Cricket

The Bangladesh national women’s cricket team targeted Pakistan as they left for India on Tuesday to take part in the ICC World Twenty20. Skipper Jahanara Alam said they are confident of putting up an impressive show in the tournament despite being pitted against some of the leading sides. Bangladesh are currently ranked ninth in ICC ... Read more

Bangladesh can take a lot from the inaugural edition of Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament despite losing the final to India by eight wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. The unexpected rain that halted the match before being curtailed into a 15-over-a-side affair was a bit too much for the Tigers to digest as ... Read more

Opener Shikhar Dhawan hit a timely form to score a fifty as India broke the hearts of Bangladesh with a crushing eight-wicket win to clinch their sixth Asia Cup title in Dhaka on Sunday. Al-Amin Hossain struck early to remove dangerman Rohit Sharma for just one but Dhawan and Kohli put 94 runs for the ... Read more

India beat Bangladesh by eight wickets to clinch their sixth the Asia Cup title at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Sunday. Shikhar Dhawan made highest 60 off 44 balls as India reached 122-2 in 13.5 overs after restricting Bangladesh to 120-5. The match was reduced to 15-over-a-side affair after rain and thunder storm ... Read more

The drainage system at the Sher-e-Bangla national stadium did a wonder once again as it prevented the Asia Cup final between Bangladesh and India from being washed out on Sunday. Heavy downpour coupled with gusty wind made the game all but uncertain as part of the ground went under ankle-deep water. Rain did not stop ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday grabbed several counterfeited tickets during the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament final between India and Bangladesh as fans were cheated through forgery. The tricksters took the chance with the ignorance of the fans, who went crazy for the ticket of the final. A ticket was the most sought after commodity ... Read more

Bangladesh will be eyeing to register their mark in cricket’s shortest format when they take on India in the final of the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament at Mirpur today. The home side will have to defy all the odds to fetch a victory as their opponents are currently ICC number one ranked Twenty20 squad with ... Read more

In the pre-match press conference on Saturday, Bangladesh captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza was asked if their Asia Cup final against India is the biggest ever match they are going to be involved. Mashrafee put their World Cup quarter-final against the same opponents in Melbourne ahead of it. But the 32-year old veteran had no hesitation ... Read more

Cricket fan Ismath Jerin Barsha had to wait for nearly 20 hours in the queue to collect her ticket for the Asia Cup final between Bangladesh and India, scheduled in Mirpur today. Barsha watched almost every match from the gallery for the last six years, but she never faced such a long queue to buy ... Read more

Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan suffered a minor pain-condition injury on his left hip zone ahead of Bangladesh’s Asia Cup Twenty20 final against India at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium scheduled today. The severity of his injury will not rule him out from the final unless it is aggravated substantially although the team management decided

India will not bother playing in front of a full house of antagonising fans when they take on hosts Bangladesh in the Asia Cup final today, said team director Ravi Shastri on Saturday. Indian fans outnumber their counterparts almost everywhere in the world with Bangladesh being one of the few exceptions where they get exactly ... Read more

Two good overs with the bat and ball can change the fate of a Twenty20 match, said Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal as they prepare for the Asia Cup final against India in Dhaka. ‘Twenty20 is a game of 20 overs,’ Tamim said on the sidelines of a practice session on Friday. ‘But I would say ... Read more

Top-ranked India will be wary of a resurgent Bangladesh cricket team as they take on the hosts in the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament final in Dhaka on Sunday. India crushed Bangladesh by 45 runs in the opening match, but the hosts have since made a turnaround in their form wining three matches on the trot ... Read more

The demand for tickets to the Asia Cup final between Bangladesh and India reached the ultimate height as hosts’ fans are not interested to settle with anything but being present at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday. Although Bangladesh hosted numerous international matches in recent times, Bangladesh Cricket Board officials said that the demand

A Chicago-based Pakistani cricket fan Basheer Bozai denied that he was forced to wear Bangladeshi flag during Wednesday’s Bangladesh-Pakistan Asia Cup match in Mirpur. Some photos of Bozai wearing Bangladeshi flag apparently being forced by the supporters of local member of parliament Elias Mollah went viral in social media on Friday.

India warmed up for the Asia Cup final against Bangladesh with a crushing nine-wicket win over minnows UAE in their last league match in Dhaka on Thursday. A disciplined Indian attack restricted UAE to a meagre 81-9 before they reached 82-1 in just 10.1 overs to complete the win, their fourth in as many matches ... Read more

Bangladesh’s batsman Mahmudullah was relieved to bury the ghost of Asia Cup final of 2012 against Pakistan as he successfully overcame a similar situation to rescue the Tigers on Wednesday. Mahmudullah failed to collect nine runs from six balls against Pakistan during that final but played an important role with his unbeaten 22 runs to ... Read more

Bangladesh have finally turned into a force in Twenty20 cricket after years of struggle in the format, observed chief selector Faruk Ahmed on Thursday. A good showdown in the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament that took them through to the final was all that was necessary for the Tigers to get back the much required self-belief. ... Read more

Bangladesh’s ace all-rounder Sakib al Hasan received an official reprimand for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during his side’s Asia Cup Twenty20 match against Pakistan in Mirpur on Wednesday, stated an ICC press release. On Thursday morning, Sakib admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by Jeff Crowe of the ... Read more

Bangladesh’s lower-order batsmen kept their cool under pressure to beat Pakistan by five wickets and qualify for the Asia Cup Twenty20 final in Dhaka on Wednesday. Soumya Sarkar made highest 48 runs in as many balls as Bangladesh reached 131-5 in 19.1 over after restricting Pakistan to 129-7 at the packed Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.