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Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar will arrive in Dhaka on October 14 to unveil the logo of new Dhaka Premier League club Legends of Rupganj, the club announced on Wednesday. The Bangladesh Cricket Board approved the name ‘Legends of Rupganj’ in its Tuesday’s meeting for defending champions Gazi Tank Cricketers that was taken over by a ... Read more

Bangladesh’s new one-day international captain Mashrafee bin Murtaza is looking forward to get the best out of his leadership quality in the upcoming days. The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday dismissed wicketkeeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim as the one-day international captain and replaced him with

Mushfiq to continue as Test captain The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday dismissed wicketkeeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim as the one-day international captain and replaced him with paceman Mashrafee bin Murtaza, introducing a split captaincy for the first time. Mushfiq, who was earlier appointed captain until World Cup 2015, will continue to lead the Test side, BCB ... Read more

In Bangladesh cricket team’s press conferences, ‘Ifs and Buts’ are commonly used by the person designated to face the media prior or after a match, or a series in order to defend their regular failures. It had been the case for a long time and local and international journalists are very familiar with the jargon more ... Read more

A brilliant all-round performance of Soumya Sarkar propelled Bangladesh A team to a six-wicket win in the second one-day match over their Zimbabwean counterparts helping the side to level the three-match series 1-1 at Fatullah on Tuesday. All-rounder Soumya claimed 2-23 and struck 86 off 83 balls as Bangladesh knocked off a revised target of 158 ... Read more

Bangladesh Cricket Board sprung a surprise on Tuesday claiming that the 10-year ban of international umpire Nadir Shah remained in force despite him already conducting a match in a domestic Twenty20 match. BCB President Nazmul Hasan expressed his wonder after watching that the umpires committee allowed Nadir to conduct the semi-final of the Dhaka First Division Cricket ... Read more

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday has decided to defer the forthcoming Dhaka Premier League until November 2 in order to accommodate Bangladesh A team in a tournament as a part of Kolkata Eden Gardens’ 150th anniversary celebration. The tournament, organised by the Cricket Association of Bengal will be held from October 23 to 30. The BCB ... Read more

Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful was given a lifeline to revive his career after a special appeal panel reduced his lengthy ban by three years on Monday, allowing him to return to competitive cricket as early as August 2016. The 30-year-old cricketer was slapped with an eight-year ban from all forms of cricket in June ... Read more

Reigning champions Bangladesh cricket team are afraid that the bad weather could play a big role in their defense of the men’s 17th Asian Games cricket gold medal. Bangladesh will open their campaign on Wednesday against Kuwait, who were through to the quarter-finals on Monday by the toss of a coin over the Maldives

The Bangladesh Cricket Board is all set to name Mashrafee bin Murtaza as the new one-day international captain for the national cricket team when it will hold a crucial meeting today. The BCB, had in principal, agreed to split the captaincy in its previous meeting but decided to wait until the end of West Indies ... Read more

A Bangladeshi cricket team was invited to take part in a tournament organised by the cricket association of Bengal for celebrating the 150th year’s anniversary of Eden Gardens, said Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan on Monday. Former Indian national cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly sent the invitation letter on behalf of the CAB to ... Read more

Bangladesh cricket team started their preparation for the Asian Games with nearly a three-hour long practice session at the Songdo LNG Baseball Stadium on Sunday. Arriving the day before, Tigers did not waste the chance of getting themselves acclimatised with the condition prior to their opener on October 1 in the

Regis Chakabva struck a century to set up a 17-run win for Zimbabwe A team as the visitors drew the first blood in the three-match one-day series against the Bangladesh A team at Fatullah on Sunday. Opting to bat first, Zimbabwe A, who lost the preceding unofficial Test series 2-0, assembled 253-6 before Bangladesh A were ... Read more

Bangladesh women’s cricket team lost an easy chance of grabbing country’s first gold medal in the 17th Asian Games when they lost to Pakistan by four runs in the final in Incheon on Friday. Some mindless batting in the last two overs saw the Bangladesh team collapsed from a firm position to be restricted to 38-9 ... Read more

Bangladesh women cricketers were heart-broken when they came so close to being part of history before losing to Pakistan by four runs in the Asian Games final in Incheon, South Korea on Friday. Pakistan defeated Bangladesh in the earlier edition of the Asian Games when cricket discipline was introduced for the first time and yet they ... Read more

Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka in semis, face Pakistan in the final today Bangladesh women’s cricket team continued their brilliant performance in the Asian Games as they moved into the final after thumping Sri Lanka by 25 runs in Incheon, South Korea, on Thursday. The win at the Yeonhui Cricket ground set up a final against Pakistan, ... Read more

Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan dropped a strong hint on Thursday that Mashrafee bin Murtaza will be appointed as the country’s one-day international captain for the Zimbabwe series next week. Mashrafee is widely tipped to take over the ODI side from Mushfiqur Rahim after the BCB announced the plan for split-captaincy last month in the ... Read more

Bangladesh cricket team will be looking to put aside their recent poor performances and gain some confidence for the future series when they play in the Asian Games, skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza said on Thursday. Bangladesh, the reigning gold medallists, will leave home today for the meet now being held in Incheon, South Korea. Mashrafee will lead ... Read more