SHE WAS NEVER GONE Sindhu ended up being India’s star at the World Championships and Glaswegians applauded her on Finals Day. On Thursday, they were overrun by the group leaders French at the Stade de France in their heaviest defeat for more than half a century. The only two times Bangladesh have swept a series were against an under-strength West Indies side in 2009 and against a struggling Zimbabwe in 2014. And India is rumoured to be in the third tier for its Siri Fort event. All but one of Australia’s 20 wickets in the series opener fell to spin, and the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadiumpitch in Chittagong is expected to favour slow bowling. s, with large numbers taking to social media to express their unhappiness about a player who earlier this year signed a new five-year deal with the words: “I signed this new contract to stay here for a few more years because it’s a great honour for me. I understand that, if we don’t score until late, the game feels different for everybody. He statement comes after India’s horrendous show at the World Championships in France where the team could not win a single medal. But she will need to cut out the errors that plagued her against 18-year-old Kenin, a fellow America-based player who was born in Russia. were given a further window of opportunity when debutant Sakala, 20, was dismissed for a second cautionable foul a minute later.