number growth in numerous requests. It has constantly ranked in the top 10 in the global smartphone request since Q4 2020. Tecno’s success is due to its capability to take advantage of growth openings, similar as the expansion of 4G technology, and focus on perpendicular integration, which allows it to offer high-spec smartphones at competitive prices. The company has also enforced a “ glocalization ” strategy, which involves developing a strong exploration and development ecosystem to produce transnational smartphone models that can be customized to meet indigenous requirements.

This has helped Tecno deliver smartphones grounded on original consumer conditions and fulfill arising requests ’ demands briskly. The company has seen particularly strong growth in arising requests similar as India, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Central and Eastern Europe, and its parent company, Transsion Group, increased its R&D spending by 40 in Q2 2022, indicating a commitment to producing more sophisticated products for advanced- value requests.

Tecno’s Glocalization Strategy is Driving Growth in the Competitive Smartphone Market

Tecno has espoused a strategy called “ glocalization, ” which involves erecting a strong R&D ecosystem to deliver transnational smartphone models that can be customized to meet indigenous- position requirements and demands. This strategy has helped Tecno drive growth in colorful requests by acclimatizing its products to the specific requirements and preferences of original consumers. For illustration, Tecno has customized its smartphone cameras to enhance men’s beards in South Asia and has also customized its smartphones for women in the region by enhancing the appearance of intelligencers.

Tecno is laboriously working to come an ultra-expensive brand in the smartphone request and has been successfully moving up the price bands. Its PHANTOM and CAMON series are helping the company gauge up the price- band graduation and appeal to consumers in the decoration member. This trend of consumers rotating towards decoration products has been backed by a variety of factors, similar as the low outspoken value of the bias trade-sways, and fiscal schemes like “ buy now, pay latterly ” and EMIs. As a result, Tecno is poised for further request share earnings driven by its nonstop drive in the high-end member.

Consumers in the decoration member have advanced prospects for advanced features like advanced photography and videography, battery life, display, high-speed internet connectivity, and a press- suchlike mobile gaming experience, and Tecno is fastening on these capabilities as it continues to introduce and expand its product immolations. The company is also moving regionally to ride the surge of demand for decoration products, and its expansion into further decoration products and concentrating on delivering great cameras has been central to this trouble.

AMD is reportedly shipping its Navi 30 A0 Silicon in its Radeon RX 7900 GPU series

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The Radeon RX 7900 series, based on the Navi 31 GPUs, is AMD’s top RDNA 3 product. While AMD positioned Navi 31 against NVIDIA’s RTX 4080, the final performance was slightly unimpressive and did not cause the massive disruption that many expected. According to speculations, the cause for such poor performance could be owing to an incomplete GPU silicon that delivered on the flagship cards.

According to Kepler L2, early RDNA 3 silicon contained a non-functioning shader prefetch HW. This was present in three chips: the GFX1100 (Navi 31), the GFX1102 (Navi 33), and the GFX1103 (the APU lineup consisting of Phoenix chips). Based on the most recent GitHub submission. According to Kepler, Navi 32 GPUs are based on the ‘GFX1103’ IP, whilst Navi 33 processors are based on the ‘GFX1102’ IP. Except for Navi 32, which will be used in multiple mainstream discrete GPUs on desktop and mobility devices by early 2023, the same flaws can be seen on every other chip.

According to Kepler, this cannot be rectified or revised in a few weeks and will take several months if AMD intends to address it at all.

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If updated silicon with a patch is released a few months later, the bulk of gamers will have already purchased the early iteration of the Radeon RX 7900 series with the unfinished silicon. AMD may prepare an upgrade a year later to remedy these concerns, but for the time being, the Radeon RX 7900 series may have to rely heavily on driver-level optimizations to handle the incomplete GPU nature of their top RDNA 3 silicon.

But that’s not all; other prominent innovations, like as the VOPD instructions found on RDNA 3 GPUs, claimed to offer a significant speed boost, but in actuality, they only managed a 4% improvement over RDNA 2 in ray tracing titles. By leveraging 64 multi-precision & multi-purpose ALUs implemented over two SIMD32 units, the RDNA 3 silicon was built to handle dual Wave32 instructions for twice the floating point performance. Speaking with an AMD representative, HardwareTimes was able to confirm that AMD is currently fine-tuning the performance here and expects optimizations along the way:

Wave64 natively can access the new ALUs for 2x execution rates to unlock performance during dense ALU code execution. For Wave32 mode, the compiler does localized reordering and packing of instructions into the VOPD encoding. An RT test scene using VOPD encodings provided approximately a 4% increase in frames per second by removing the ALU bottleneck. We expect to see further improvements as the compiler matures with more optimizations for mapping code sequences to the VOPD encodings. And with the advances happening in the use of AI, RT, and compute-driven rendering techniques for more life-like rendering, we expect to see codes bound by ALU that will exploit these new ALUs more and more.

