After losing their respective first matches, both Rangpur Riders and Chittagong Kings are eager to open their account in the Bangladesh Premier League when they take on each other at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna today. Kings were shocked in their tournament opener by Duronto Rajshahi when they were handed a two-run defeat in a ... Read more
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Tamim fined for slow over rate
Duronto Rajshahi captain Tamim Iqbal became the first cricketer to receive a penalty in the Bangladesh Premier after the match referee fined him Tk 50,000 for maintaining a slow over rate during their match against Sylhet Royals. Match referee Roquibul Hassan imposed the fine after Duronto were ruled to be two overs
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Raihan missed a hundred by three runs but his effort helped Tasin Hasin Cricket Academy secure a comfortable 75-run victory over Bangladesh Boys Club in the First Division Cricket Super League match at BKSP yesterday. In the day’s other match, Partex Sporting Club defeated Indira Road Krira Chakra by
Burners burn Royal Bengals
Khulna Royal Bengals added four new players to their line-up but could not change their fortune as Barisal Burners handed them their second defeat in the Bangladesh Premier League at Mirpur on Sunday. Brad Hodge returned to lead the Barisal side after his Big Bash duty with Melbourne Stars and made an instant impact scoring ... Read more
T20 success revives Hodge hopes
Successes in Twenty20 competitions have inspired Australia’s Brad Hodge to make a bid to win back his place in the Australia Test squad for the upcoming Ashes series. Hodge is one of the very few cricketers to have scored runs consistently in domestic cricket but never won the heart of the selectors, who had cut ... Read more
Chigumbura scripts Royals win
Elton Chigumbura and Nazmul Hossain Milon turned the corner to help Sylhet Royals post a four-wicket comeback win over Duronto Rajshahi in their second Bangladesh Premier League match on Sunday. Replying to Duronto’s modest 147-8, Royals looked down and out when they had lost six wickets for 80 runs before Chigumbura joined Nazmul to stun ... Read more
Rowdy Shanto
Nazmul Hassan Shanto continued his purple patch and scored an unbeaten 217 not out as Rajshahi declared their first innings on 334 for five against Sylhet in their second round match of the Young Tigers U-18 National Cricket Competition at the Cricket Garden in Rangpur yesterday. Shanto had earlier scored 185 against BKSP in the ... Read more
Duronto shock Kings in low-scoring thriller
Tamim Iqbal led Duronto Rajshahi to a two-run win in a low-scoring thriller over his former team Chittagong Kings, albeit not with his bat, but with his brilliant fielding and captaincy at Mirpur on Saturday. Kings lost three wickets in the first three balls of the last over to be bowled out for 97 runs, ... Read more
Tamim proves his point
Duronto Rajshahi skipper Tamim Iqbal said he had a point to prove against Chittagong Kings after his poor show in the inaugural season of the Bangladesh Premier League last year. Tamim could score just 17 off 16 balls, but his brilliant fielding and captaincy were catalyst for Duronto’s thrilling two-run win against a side who ... Read more
Ashraful powers Gladiators
Mohammad Ashraful plundered a powerful half-century to show his value as holders Dhaka Gladiators crushed newcomers Rangpur Riders by 35 runs to post their second successive win in the Bangladesh Premier League on Saturday. Sold for just $60,000 at the auction, much less than even many new young players,
‘No benefit if stands empty’
There were no ball-bashing or towering hits, but still there was no shortage of excitement in the low-scoring match between Duronto Rajshahi and Chittagong Kings yesterday. But the almost empty stands at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur was in stark contrast with the proceedings on the field. Nobody wants to play in front of ... Read more
Gladiators thrash listless Khulna
Holders Dhaka Gladiators got off to a flying start in the Bangladesh Premier League when they thrashed a depleted Khulna Royal Bengals by 62 runs in the opening match on Saturday. Half-centuries from Owais Shah and Anamul Haque steered Gladiators to a massive 204-4 before left-arm spinner Mosharraf Hossain claimed 4-9 to restrict Royal Bengals
BCB accuses PCB of lying
Bangladesh Cricket Board accused the Pakistan Cricket Board of lying after the latter claimed it was kept out of the process for release of the players for the Bangladesh Premier League. The PCB in a statement on Wednesday alleged that the auction of the Pakistani cricketers was done without prior intimation to them and that ... Read more
Kings wary of Tamim threat
National opener Tamim Iqbal has a chance to show his worth to his former franchise Chittagong Kings when his new team Duranto Rajshahi take on the port-city outfit in the first match of the Bangladesh Premier League today. Tamim had a tough time in the Kings camp in the inaugural season when he could play only two ... Read more
Royals make winning start
Sylhet Royals, the whipping boys in the first edition, put their woes behind and made a winning start in the second edition of the Bangladesh Premier League when they beat Barisal Burners by 33 runs on Friday. Royals had lost to the same Burners in their opening match of the first season after Chris Gayle ... Read more
Lara bats for T20 cricket
The growing Twenty20 tournaments in the world will bring no harm to Test cricket as they can go on simultaneously, said former West Indies great Brian Lara on Thursday. ‘I believe now with T20 cricket, a lot more people are watching the game,’ Lara told reporters at a city hotel in Dhaka after he joined ... Read more
2nd BPL rolls out today
After all the off-field drama and controversies, the second Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) rolls on the greens of the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today with defending champions Dhaka Gladiators taking on Khulna Royal Bengals in the opening match at 2pm. Barisal Burners face off Sylhet Royals in the other match at 6pm at the ... Read more
Gladiators begin title defence against Royal Bengals today
Holders Dhaka Gladiators will kick off their title defence against a depleted Khulna Royal Bengals as action of the second Bangladesh Premier League begins today at Mirpur. The match could turn into a one-sided affair after Khulna lost much of their strength, unlike their opponents, with the Pakistanis pulling out of the
Mahmud quits BCB to join Kings
Former national skipper Khaled Mahmud resigned from the ad hoc committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board to join Chittagong Kings as their coach for the Bangladesh Premier League. Mahmud made the decision late on Wednesday and was unveiled after he took over the charge of Kings in the morning. He was one of the 13 ... Read more
Katich to lead Duranto Rajshahi
Former Australian Test opener Simon Katich will lead Duranto Rajshahi in the second edition of Bangladesh Premier League, the franchise said on Thursday. Katich, who led Perth Scorchers to the Big Bash final this season, will have Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal as his deputy for the tournament