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Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Rain played spoilsport as the first ODI between Bangladesh and New Zealand was called off due to rain at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Prior to the announcement, there was were interruptions in the fifth over of the innings and then in the 34th over. New Zealand were at ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Sharfuddoula Ibne Shaid Saikat is set to become the first Bangladeshi umpire to officiate in a Men’s One-Day International World Cup as he was appointed by the International Cricket Council for the forthcoming global event on Friday. Saikat is part of the 16-member umpiring team appointed by the ICC to officiate ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh national team started the Super Four stage of their Asia Cup 2023 campaign on wrong foot as they lost to Pakistan by seven wickets at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday. The Tigers failed to replicate their batting effort from their last game against Afghanistan as they were bundled ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Toffee, the digital entertainment platform of Banglalink, has acquired the rights to live stream the upcoming Asia Cup 2023 and ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 by signing an agreement with Top of Mind. The agreement was signed by Banglalink and Top of Mind recently at the Banglalink office, Tiger’s Den, ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Veteran Mahmudullah did not make the cut while Tanzid Hasan Tamim got his first national team call-up as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 17-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup on Saturday. The Asia Cup co-hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka will kick-off on August 30. After the BCB ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Shakib Al Hasan has been appointed Bangladesh ODI captain once again, and will lead them in the Asia Cup and World Cup. BCB President Nazmul Hassan Papon announced the board’s decision to reporters at his residence in the capital. “We have appointed Shakib as the captain for Asia Cup and World ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh one-day international skipper Tamim Iqbal stepped down from his role on Thursday and will be unavailable for the forthcoming Asia Cup to overcome his recurrence of back pain. However, the veteran opener is expected to be available for the New Zealand series at home in September, followed by the ICC ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh One-Day International (ODI) captain Tamim Iqbal underwent an invasive pain management procedure in London for his back pain, informed the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in a press release on Friday, reports news agency BSS. “Tamim consulted a spine specialist for his ongoing back pain and underwent invasive pain management procedure ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh women’s team pacer Marufa Akter was overjoyed after passing the SSC examination with a GPA of 4.06 in the Arts discipline. The results of this year’s SSC and Equivalent exams were published at 11:00am on Friday. Marufa had sat in the examination from Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP). “I couldn’t ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has been suspended for her team’s next two international matches following two separate breaches of the ICC Code of Conduct during the third match of their ICC Women’s Championship series against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Saturday. Kaur was fined 50 per cent of her match fee and ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com India women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur escaped with a fine of 75 per cent match fees despite smashing stumps during Saturday’s tied third one-day international against Bangladesh and then making controversial comments against umpires in the post-match presentation. A Bangladesh Cricket Board official told New Age that Harmanpreet was fined ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan Papon announced a cash bonus of Tk 35 lakh for the women’s team on Sunday following the team’s success against India. The Tigresses registered their first win against India in ODIs and drew the series 1-1 after being beaten 2-1 in T20I series. “Normally we ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com After Fargana Hoque hit the first ever hundred for Bangladesh women, Nahida Akter claimed crucial three wickets to earn a sensational tie in the third and final ODI against their Indian counterparts and finish the three-match series 1-1 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. Fargana made a 160-ball 107, hitting ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Liton Das and Afif Hossain made a flying start to propel Bangladesh to clinch the two-match Twenty20 International series against Afghanistan, as they registered a six-wicket win in D/L method in the rain-hit second match of the series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. This is the third consecutive ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Bangladesh women’s cricket team registered their maiden one-day international victory as they beat their counterpart Asia Cup champions India by 40 runs in D/L method in the first ODI of the three-match one-day international series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. This was also Bangladesh’s first ODI win in the ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com After a lot of drama on and off the field since Tamim Iqbal’s retirement saga, Bangladesh’s seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in the last ODI was a relief for the Tigers’ camp, especially considering how the Tigers conceded the streak of three straight losses in the first two games in Chattogram. However, ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Premier Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has moved up three places to return into the top 10 of the ICC ODI bowling rankings. The left-arm spinner took four wickets in the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan. His compatriot Liton Das, who took charge of captaincy for the final two ODIs, moved ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com The ODI series ended 2-1 in favour of Afghanistan after Bangladesh’s seven-wicket win in the dead rubber third and final match yesterday and the conclusion of an important series ahead of the Asia Cup and World Cup will now see the Tigers turn their attention to preparations for those events. Key ... Read more

Sports Desk : dhakamirror.com Despite valiant efforts from the bowlers and skipper Nigar Sultana Joty with the bat in hand, Bangladesh women’s team suffered an agonising eight-run defeat against their Indian counterparts in the second T20I at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today. India women’s team won a low-scoring thriller by eight runs in ... Read more