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Former Bangladesh ODI skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has tested positive for coronavirus once again after undergoing the test four days ago for the second time, sources close to the right-arm pacer confirmed. Mashrafe, who is the elected Member of Parliament from Narail-2, had tested positive for the virus on June 20 for the first time. ... Read more

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have mutually agreed to postpone the Tigers’ upcoming tour of the island country, the host board announced yesterday. There was a lot of buzz about the July tour, deferred now to a ‘mutually planned later date’, which would feature a three-match Test series that would be ... Read more

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who was banned by the ICC in October last year for failing to report corrupt approaches from a bookie, said that he made the mistake of taking those approaches ‘too casually’ and that he could have been banned for five or even 10 years during an interview with Harsha Bhogle ... Read more

Bangladesh ace paceman Mustafizur Rahman has been struggling with the ball in recent series and his death bowling skills not is not as potent as it used to be when he stormed onto the scene back in 2015. National selector Habibul Bashar was of the opinion that Fizz is becoming predictable. During the second match ... Read more

Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim’s name was part of a late inclusion in the final list of 332 players shortlisted by the Indian Premier League (IPL) governing council and will go under the hammer in the auction scheduled for December 19 in Kolkata. Mushfiqur was not initially part of the 971 players who registered for the

Bangladesh men’s Under-23 team on Monday secured gold medal in the 13th South Asian Games when they beat their Sri Lankan counterparts by seven wickets in the final at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, Nepal. Pacer Hasan Mahmud claimed 3-20 while Tanvir Islam took two wickets as

Bangladesh women’s cricket team claimed gold in the 13th South Asian Games, beating Sri Lanka in an enthralling final by 2 runs at Pokhara today. Batting first, Bangladesh made just 91 but the bowlers did a remarkable job defending a small target. Salma Khatun, Nahida Akter and Jahanara Alam landed early blows with the ball ... Read more

India 148 for 6 in 20 overs. Bangladesh 154 for 3 in 19.3 overs. Bangladesh registered their first ever T20I win against India at the Arun Jaitely Stadium in New Delhi today. The Tigers won by seven wickets with three balls remaining in the first of their three T20Is. Coming in to chase a 149-run ... Read more

Leg-spinner Aminul Islam and pacer Shafiul Islam claimed two wickets each as Bangladesh restricted India to 148-6 in the first of three Twenty20 international series at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday. Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan top-scored with 41 off 42 balls while Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer made 27 and 22 runs ... Read more

The Bangladesh T20I squad for the India tour, led by Mahmudullah Riyad, reached New Delhi at 5:00pm local time (5:30pm BST) yesterday, ahead of their first multi-format series against India in their backyard. The Tigers will play a three-match T20I series, starting from November 3, before playing a two-match Test series. Prior to the crucial ... Read more

Argentina national football team might play a FIFA friendly match against Paraguay at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on November 18, three days after a match between Paraguay and Venezuela at the same venue, according to official twitter accounts of Venezuela and Paraguay football governing bodies. Although Bangladesh Football Federation high-ups claimed the matches are not

Bangladesh’s batting consultant Neil McKenzie is all set to work with the national team during their first Test against India, scheduled to be held in Indore from November 14-18. This will be the first time the former South African batsman will work with the Tigers in the longer-format after being appointed as their batting consultant ... Read more

Bangladesh are yet to come into their own as a settled unit in cricket’s shortest format and one of the biggest barriers to achieving that is the absence of a power hitter. The Tigers had to come up with different strategies to overcome this deficiency, at times taking unconventional approaches. Most recently, it was promoting ... Read more

Bangladesh’s head coach Russell Domingo on Tuesday backed his side to beat Afghanistan provided they could build pressure on the neighbouring side as well as keep their patience in the contest. The hosts will take on the newest member in Test cricket in the one-off Test series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on ... Read more

Afghanistan’s interim head coach Andy Moles on Tuesday termed his side ‘underdogs’ in the one-off Test series against Bangladesh but claimed that they were not scared of Bangladesh. The visitors will take on the Tigers in the lone Test-match on Thursday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram with no short of confidence after displaying ... Read more

Mustafizur Rahman will not be turning out for Bangladesh in the one-off Test against Afghanistan as the left-arm pacer was not included in the 15-member Bangladesh squad announced by the selectors yesterday. Regular Test skipper Shakib Al Hasan and pacer Taskin Ahmed, who missed the last Test series in New Zealand earlier this year due ... Read more

The issue of Bangladesh ODI skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s retirement is still a cloudy one as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) are yet undecided on how to provide the inspirational cricketer a farewell. Making the issue murkier still is that the 35-year-old has not clarified his thoughts on retirement. As there are no more ODIs ... Read more