Reviewers who were able to get a first peek at numerous custom AMD Radeon RX 7900 series graphics cards noticed irregular and variable clock speeds. On review day, the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture swept by RDNA 3 GPUs in all power efficiency parameters, while AMD predicted up to +54% gain in power efficiency.

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Top 5 youngest players to feature in IPL 2023 Auction

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The mini-auction for IPL 2023 will be held on December 23 in Kochi. 405 cricketers have been shortlisted from 991 players. Out of them, 273 are Indians and 132 are overseas players. The franchises have already started strategizing in order to make some wise decisions. In this article, let’s look at the youngest players who’ll feature in this auction.

Top 5 youngest players to feature in IPL 2023 Auction

1. Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar – 15 years 152 days

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Allah Mohammad from Afghanistan is the youngest player to get featured in the IPL mini-auction. He has a base price of INR 20 lakh. He’s a 6 feet 2 inches tall guy having some exceptional capabilities. He has played Afghanistan’s Shpageeza Cricket League, playing three games. He scalped five wickets and his best figure was 4/15, representing Mis Ainak Knights. Getting shortlisted for the IPL auction is an achievement for him. Franchises may buy him as they would love to groom this young talent.

2. Dinesh Bana – 18 years

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Dinesh Bana has a decent experience of T20 as he represented Haryana in the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy. Against Jammu and Kashmir, he mustered 43 runs and had five fours and one six. Even if he doesn’t get selected for any team but will surely gain experience.

3. Sakib Hussain – 18 years 1 day

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The young lad played for Bihar in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and has registered his name for this mini-auction. He played only two matches in the tournament and had an impressive figure of 4/20 against Gujarat. He has a good idea of the T20 format and he can be a good addition to any franchise. Adding him to any bowling line-up will be an asset.

4. Kumar Kushagra – 18 years 52 days

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The youngster is the youngest batter in first-class history who smashed a 250-plus score. He mustered 439 runs in seven innings in First Class cricket at an average of 62.71. In Vijay Hazare Trophy he has had scores of 74,75, 49, and an unbeaten 41 runs. His potential doesn’t match his records in the shortest match. This is the reason why IPL can be the best platform for him.

5. Shaik Rasheed – 18 years 81 days

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Shaik Rasheed got attention as he was named the deputy of the ICC Men’s India U19 World Cup 2022 squad. In the semifinals, he scored 90 off 108 deliveries against Bangladesh. Then, his knock of 31 runs helped India win the ACC U19 Asia Cup 2021. Right now, he isn’t in his best form but everyone has seen his potential. It will be interesting to see which franchise moves forward with him.

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Peter Hartley leaves Jamshedpur FC after 2 years in ISL

Jamshedpur FC captain Peter Hartley has left the club, and will play no further part in their 22/23 season. The ISL club has signed Slavko Damjanovic as the replacement for Hartley, and he will be signing a one-year deal with them. 

The decision is yet to be announced, but several sources have said that it is only a matter of time. Damjanovic can also play as a left or right-back, but his physical presence at the back will allow him to replace Peter Hartley in central defense. 

Peter Hartley leaves Jamshedpur FC 

The centre-back was highly influential last year as they won their maiden title in 2021. After making a name for himself with Motherwell, he arrived in India in 2020, and was named the captain of the club by Owen Coyle right away. 

He stepped up to the role very well, and was able to immediately establish himself as one of the best defenders in the league. And that is the legacy that he leaves behind in the ISL. 

However, the new season has started on a sour note for the men of steel. They are currently in tenth place, and are undergoing a transition period, and will need to move forth without one of their best players. And this will no doubt make it even more difficult for them to achieve a consistent run of results this campaign. 

ISL: Mumbai City FC goes on top after a dominant 3-0 win over East Bengal FC

Mumbai City FC climbed to the top of the current Indian Super League standings with a dominant 3- 0 palm over the host East Bengal, in a match week 11 action at the Salt Lake Stadium on Friday. Lalengmawia Ralte( Apuia) scored a brace while Greg Stewart scored formerly to help Mumbai City census 24 points from 10 matches and surpass Hyderabad FC( 22) to the top of the table at the halfway stage of the event.

