The Mourinho case in changing landscape of football
“I am Jose Mourinho and I don’t change. I arrive with all my qualities and my defects,” Mourinho said it back in 2010 when he was announced as the manager of Real Madrid.
Tossing away BPL’s charm
The combined uncertainty and the thrill of not knowing the outcome beforehand is what usually pulls and hooks spectators to a sporting event. But as far as the outcome is concerned, the ongoing 10th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is anything but irregular.
Walks in and takes a wicket, did Mashrafe expose BPL’s true stature?
Durdanto Dhaka pacer Shoriful Islam's maiden T20 hattrick, teams comfortably posting and chasing totals over 150, and the crowd coming in numbers at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur -- the opening day of the 10th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) had events aplenty to hook the cricket lovers.
Carrying the same old headache into 2024
“At the beginning of the series, we spoke about what we have done before and that we want to do better than that. So, in that sense, I think this is a very successful tour,” Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha reflected on how it went for the Tigers in their final series of 2023.
Moving on to right path finally?
If Bangladesh are not to not find sombre answers to this then they might need to act on what Pothas said, especially on the part where he mentioned "leaving the team alone" in order to let the players keep on "just playing".
A fixer-upper with no fix in sight
An act of publicly taking the blame and responsibility, an initiation or indication of setting in motion an overhaul, or a statement of how things are to be taken from here on -- none of the aforementioned measures or steps were taken by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) even as over a fortnight passed since Bangladesh closed their disastrous World Cup campaign.
Is the outrage and the extent of it justified?
It was an anticlimactic finish to the 2023 World Cup for arguably the largest cricketing fanbase -- India fans -- as they saw the best team on paper tumbling at the final hurdle only for Australia to clinch their sixth title last week.
October 20, 2023
An outcome befitting the approach
What’s the trademark of a big team in modern cricket?
October 19, 2023
Ability to score 300-plus to define Ind-Ban game?
Bangladesh will take on India at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, a venue where 300-plus scores are the order of the day.
October 12, 2023
That’s the way to chase
“I did not do anything special,” Mohammad Rizwan said after guiding Pakistan to a record World Cup run-chase against Sri Lanka in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
October 7, 2023
Shakib’s toughest test yet
Four years back, the country’s top all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan, was engulfed by the type of pressure that all athletes feel at least once in their careers: the pressure of not performing on the field.
September 11, 2023
Will sense dawn after the ‘reality check’?
Having gone into the Asia Cup with lofty dreams, as it so often is the case with Bangladesh despite no history of success in major tournaments, skipper Shakib Al Hasan has already put it in the rearview mirror.
August 29, 2023
A chance for pacers to show what they are made of
Rubel Hossain’s yorker going through the bat and pads of James Anderson at the Adelaide Oval in the 2015 World Cup will forever remain one of the most iconic moments in Bangladesh cricket.
August 12, 2023
Saudi Pro League here to stay!
Links of Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid, rumours of Neymar returning to Barcelona have been the commonalities of the transfer market over the past few years. This summer, however, in addition to the aforementioned sagas, the emergence of one major entity -- the Saudi Pro League -- has taken the transfer market by storm.
July 17, 2023
Not another pyrrhic success spell
From a statistical vantage point, the winning streaks of then and now might seem similar – or some might keep the streak of 2021 ahead as it involved the Aussies and the Kiwis, two giants of the game -- but in reality there lies a stark difference.
May 6, 2023
Will Madrid ‘madness’ deny ‘City Goal’ again?
Depicted on the wall of Manchester City’s treatment room, ‘Our Goal’ is written over a picture of the Champions League trophy -- a silverware that has eluded the blue half of Manchester despite billions of dollars splurged into shaping up their squad over the years.
March 5, 2023
Observation period over for Hathurusingha?
Chandika Hathurusingha’s reappointment as Bangladesh’s coach for a second stint could not have come at a more agreeable time.
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