“Shami is bowling exceptionally well. He is fit and we saw in the three Ranji Trophy matches, where he’s won Bengal on his own,” Ganguly said on Monday. Shami took 15 wickets for Bengal in the first two Ranji Trophy matches this season. He bowled 91 overs in the three matches, going wicketless in the game against Tripura.

A bill proposing the death penalty for “terrorists” passed a first reading in Israel’s parliament on Monday — a measure that could apply to Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks against Israelis.

The move to rest Arshdeep Singh, India’s leading T20I wicket-taker, for the first two matches to accommodate Harshit Rana drew widespread criticism. Arshdeep made a strong comeback later in the series, picking up three wickets in the third T20I and following it with 1/22 in the fourth match.