Mumbai City FC tops standings after a dominant 3-0 win over East Bengal FC

Mumbai City FC 3-0 East Bengal FC

The caller started on a confident note and showed the right shape and balance to dominate from the launch. Mumbai City stamped its authority in the 26th nanosecond when an essay of fine passes between Mandar Rao Dessai and Stewart released Lalengmawia Ralte to score a nice thing.

Despite being the home side, East Bengal failed to bring out much on the attacking front, which could be gauged from the fact that it couldn’t keep a single shot on target in the opening half.

Mumbai City FC tops standings after a dominant 3-0 win over East Bengal FC

East Bengal slipped into a lesser extremity after the break as trainer Stephen Constantine brought three changes in his side looking to improve the performance. But this didn’t  help the host as Mumbai City doubled its lead in the 50th nanosecond with Stewart for scoring a spectacular thing himself. Everything was over for East Bengal in the 59th when Apuia scored his alternate to make it 3- 0. The score could have been bigger for Mumbai City but for cover Gurkirat Singh, who skied an 88th- nanosecond penalty award.

The palm takes Mumbai City FC to the top of the table, two points clear of Hyderabad FC. The Islanders will be in action on Christmas Eve at home against Chennaiyin FC. Meanwhile, East Bengal FC remains eighth on the table with nine points. The Torch Liaisons will get an extended break before hosting Bengaluru FC on December 30, Friday.

Sergio Busquets retires from Spain after World Cup 2022 exit

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Sergio Busquets has announced his retirement from the Spanish national team following their exit from the 2022 World Cup. The defensive midfielder player his last game for Spain at the tournament, and has now officially announced his decision. 

He follows Luis Enrique in leaving the Spanish national team, having been replaced by Luis de la Fuente shortly after. However, Busquets has been an all-important presence in the heart of the park and replacing him will be a big task to manage. 

Sergio Busquets retires from Spain after World Cup exit 

“I would like to announce that after almost 15 years and 143 matches, the moment has arrived to bid farewell to the national team,” wrote the 34-year-old Barcelona stalwart on his social media platforms.

“It has been an honour to represent my national team and help lift it higher.”

“At 34 years old, Sergio Busquets puts an end to this great international career. From the Royal Spanish Football Federation, eternal gratitude for this brilliant path. Thanks Sergio. Thank you Captain,” the statement from the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) read.

With Spain, Busquets won the 2010 World Cup before winning the 2014 Euros. He captained the side in their most recent era, and has now made way for the new generation to make it through. 

SENS, a 100% Made in India brand forays into TV segment with Flipkart; launches Google TV powered range of Smart Televisions

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– Launches 7 new Smart TVs across multiple screen sizes

– The televisions to be manufactured at plants located in Noida and Greater Noida

– To offer unparalleled aftersales service with 500+ service centres across the country

SENS, a 100% Made in India brand, today announced its foray into the Smart Television market with the launch of 7 new Smart TVs across different categories on India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, Flipkart. The Google TV powered Smart TVs will be available on the platform during the Big Saving Days sale starting Dec 16th 2022 .

The newest range of televisions from SENS will feature proprietary ‘LumiSENS’ and ‘FluroSENS’ display panels along with some of the industry leading features and will be available in panel sizes ranging from 43’ inch to 65’ inch. The televisions will come packed with the latest version of Google TV OS which would offer the customers a wide range of curated content and a seamless viewing experience. In addition to that, the Smart TV owners would be able to set up profiles for ‘Kids’ which will only allow age-appropriate content to be viewed.

SENS, a 100% Made in India brand forays into TV segment with Flipkart; launches Google TV powered range of Smart Televisions

“After the successful launch of SENS and an immensely positive response towards its range of smart wearables, we are now expanding onto our promise of delivering a smart device ecosystem for the millennials and GenZ lifestyle. With functionality and style at a competitive price point, we are sure that our range of Smart TVs will also see a huge uptake and encouraging response from our customers.

As a steadily growing brand, we are optimistic of establishing our presence into the Smart Television industry in the country. In this endeavour, we are also delighted to join hands with Flipkart as we foray into the Smart TVs segment and leverage their understanding of consumer demand and pan-India delivery and installation services to bring customer delight,” said Pradeep Jain, Managing Director, SENS

Hari Kumar, Vice President, Large Appliances at Flipkart said, “As a customer focused organisation, Flipkart has been at the forefront of bringing together the widest selection of products to millions of customers across 100% of serviceable pincodes across the country in an affordable manner. This reach also enables new and emerging brands to connect with customers across the country through our technological platform and fulfil evolving customer requirements through our nuanced understanding of their needs. The Smart TV segment is transforming at a rapid pace in the country and we are excited to expand our selection with the range of Google TV powered SENS TVs on our platform. We have rolled out various technological and affordability solutions such as augmented reality powered Flipkart Camera and product exchange to enable them to enhance customer experience and satisfaction”.

