Indian batsman Pawan Negi made a belligerent century to help his side Legends of Rupganj snatch a win from the jaws of defeat in their Dhaka Premier League Super League match against Victoria Sporting Club on Wednesday. From a precarious 83-6, Negi resurrected his side with an unbeaten 124-run innings to chase down Victoria’s total ... Read more
Month: June 2016
Bank win the battle of Primes
Holders Prime Bank Cricket Club beat Prime Doleshwar by six wickets in their Dhaka Premier League Super League match on Wednesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to keep their title hopes alive. Doleshwar made 100-6 in 33 overs before rain halted the match before Prime were given a revised target of 118 from 33 overs and ... Read more
Russell storm into quarters
Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Federation Cup with a comfortable 3-0 win over Muktijoddha Sangshad Krira Chakra at the Bangabandu National Stadium on Wednesday. The result saw cash-rich Chittagong Abahani bow out from the group stage as the bottom team of the Group B while Russell finished as ... Read more
Mariners stun Mohammedan
Mohammedan Sporting Club’s title hopes suffered a huge blow when they lost by 1-3 to Mariner Young’s Club in their Premier Hockey League match at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Wednesday. With the precious win, Mariner moved to the third place of the points table with 25 points from 10 matches, one less ... Read more
Halted match’s fate hangs in balance
League to continue, match referee says did not submit report, umpires charge Tamim with two offences The fate of Dhaka Premier League’s match between Abahani Limited and Prime Doleshwar is hanging in balance as Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis failed to come up with any solution after it was postponed due to an umpiring row. ... Read more
Muktis, BU in quarter-finals
Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra moved into the quarter-finals of the Federation Cup with a 1-0 win over cash-rich Chittagong Abahani at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday. Brothers Union beat Uttar Baridhara 1-0 in the other match to join Muktijoddha in the quarter-finals. Nigerian forward Nkowcha Kingsley scored the only goal in 31st minute
Bima thrashed by Abahani
Abahani Limited thrashed Sadharan Bima SC by 8-2 in their Premier Hockey league match at the Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium on Monday. With the win Abahani reached the top of the table with 26 points from 10 matches though Usha Krira Chakra is just one point behind them with one less game. Pakistani Safqat Rasool ... Read more
Match halted as umpires feel insecure
Controversy continues to chase this edition of Dhaka Premier League as the match between Abahani Limited and Prime Doleshwar was called off after umpires felt insecure at BKSP on Sunday. Doleshwar were 59-2 in 17 overs after dismissing Abahani for 191 runs in 42.4 overs in rain interrupted 45-over game when two umpires left the ... Read more
Legends down MSC, Victoria stay atop
League leaders Victoria Sporting club got their Super League campaign off to winning start as they beat holders Prime Bank Sporting Club by 23 runs in the Dhaka Premier League match at Fatullah on Sunday. In another match of the day, Mohammedan Sporting Club showed miserable batting performance that allowed Legends of Rupganj win the ... Read more
Controversy, rivalry spice up Super League battle
The Super League phase of Dhaka Premier League will start at different venues today with all participating clubs eyeing to begin it on a positive note. With only three points differentiating the six teams each and every game will be crunch for the battle of gaining the supremacy of most prestigious domestic cricket tournament. Table ... Read more
BCB boss takes blind eye in DPL controversies
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan on Friday defended Abahani Limited saying that they were not significantly benefited by any controversial umpiring decision in the ongoing Dhaka Premier League. Nazmul, who holds a vital position in the Abahani hierarchy, rather accused some clubs of hatching a conspiracy against country’s cricket by raising the issues
MSC held, Abahani lose in Fed Cup
Abahani Limited suffered a shocking 0-1 defeat to newly promoted Premier League outfit Arambagh Krira Sangha as the 27th edition of the Federation Cup got underway on Saturday. Arambagh took the lead in the 25th minute when their Nigerian striker Kester Akon evaded past two defenders and passed the ball to forward Mohammad Abdullah, who ... Read more
Usha maintain top spot
Joint champions Usha Krira Chakra continued their dominance in the Premier Hockey League with a convincing 7-1 win over Sadharan Bima at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Saturday. In the other match of the day, other joint champions Abahani Limited also registered a huge 6-0 victory over Ajax Sporting Club to stay second ... Read more
Victoria shatter Gazi’s dream
Prime Bank complete Super League lineup Victoria Sporting Club edged Gazi Group by 28 runs to finish the first phase of Dhaka Premier League on top of the table, which also ended many speculations regarding the match on Thursday. The match held a day after the original schedule allegedly to give Gazi Group some advantage ... Read more
Mustafiz starts rehab keeping Sussex wait
Bangladesh’s fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman is unlikely to be released for English side Sussex anytime soon as he started his rehabilitation under Bangladesh Cricket Board medical team on Thursday. Bangladesh national team physio Bayzidul Islam and trainer Mario Villavarayen rechecked Mustafizur’s physical condition after he returned from his Sathkhira home.
Saif to sponsor football for 4yrs
The Bangladesh Football Federation is all introduce a new format for the Bangladesh Premier League after it agreed hand over the marketing rights of the competition to sponsor Saif Powertec Limited for next five years. The BFF in an emergency meeting of its executive committee on Thursday took the decision of signing an agreement with ... Read more
India to host Tigers in Hyderabad
Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday announced that they will host Bangladesh for a one-off Test series in the upcoming season at Hyderabad, though it did not give any date. Bangladesh Cricket Board source said the match could be held in February as there is no other slot available when both the ... Read more
Mushfiq takes MSC thru’
Mohammedan Sporting Club confirmed their Super League berth as the fifth team in Dhaka Premier League when they beat Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club by six wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. Bangladesh Test team skipper Mushfiqur Rahim remained unbeaten on 66 to help Mohammedan reach 188-4 in 32.2 overs after Jamal made
Mushfiq reaches 6000 List ‘A’ runs
Mushfiqur Rahman became the second Bangladeshi batsman to reach 6000 runs in the List A matches while playing for Mohammedan Sporting Club against Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in Dhaka Premier League in Mirpur on Wednesday. Mushfiq came into batting from 18 short of the milestone and he achieved it in the 13th over in the ... Read more
Kruif set to get fresh deal
The Bangladesh Football Federation is all set to give national team’s Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif a fresh contract despite a whipping loss to Tajikistan in the two-legged Asian Cup qualifier play-offs. Bangladesh lost the tie 0-6 in aggregate but can still qualify for the qualifier if they can beat Bhutan in the eliminatory play-offs ... Read more