Bangladesh registered their back-to-back wins over New Zealand as they beat the Black Caps by four runs in the second of the five-match Twenty20 series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday. Chasing a target of 142 runs to win, the tourists managed to score 137-5 in 20 overs. Win the win, Bangladesh lead the ... Read more
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Tamim’s decision opens door for others
Tamim Iqbal’s decision to withdraw from consideration for the upcoming ICC World T20I will surely have a positive impact on those contending for Bangladesh’s opening slots, which remains among the major areas of concern for the team management before announcing the squad. Despite being the most successful opener that Bangladesh
Tamim opts out of T20 WC
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal on Wednesday made himself unavailable for selection for the forthcoming Twenty20 World Cup to make way for other openers who have played more T20s for the Tigers in recent times. The Twenty20 World Cup is scheduled to be held in UAE and Oman from October 17 to November 14 and Bangladesh ... Read more
Bangladesh register first-ever win against Kiwis in T20Is
Bangladesh registered their first-ever Twenty20 international win against New Zealand as they beat the Black Caps by seven wickets in the first of the five-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. After folding out a second string New Zealand side for 60 in 16.5 overs – their joint-lowest total in T20Is – the hosts ... Read more
BCB to ensure same bio-bubble for Kiwis
Bangladesh Cricket Board will replicate the bio-bubble arrangements they provided for Australia in the recently concluded series in the forthcoming home series against New Zealand The home of cricket in Mirpur once again returned to its usual business. The cricketers started the optional individual training session ahead of the upcoming home
Tigers set to get back to grind
Following a short break after their historic 4-1 T20I series win over Australia last week, the Tigers are all set to return to a busy schedule within the next few days. The cricketers are scheduled to start optional individual training at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur from today, but Mushfiqur Rahim started training a few days back. Selectors ... Read more
Mr. Champion
Shakib voted ICC player of the month for July 2021 Shakib Al Hasan delivers a great performance in Zimbabwe tour in July. The world’s best all-rounder has shined in Tests, ODIs and T20s in the full series. Due to his great performance, he took place in the top three of the best cricketers of July. ... Read more
Shakib reclaimed top position
He has been voted the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for July 2021 Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib al Hasan has reclaimed the top spot in the ICC T20I all-rounder rankings and was also voted the ICC player of the month for July following Bangladesh’s first-ever bilateral series win against Australia. Meanwhile, ace left-arm paceman ... Read more
Aussies end winless streak against Tigers
Australia ended their winless streak in the ongoing series by registering a three-wicket win over Bangladesh in the fourth Twenty20 match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Daniel Christian’s whirlwind 39 off 15 balls and Ashton Agar’s run-a-ball 27 powered Australia to 105-7, their first win in the tour after suffering defeats in the ... Read more
Tigers take historic series
Clinch first-ever series against Australia Bangladesh completed a historic 10-run win over Australia in the third Twenty20 to register their first ever series win over Australia in any format of the game at the Sher-e Bangla National Stadium on Friday. Mustafizur Rahman went wicketless but conceded just nine runs in his quota of four overs ... Read more
Tigers win big in Mahmudullah’s ‘final Test’
Match analysis Tigers win big in Mahmudullah’s ‘final Test’ Off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz took the best match figures for a Bangladesh bowler overseas to help dismiss Zimbabwe for 256 and see his side to a 220-run win on the fifth day of the only Test at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday. Zimbabwe had been ... Read more
A mixed but encouraging bag
The 2-1 ODI series win over Sri Lanka was not only Bangladesh’s maiden bilateral ODI series win against the nation, but also managed to vault the Tigers to the top of the ICC ODI Super League. The Tigers’ think-tank was seeking improvement in quite a few areas before the start of the series but despite ... Read more
A lot of work to be done
Tamim says after Tigers lose the 3rd ODI by 97 runs Bangladesh were unable to execute the perfect game as Sri Lanka bounced back from two defeats with a convincing 97-run win in the third and final ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. Skipper Kusal Perera’s magnificent hundred helped the tourists post ... Read more
‘No excuses,’ says Domingo but doesn’t know if ‘rules changed’
Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo said that he was not looking for any excuses although he reiterated that the conditions and the DLS confusion stacked against his side in the second T20I at Napier as New Zealand won by 28 runs following DLS method. The required target was not given to the Tigers when they ... Read more
Tigers heading to Napier for 31-0?
The Tigers sit at 30-0 after a crushing 66-run New Zealand win in the first of the three-match T20I series at the Seddon Park in Hamilton yesterday. It was the Tigers’ 30th international match across all formats against the Black Caps in their backyard and the outcome was as similar as it was in the ... Read more
Bangladesh Legends to fly for India Saturday
Bangladesh Legends, a team formed with former cricketers, will leave for India on Saturday to take part in the ‘Unacademy Road Safety World Series T20’, scheduled to be held at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur from March 5 to March 21. In the opening match, Bangladesh will take on the ... Read more
Nasir and Tamima defend their marriage
Cricketer Nasir Hossain and his newly-wed wife Tamima Sultana on Wednesday defended their marriage hours after Tamima’s ex-husband Rakib Hasan filed a case against the couple accusing them of adultery.Rakib filed the case with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jashim in which he accused Nasir of marrying Tamima without the latter formally divorcing him, said his ... Read more
Bangladesh clean sweep West Indies
Bangladesh clinched the one-day international series and moved up to second position in the World Cup Super League points table by defeating West Indies by 120 runs in the third and final match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Monday. The veterans led the way for the hosts as skipper Tamim Iqbal,
BCB calls off Sri Lanka series for now
Shifts focus on domestic cricket The stalemate between Bangladesh Cricket Board and Sri Lanka Cricket came to a disappointing end on Monday with BCB president Nazmul Hasan calling off the tour after the boards failed to reach an agreement on the quarantine policy. Bangladesh national team was supposed to fly for Sri Lanka on September ... Read more
Mashrafe recovers from coronavirus
Former Bangladesh ODI skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza today announced through a Facebook post that he had tested negative for coronavirus. “Alhamdulillah. By the grace of the Almighty and due to all of your prayers, I have been tested negative for coronavirus. I received the