Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Liton ton powers Bangladesh to series win

Powered by Liton Das’ brillian century and Mushfiqur Rahim’s valiant 86, Bangladesh secured a thumping 88-run victory over Afghanistan in the second ODI and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Friday Liton struck a cracking 136 off 125 balls, his sixth ODI, ton while

Afif, Mehidy record stand stun Afghanistan

From six down with just 45 on the board after 11.2 overs, it needed something miraculous from Bangladesh to turn the game around in their favour. And that’s what Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Afif Hossain ensured as the duo stitched together a record unbeaten seventh-wicket stand to help Bangladesh stage one of the

Tigers await ODI relief

Bangladesh cricket team on Sunday started training ahead of their return to the 50-over format after a gap of seven months at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. The Tigers and the visiting Afghanistan team are in the port city ahead of their three-match one-day international series which will be held in its entirety ... Read more

Tigers looking to counter spin threat

Bangladesh will take on Afghanistan in the first of three ODIs on February 23 and the visitors’ spin threat will be the key component around which the Tigers base their strategies. Despite Afghanistan’s dominant spin attack, national selector Habibul Bashar said that the Tigers, having gotten back key players, are confident going into the series

Tickets for Ban-Afg ODIs to go on sale from Feb 22

Tickets for the upcoming bilateral three-match ODI series between hosts Bangladesh and Afghanistan will go on sale from February 22 at a designated booth at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has already been allowed to have 3000 to 4000 spectators in Chattogram for the ODI series. However, the ... Read more

Comilla win hat-trick BPL title

Comilla Victorians won their hat-trick title in the Bangladesh Premier League with a one-run win in a thrilling final against Fortune Barishal at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Friday. Defending ten runs off the last over and three off the last ball, Comilla’s pacer Shohidul Islam pulled off a successful one as Barishal ... Read more

Rajin named Tigers’ fielding coach for Afghanistan series

Former Bangladesh national cricket team captain Rajin Saleh has been named the interim fielding coach of the Tigers for their forthcoming series against Afghanistan, starting on February 23. ‘We have appointed him [Rajin] as the fielding coach for the series against Afghanistan,’ Bangladesh Cricket Board’s cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus told the media on

Bangladesh squad for ODI series against Afghanistan announced

The Bangladesh Cricket Board today announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Afghanistan, with wholesale changes owing to various reasons. As many as seven players from the 16-member ODI series against Zimbabwe in July last year – the last series for the Tigers – lost their places while five players have ... Read more

Shakib remains unsold again

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan went unsold on Sunday, this time from the unsold players’ list, during the second day’s bid of the two-day IPL auction in Bengaluru today. Shakib, 33, with a highest base price of INR 20 million (US$266,000 approx), went unsold on the day one as no one showed the interest for ... Read more

Mustafizur roped in by Delhi

Bangladesh left-arm paceman Mustafizur Rahman was roped in by Delhi Capitals for the base price of two crore rupees in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Bengaluru today. . Delhi were the only one to bid for the left-armer in the auction. Mustafiz, who played for Rajasthan Royals in the last edition of IPL, ... Read more

Women’s team fails to qualify for C’wealth Games

Bangladesh women’s team lost their virtual final of the Commonwealth Games Women’s Cricket Competition Qualifiers against Sri Lanka by 22 runs at the Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur on Monday. With the defeat, Bangladesh finished second in the five-team qualification competition behind Sri Lanka and missed their chance of securing a place in the next

Mahmudullah, Russell end Dhaka’s losing streak

Mahmudullah played a captain’s knock while Andre Russell played a whirlwind innings to guide Minister Group Dhaka to a four-wicket win over Fortune Barishal at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Monday, their first win in the eighth Bangladesh Premier League after two defeats. Mahmudullah made a run-a-ball 47 while Russell smashed an