Continuing with its Made in India commitment, all televisions under the SENS portfolio will be manufactured in two local production units located in Noida and Greater Noida. In addition to that, customers will be able to enjoy an industry-leading TAT of 24 hours for installation.

About the products

Like all SENS products, the televisions are also designed by in-house teams based out of India and the USA. Continuing with the philosophy of celebrating the scientific and creative geniuses of our times, SENS has named the new Smart TVs after renowned artists. With interesting names like Dwinci and Pikaso, the SENS Smart TVs are going to offer the customers a blend of state-of-the-art design and cutting-edge technology, all built by the in-house teams at SENS.

Dwinci 55″ & 65″ QLED Google TV 

Named after the famous painter, The Dwinci series is a range of QLED 4K Google TVs. With the LumiSENS panel, Dolby Vision, and a bezel-less design, the TV offers a best-in-class viewing experience and brings pictures to life. 

With the advantages of Google TV and over 10,000 apps to choose from, the experience of home entertainment reaches a whole new level. With every kind of content curated in one space, it ensures that the customers don’t miss out on any of their favourites. To further the experience, the 20 Watts speakers & Dolby Atmos provide an unparalleled sound experience.

The Dwinci series will be made available at a special introductory price of INR 33,999 for its 55” variant and INR 42,999 for the 65”.

Pikaso 50” & 55” 4K UHD Android TV

Rightfully named after another famous painter, the Pikaso series comes equipped with a FluroSENS panel that lets one envision the tiniest of detail with unmatched depth and an overall thrilling viewing experience. The Android TV fulfils all the content needs and comes with a smart remote equipped with google assistant. The customers will be able to experience every tune and every beat with crystal clarity with the 20 W speakers and Dolby Audio & DTS featured in the smart TVs.

The Special introductory price for Pikaso 50” & 55” 4K Android TV will be INR 24,999 and INR 29,999 respectively.

Apart from the series mentioned above, SENS is also launching a range of 32” and 43” TVs which will be equipped with varied OS including Android TV & Google TV.

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Fernando Santos ends 8-year spell in charge of Portugal national team

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Fernando Santos has stepped down as the head coach of the Portugal national team only five days after their exit from the 2022 World Cup. The coach was criticised for benching Cristiano Ronaldo in the 1-0 loss against Morocco that led to them being eliminated. 

And despite his contributions to the country, his eight year spell in charge of the national team has now been brought to an end. 

Fernando Santos steps down as Portugal head coach 

“It was an honour to have a coach and a person like Fernando Santos at the head of the National Team,” a statement from the Portuguese FA read.

“The FPF thanks Fernando Santos and his technical team for the services provided over eight unique years and believes that this thanks is also made on behalf of the Portuguese people. The FPF Board will now begin the process of choosing the next national coach.”

During his time in charge, Santos became the first coach to win a major trophy with the team. He first guided Portugal to the 2016 Euros, before helping the team win the inaugural 2019 Nations League to add to their tally. However, he could not find a way to advance past a determined Morocco in the quarter finals. 

The FPF are searching for a new coach now, and Jose Mourinho has been linked as one of the possible candidates. But, the special one remains committed to Roma for the time being. And whether or not he will be allowed to simultaneously manage the national team is up in the air as well. 

NBA All-Star voting presented by AT&T tips off on December 20

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The 72nd NBA All-Star Game will take place on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. ET in Salt Lake City, airing on TNT in the United States

NBA All-Star Voting Available Across New NBA App and NBA.com From Dec. 20 to Jan. 21; NBA ID, League’s New Membership Program, Offers Exclusive NBA All-Star 2023 Benefits; Six “3-for-1 Days,” When Votes Count Three Times, Begin on Christmas Day.

NBA All-Star Voting presented by AT&T, the Official 5G Wireless Network of the NBA, will tip off on Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 11 a.m. ET and conclude on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 11:59 p.m. ET, giving fans the opportunity to vote for the 2023 NBA All-Star Game starters via the new NBA App and NBA.com.

