Bangladesh coach Jamie Siddons reacted sharply to the criticism that his captain Sakib al Hasan has been facing for opting to bowl first in Saturday’s opening match against India. Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli took full advantage of the suicidal decision to hit two centuries that took India to 370-4, ending the contest half-way through ... Read more
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Tigers thinking of the Irish only
After a day’s rest, the Tigers returned to business at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The sun didn’t shine on the day, but the gloom as well as the defeat against India in the opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup hardly dampened the spirit of Shakib Al Hasan’s men. They looked ... Read more
No more India talks
Bangladesh decided to put to an end the talks about the India defeat and shift their focus on a more crucial game against Ireland scheduled for February 25. In a team meeting on Monday the Tigers did a lot of soul-searching and came to a conclusion that enough has been said about the game and ... Read more
O’Brien minds job at hand
As the cricketing minnows struggle to make an impression in the early part of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, the debate over their exclusion from the 2015 edition is heating up with captains taking sides and letting their own theories on the topic be known. While the leading Associate Member nations joined in the ... Read more
Ashraful might be the answer
Bangladesh have embarked on their World Cup journey with a performance that, at least with the bat, is encouraging. To be able to score 283 while under the pressure of chasing the huge total of 370, hints at some maturity among the batsmen. What cannot be glossed over, however, is the team’s obvious Achilles’ heel ... Read more
Run, rabbit run
Beyond The Boundary Run, rabbit run Even as early as the third day of this World Cup, life for the minnows of this competition reflects a certain Hegelian truth; nasty, brutish and short. Sadly, for these teams it does not promise to get any better. The ICC, in the form of Haroon Lorgat has taken ... Read more
Ireland quietly confident
Whilst Bangladesh woke up to the grim reality of losing against India in the much-hyped opener of the World Cup, their next opponents, Ireland were in a relaxed mood the next morning. And why would they not be. The Irish are running high on the back of two very good practice matches, one of which ... Read more
Toss dictates day’s talks
Lankans, Kiwis thrash minnows New Zealand decimated Kenya in Chennai and Sri Lanka did a similar job on Canada in Hambantota as the ICC Cricket World Cup rolls into other two host nations yesterday. But fans here in Bangladesh were still reeling from Saturday’s defeat to India by 87 runs at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium ... Read more
Sehwag, Kohli put Tigers down
India attained their twin objectives of confirming their status as tournament favourites and exacting a revenge on their upstart neighbours when they defeated Bangladesh by 87 runs in the World Cup opening match on Saturday. Opener Virender Sehwag made Bangladesh skipper Sakib al Hasan regret his decision
Sehwag makes Sakib pay for toss blunder
Virender Sehwag made Sakib al Hasan regret his decision to field by cracking a superb century to lift India to a massive 370-4 in the opening World Cup match in Dhaka on Saturday. The sell-out crowd at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium and millions of fans watching the match on television were stunned, to say the ... Read more
Sakib has no regrets
Skipper Sakib al Hasan had no regret in taking to the field first after winning the toss in the opening match of the World Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. India amassed a huge 370-4 in 50 overs with Virender Sehwag and Virat Kohli taking full advantage of a placid batting wicket each ... Read more
Festive crowd greets World Cup
The biggest advantage of watching a game from the stands alongside the faithful and not encased in an air-conditioned press box is that you miss nothing of the buzz, the collective heartbeat of the thousands who are inside the stadium egging on their own to do better and bigger things. So it turned out to ... Read more
Cricket rules
All eyes on Mirpur as Bangladesh take on favourites India in World Cup opener today The wait is over. The battle begins today. Normally in every tournament, the final is billed as the match to watch. But when Bangladesh will take on India in the opening match of the ICC Cricket World Cup at the ... Read more
‘Just another game for us’
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan tried to tone down the hype of today’s opening match of the World Cup, terming it as just another game in international cricket. While the Bangladesh perspective of the game has been billed as an attempt to ‘repeat history’ and the Indian one is being dubbed a ‘revenge mission’ by ... Read more
Missing Mashrafee
Some called him the most interviewed non-playing cricketer in the World Cup and some called the missing Tiger. But whatever one says about him, the former Bangladesh skipper remained the most sought-after cricketer to the Indian media on Friday ahead of their World Cup opening match against Bangladesh. The reason is simple. The only two ... Read more
Funny Dhoni
When Sakib al Hasan was asked at the press conference of all captains if he expects Bangladesh to beat India in their opening match, Mahendra Singh Dhoni spurred him on from back and asked him to tell the press that he also wants to win the World Cup. But it did not go well with ... Read more
Musa piques Tigers’ spirits
If the Bangladesh cricket team needed inspiration to face up to a massive challenge, there is none more qualified to give them a pep talk than Musa Ibrahim. The first Bangladeshi to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the mountaineer met the Tigers for a brief exchange during their team meeting at the team hotel ... Read more
Charming Fatullah
After the rigours and hectic pace of Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Fatullah is a sigh of relief. The ground is reached through a narrow road that trails off from the Dhaka-Narayanganj highway, lending the approach an almost rustic feel. Yesterday, as the World Cup warm-up match between England and Pakistan started,
Cricket gala begins
The 10th Cricket World Cup, a 49-match six-week sporting marathon was formally launched by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina amidst thunderous cheers here this evening in the renovated Bangabandhu National Stadium in a blaze of colour and pageantry. “ It gives me great pleasure to declare the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup open,” said Sheikh ... Read more
Skippers in rickshaws as World Cup opens
Captains of the 14 competing teams at the World Cup paraded through Dhaka’s historic Bangabandhu Stadium on Thursday in brightly coloured rickshaws, the transport of choice in this teeming city. Protected by a sheet of bullet-proof glass, Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina watched as home skipper Shakib Al Hasan brought up the rear of the ... Read more