Former BCB director Khaled Mahmud Sujon came down heavily on the pair of Faruque Ahmed and Nazmul Abedeen over perceived 'greed' related to cricket operations department. Faruque, as the BCB president is currently heading the department as no standing committees are yet to be announced with only few board directors available.
During the West Indies Test series, Liton Das could be heard on stump mic telling captain Mehedi Hasan Miraz when to bowl. His guidance was well appreciated within the team and in the T20I series, under Liton’s leadership, Bangladesh won with great adventure and pride in the T20Is.
Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan faced an unforeseen predicament during his recent county stint with Surrey during the recently-concluded county season. In an international career spanning over 17 years, this was the first time Shakib’s bowling action was questioned.
Bangladesh batter Towhid Hridoy said that captaincy should go to the player who can be the best fit for the betterment of the side. One half of the Bangladesh team are set to depart for UAE to play the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan starting from November 6 and Hridoy addressed the media in Mirpur before leaving for the airport.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the squad for the ODI series against Afghanistan in UAE without ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and experienced wicket-keeper batter Liton Das. While there was question marks over Najmul Hossain Shanto’s captaincy stint, he was named as captain and will lead the side in UAE.
Bangladesh made the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong International Sixes tournament after coming out second in their Group D standings. Bangladesh will face Pakistan in the fourth quarterfinal tomorrow at 4:40 pm local time.
Bangladesh’s Mehedi Hasan Miraz has been a very useful prospect for the Tigers in recent years and his performances in Pakistan recently garnered attention and drew comparison with ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan.
Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto, like many cricketers in the national team, have come out in support of Shakib Al Hasan after the ace all-rounder was named as one of the accused in a murder case.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) informs through a press release today that the third round fixtures of the ongoing Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier League (BDPL) have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A good batting effort was backed up by some very competent bowling as Tamim Iqbal’s Prime Bank Cricket Club got their Dhaka Premier League (DPL) campaign off to a winning start, defeating Mahmudullah Riyad’s Gazi Group by 10 runs at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur today.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Pakistan Cricket Board (BCB) have mutually agreed to postpone the third phase of Bangladesh’s tour of Pakistan.
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan called on the people of the country to take necessary safeguards against the coronavirus outbreak.
Abahani captain Mushfiqur Rahim was quite slow to get off the mark during his team’s opening match of the Dhaka Premier League but he accelerated following his fifty to notch a hundred against Partex Sporting Club today at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
A century from captain Mushfiqur Rahim saw Abahani win their opening day Dhaka Premier League (DPL) encounter against Partex Sporting Club at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur today while Avishek Das of OLD DOHS Sports Club and Taibur Rahman of Prime Doleshwar led their sides to win on the opening day as well with impressive performances as well.
The newly appointed Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal requests everybody to keep their patience on him. The let-hander also promises to focus on the ‘team culture’ as he believes that this is the area where he can improve and bring success on the field.
Bangladesh batsman Liton Das capped off a wonderful series with another fifty today as the Tigers clinched a clean sweep in all three formats against Zimbabwe by winning the second T20I against Zimbabwe. Liton struck a fifty in the lone Test before going on to make two ODI hundreds that included a 176 -- the highest knock scored by any Bangladesh batsman in ODIs – and then hit two more fifties in the T20Is to score almost 500 runs against touring Zimbabwe.
Bangladesh are scheduled to visit Pakistan on March 29 for the third phase of their full tour to play a one-off ODI and the second Test but there are doubts regarding the tour due to the ongoing coronavirus scare.
The two T20 matches between Asia XI and World XI and also the concert -- both to commemorate the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been deferred, BCB president Nazmul Hassan informed today.
