Cricket

Bangladesh are an ordinary side. They can’t beat India because they can’t take 20 wickets.” That was Virender Sehwag’s pre-series shooter on Bangladesh on the eve of the first Test in Chittagong. A journalist asked the obvious question – can Bangladesh surprise India? “No. They can’t beat us in Test matches,” Sehwag said. “They can ... Read more

The Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara has replaced Yuvraj Singh as the captain of Kings XI Punjab for this year’s IPL, cricinfo.com quoted. Speculation was rife over the past few weeks in India that Sangakkara was the man to take over the captaincy and Anil Srivatsa, the franchise’s chief executive officer, confirmed the

Australian cricketers could be barred from participating in this year’s IPL, after the right-wing political party, Shiv Sena, warned that they would not be welcome in parts of the country in retaliation for a series of attacks on Indian students in Melbourne, reports cricinfo.com. The Australian Cricketers’ Association, a body which is not recognised by ... Read more

Chittagong: Host Bangladesh and visiting Team India arrived in the port city today to play the 1st Test that scheduled to be held from January 17 at city’s Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZACS). The Indian Test team boosted further after the just concluded Tri-nation Tournament with a fresh inclusion of master batsman Sachin Tendulkar,

Opener Johurul Islam scored a composed hundred as Rajshahi scored a formidable 300 for four against Sylhet on the first day at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Narayanganj. Johurul scored 139 to take the team to a commanding position, while former national captain Khaled Mashud scored 56 to boost the total after being asked to

Sri Lanka won the the Idea Cup triangular tournament, beating India by four wickets in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka on Wednesday. India tossed away wickets freely early on in Mirpur, and without Suresh Raina’s brilliant 106, they would have struggled to put up any sort of total. However, their ... Read more

The first round of the 11th National Cricket League (NCL), country’s lone first-class cricket competition, begins today (Thursday) at three separate venues across the country. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has decided to stage the NCL on a new format. In the first phase six divisional teams will take part on a single league format. Then ... Read more

Badda Ekota Samaj Kalyan Sangha earned a comfortable 70-run victory over Dhanmondi Progati Sangha as Raihan Kabir Mithu emerged with all-round performance in the Metropolis Second Division Cricket League at the City Club ground on Wednesday. Sent into bat first in curtailed 42-over-a-side match due to foggy weather, Badda

After going at each other for the past two months, Sri Lanka and India clash at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today, and if recent encounters are any clue, India are the favourites. That’s not a tag they have ever been comfortable with. Finals of multi-team tournaments have long been India’s dreaded bogie, but against Sri ... Read more

Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team kept up their good form in New Zealand before starting the International Cricket Council U-19 World Cup as they beat Australia by 20 runs in the warm up match at the Elmwood Park in Christchurch on Tuesday. Batting first after winning the toss, Bangladesh scored a decent total of 230 runs ... Read more

India coasted to a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in their second meeting of the Idea Cup tri-nation tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. India’s best fielding performance in ODIs since the Champions Trophy in September last year set up their march to the final by way of a thumping win. It wasn’t ... Read more

Wari Club earned a comfortable 71-run victory over Sinha Textile in the Metropolis 2nd Division Cricket League at the City Club ground on Sunday. Batting first, Wari Club scored 278 for all in 49.3 overs with Mazharul Islam contributing 49 runs. In reply, Sinha Textile were dismissed for 207 runs in 42.1 overs with Roni ... Read more

The Central Organising Committee for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 hailed Bangladesh people’s enthusiasm for the cricket and have expressed their satisfaction over the progress of the preparations for the mega event to be co-hosted by Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. “I’m very much satisfied, as Bangladesh has made a good progress in the ... Read more

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be desperately looking for a victory against Sri Lanka today as a win will put them into the final of the Idea Cup tri-series at the cost of the hosts. India and Sri Lanka are facing off in an ODI for the 21st time in less than 19 months. ... Read more

The Central Organising Committee of the ICC World Cup will unveil the trophy for the ICC World Cup 2011 today at the Bangabandhu International Convention Center as for the first time it will be on display in Bangladesh. ICC Vice President and Chairman of the Central Organizing Committee (COC) of the ICC Cricket World Cup ... Read more

Sadharan Bima Krira Sangstha posted a massive 229-run win over Kakrail Boys Club in the opening match of the second division cricket at Dhaka University ground on Friday. Sadharan Bima riding on a sparkling ton by Naim Sadat, piled up a huge 327 before being all out in 44.2 overs.  Naim hammered ten boundaries and ... Read more

Bangladesh interim captain Shakib Al Hasan has made progress in the ICC Test all-rounders ranking by stepping into the fifth position, said an ICC press release yesterday. Shakib, who is number one in the ODI all-rounders ranking, has now 282 points to topple England’s all-rounder Stuart Broad and grab the fifth position following his brilliant ... Read more

A much-improved batting display was not enough for the Tigers to secure their third success against India as MS Dhoni stood tall with his seventh hundred to shrug off the host’s best score with a six-wicket victory in the Idea Cup tri-nation tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The victory maintained the ... Read more

Barely a month after playing a five-match series in December, many Indians and Sri Lankan thought the participation in the Idea Cup tri-nation one-day tournament was meaningless, but certainly that was not the case for Bangladesh, the other team of the competition. It was an opportunity for them to know how much they have progressed ... Read more

Sri Lanka will be looking to continue their winning run against a resurgent Bangladesh when they face the hosts in the crucial fourth match of the Idea Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today. A win will confirm a final slot for Sri Lanka in the three-nation tournament. The match will start at 2:00pm instead ... Read more