Cricket

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.

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza hailed their Wednesday’s five-wicket win over Pakistan as their biggest achievement in Twenty20 format and hoped it will give them a perfect boost for the ICC World Twenty20 in India. Mashrafee, who led the Tigers from the front with 12 crucial runs, said he always believed that Bangladesh would reach ... Read more

Bangladeshi pace bowlers proved once again why they are considered a dominant force in world cricket today as they put up a commendable show against Pakistan on Wednesday despite missing their key member Mustafizur Rahman. The absence of Mustafizur was expected to be a big blow for the Tigers as he is considered to be ... Read more

If Soumya Sarkar could hold the catch of Dinesh Chandimal at slip in the second ball of Sri Lankan innings it would have been five straight ducks for an opener in the Asia Cup. Opening is a privilege in every format of cricket and it is more so in Twenty20 because batsmen get the opportunity ... Read more

English county team Sussex have signed Bangladesh left-arm seamer Mustafizur Rahman for this season’s NatWest T20 Blast competition, the club announced on Wednesday. Mustafiz, 20, will become the first ever Bangladesh international to play for Sussex. Mustafiz will be the third Bangladeshi player

Former Pakistan fast bowler and current United Arab Emirates coach Aaqib Javed feels Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed are better bowlers than Indian medium pacer Jasprit Bumrah. Speaking to reporters ahead of UAE’s today’s last Asia Cup match against India, Aaqib said Bumrah is someone, who will ‘find it difficult’ to play a decade

Bangladesh will fancy their chances against red-hot favourites India as the Asia Cup Twenty20 Tournament commences today with the hosts taking on pre-tournament favourites at Mirpur. The game, which starts at 7:30pm, will give the Tigers a chance to see where they stand after two months of intense training away from Dhaka amid tranquility of ... Read more

Mashrafee bin Murtaza’s press conference lasted for nearly 15 minutes and Mustafizur Rahman dominated nearly half of them. The progress of Mustafiz took the centre stage even during the press conference of Indian batsman Virat Kohli. Hardly a single player could dominate the talks in a way before a tournament as big as Asia Cup. ... Read more

Star Indian batsman Virat Kohli welcomed the return of tainted Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Amir in international cricket and wished him all the best ahead of their Asia Cup contest in Dhaka. India and Pakistan will renew cricket’s most bitter rivalry this week after a one-year gap when they face off in the Asia Cup, a ... Read more

Ace Bangladeshi all-rounder Sakib al Hasan is determined to rectify his shortcomings as he knows it is time to deliver in the national jersey. The talismanic cricketer began his preparation earlier than his national team-mates through a rigorous three-hour session with his childhood mentor Mohammad Salahuddin. He followed his individual workout by joining his national

Afghanistan pacer Dawlat Zadran struck two sixes in consecutive deliveries of last over in their Asia Cup qualifying round match against Oman on Saturday at Fatullah to help his side clinch a three-wicket victory. Oman made 165-4 and Zardan came into the wicket in the second ball of the last over with the score of ... Read more