The 72nd NBA All-Star Game will take place on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. ET in Salt Lake City, airing on TNT in the United States and reaching fans in more than 200 countries and territories in more than 50 languages.

Fans voting on the NBA App or NBA.com for the first time can sign up for an NBA ID, the league’s new global membership program, and voters in the United States and Canada will be entered for a chance to win a trip to NBA All-Star 2023. Additionally, fans with an NBA ID traveling to Salt Lake City for NBA All-Star 2023 can unlock in-venue seat upgrades, member- only entrances and more. NBA ID, which offers fans benefits and rewards from the league, teams and its partners, is free to join here (https://on.nba.com/3jb0t4A).

NBA All-Star voting presented by AT&T tips off on December 20

Throughout the four-week voting period, fans with NBA ID may submit one full ballot each day via the NBA App and NBA.com. One full ballot comprises three frontcourt players and two guards from both the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. All current NBA players will be available for selection.

Fans will have six days where their vote will count three times on special “3-for-1 Days,” with the first day taking place on Christmas Day (Sunday, Dec. 25) from 12:01 a.m. ET – 11:59 p.m. ET. Additional 3-for-1 Days will be available on Sunday, Jan. 1, Friday, Jan. 6, Friday, Jan. 13, Monday, Jan. 16 and Friday, Jan. 20 from 12:01 a.m. ET – 11:59 p.m. ET.

NBA players and media will continue to join fans in selecting the NBA All-Star Game starters. Fans will account for 50 percent of the vote, while all current players and a media panel will account for 25 percent each. Players and media will be able to complete one ballot.

Fan voting updates will be shared on the first three Thursdays in January (Jan. 5, 12 and 19). TNT will reveal the NBA All-Star Game starters, including the two team captains, on Thursday, Jan. 26 during TNT NBA Tip-Off presented by CarMax. TNT will also announce the reserves, as selected by NBA head coaches, on Thursday, Feb. 2 during TNT NBA Tip-Off.

After all votes are tallied, players will be ranked in each conference by position (guard and frontcourt) within each of the three voting groups – fan votes, player votes and media votes. Each player’s score will be calculated by averaging his weighted rank from the fan votes, the player votes and the media votes. The two guards and three frontcourt players with the best score in each conference will be named NBA All-Star Game starters. Fan voting will serve as the tiebreaker for players in a position group with the same score.

How Fans Can Vote:

●  NBA App: Access the ballot and vote through the NBA App, which is available on Android and iPhone. Fans can fill out one full ballot per day (per day is defined as once every 24 hours) by selecting up to two guards and three frontcourt players from each conference.

●  NBA.com voting page at vote.NBA.comFill out one full ballot per day on vote.NBA.com from a desktop or mobile browser. Fans can select up to two guards and three frontcourt players from each conference.

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India vs Bangladesh Test 1 Day 3: Cheteshwar Pujara and Shubman Gill score individual centuries

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On Day 3 of the 1st test, Bangladesh openers remained unbeaten and they reduced the target to 471 from 513 runs. India dominated mostly the Day 3 of the 1st Test. India scored 258 runs for two wickets before declaring. Shubman Gill mustered his maiden ton and Cheteshwar Pujara smashed his 19th century in 52 innings

India vs Bangladesh Test 1 Day 3: Match Highlights

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Bangladesh was struggling to follow on after the ending of the second day’s play in the first test against India at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram at 133 for 8. India had earlier posted 404 runs in the first innings. Cheteshwar Pujara, Shreyas Iyer, and Ravichandran Ashwin’s half-centuries helped the team reach this total. Shubman Gill scored his maiden Test ton while Cheteshwar Pujara ended his four-year drought to hit his 19th century. Pujara was able to start slowly because to Gill’s aggressive batting. He picked up speed as the Indian innings came to a close since he had 13 boundaries to show for his efforts. Gill should count himself lucky since the on-field umpires twice decided that he was leg-before, but DRS determined that it was not an out. India dismissed the hosts for 150 runs in just 55.5 overs and skipper KL Rahul decided to go against the follow-on. Gill and Pujara played their best against Bangladesh’s bowling attack as their lead pacer Ebadot Hossain was unavailable due to a back injury. Indian spinners Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, and Axar Patel will try their best on the fourth and fifth days to ensure that they get the WTC points for the team. Najmul Hossain Shanto’s 25* and Zakir Hasan’s 17* improved Bangaladesh’s account. Kuldeep Yadav bagged his third five-wicket haul as the day progressed. Mehidy played the maximum number of balls (82) but he became a victim of Axar Patel.

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