Rangpur Riders brought high-flying Chittagong Kings down to earth with a thrilling five-wicket win in the last over of their Bangladesh Premier League encounter at Mirpur on Saturday. Set a target of 161 runs, Riders needed 16 runs in the final over and they got exactly that to record their first win in five matches, ... Read more
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Sakib show sinks Burners
Ace all-rounder Sakib al Hasan produced a masterful performance with both bat and ball to enable Dhaka Gladiators to a straightforward eight-wicket win over Barisal Burners in the Bangladesh Premier League at Mirpur on Saturday. Besides grabbing 2-22 with the leather, Sakib blasted 54 runs from 31 balls as Dhaka
Jurgensen confirmed as new Tigers coach
Saqlain may return, no decision on local assistant coach, six-players told to take proper rest before SL series Bowling coach Shane Jurgensen was confirmed as the new head coach of the Bangladesh cricket team for one year, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Saturday. The decision was made at a meeting of the cricket operations ... Read more
BPL avoids boycott narrowly
The payment row in the Bangladesh Premier League has nearly caused a major embarrassment for the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday when seven foreign cricketers of Duronto Rajshahi refused to take to the field for non-payment of their dues. After a lot of drama behind the scenes, they finally played the game against
Royal victory for Kings
Chittagong Kings rewrote the record that they set up 24 hours ago when they humiliated table-toppers Sylhet Royals by 119 runs in the Bangladesh Premier League on Friday. This is the biggest ever victory margin recorded in a BPL match in its brief history, improving Kings’ 89-run win over Khulna Royal Bengals in their previous ... Read more
Shahriar sees KRB home
Shahriar Nafees became the latest cricketer to have benefitted from quitting captaincy in the Bangladesh Premier League when his 51-ball 71 guided a struggling Khulna Royal Bengals to a seven-wicket win over Duronto Rajshahi on Friday. Shahriar gave up the captaincy after Royal Bengals were shot out for the tournament’s
Aminul likely to join Tigers
Former Bangladesh captain Aminul Islam could join the national team coaching set-up for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe if everything goes according to plan. Bangladesh Cricket Board has decided to include a local assistant coach in the national team management to help Shane Jurgensen, who is set to be the interim head ... Read more
Kings gun down sorry KRB
Ryan ten Doeschate played a brilliant unbeaten innings of 95 runs from 61 balls to set up a crushing 89-run win for Chittagong Kings over Khulna Royal Bengals in the Bangladesh Premier League on Thursday. Looked set for a disaster with 10-3, the Dutchman batted sensibly to take Kings to a respectable 156-5 before their ... Read more
Shamsur’s innings goes in vain
Shamsur Rahman played a stunning innings of 98 not out but it went in vain as Sylhet Royals beat Rangpur Riders by six wickets in the Bangladesh Premier League match in Mirpur on Thursday. Half-centuries from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Mushfiqur Rahim propelled Royals to 198-4 for the highest ever successful run-chase in BPL after their ... Read more
Doeschate makes mark finally
Dutchman Ryan ten Doeschate finally made his mark in the Bangladesh Premier League when he scored a match-winning 95 runs for Chittagong Kings against Khulna Royal Bengals on Thursday. Ten Doeschate, often hailed as Sachin Tendulkar of ICC associate member nations, was getting a start in every game that he played since making his BPL ... Read more
Clemon Indoor Uni Cricket begins on Feb 22
The Clemon Indoor Uni Cricket Tournament begins from February 22 at the Mirpur Indoor Stadium where 32 university teams from across the country will be competing. Former cricketers Khaled Mashud, Akram Khan and Athar Ali Khan are organisers of this tournament. Clemon is the title sponsor while Walton is the co-sponsor, it was declared at ... Read more
Sakib set to miss SL, Zimbabwe Test series
Bangladesh is likely to miss the services of Sakib al Hasan in the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe after his latest scan report showed he has had a rare neuromuscular disorder induced by exercise. The BCB took Sakib for a scan and diagnosis on Thursday after he complained of his
Taylor enjoying BPL
Brendan Taylor said he is enjoying the Bangladesh Premier League as he is among the top run-getters with 249 for the Chittagong Kings after a scintillating start to the campaign. Taylor, captain of the Zimbabwe national side, has struck three fifties so far with a strike rate of 125 and the wicketkeeper-batsman is now second ... Read more
SA batsman Miller joins Kings
South African middle-order batsman David Miller was added to the Chittagong Kings squad on Wednesday to boost the port-city outfit’s hopes of sealing a place in the semi-final. Miller, who has played 18 one-day internationals and 11 Twenty20 matches for South Africa, arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at
Jahirul propels Duronto
Jahirul Islam extended his purple patch as Duronto Rajshahi registered their third consecutive win, this time over league leaders Sylhet Royals courtesy of their five-wicket win at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday. Jahirul gave up his captaincy three matches ago to facilitate his batting and the decision earned him rich dividends coming into this game against ... Read more
Anamul destroys Riders
Young Anamul Haque once again showed why he’s a brilliant prospect for the future with a stroke-filled 83 off just 46 balls that led the Dhaka Gladiators to a whopping 89-run victory over the Rangpur Riders at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Batting first Dhaka posted 217, the highest in the Bangladesh Premier ... Read more
Injury scare for Tamim
Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal suffered an injury scare on Tuesday while he was fielding for Duronto Rajshahi during his side’s Bangladesh Premier League match against Sylhet Royals. Tamim left the field in sheer pain after he was hit by the ball during the 15th over of Royals’ innings and could not take any further part ... Read more
Shah walks out of BPL?
Dhaka Gladiators’ disgruntled English cricketer Owais Shah has walked out of the Bangladesh Premier League days after a drama unfolded over his payment, said the officials. Shah was involved in an ugly episode when he alleged that he was not paid by the franchise despite several promises. The franchise shifted the blame on BCB saying
Players receive wages, but not all from BCB
After failing several deadlines, the Bangladesh Cricket Board is still unsure whether all the players received at least 25 per cent of their payment fully as two franchises did not deposit any money to its account. Instead of paying the players through the BCB, Chittagong Kings and Sylhet Royals claimed that they have the made ... Read more
Duronto ease into win
Tamim Iqbal and Charles Coventry shared 95 runs for the opening-wicket stand as Duronto Rajshahi cantered to a seven-wicket win over Rangpur Riders in Dhaka on Monday. Tamim entertained the handful crowd at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium with his third BPL half-century and he was joined by Coventry in almost equal measure,