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 team management have asked all-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad to rethink his future in Test cricket. According to the team management, Mahmudullah was asked to focus on the limited-over formats considering his recent poor form in the longest format.
The Bangladesh Under-19 team touched down today at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport with the ICC Under-19 World Cup trophy, amidst the din of the fans and media personnel gathered at the airport to receive the Tigers.
A group of the Bangladesh national team, who were handed a humiliating innings and 44-run defeat by Pakistan during their first World Test Championship fixture of the three-phased tour on the fourth morning of the Rawalpindi Test, are scheduled to return to the country today.
The ensuing verbal exchange and shoving following the tight ICC U-19 World Cup final between India and Bangladesh left an unsavoury taste. Proteas legend Jonty Rhodes congratulated the Tigers and even as he did not defend any of the controversial incidents that took place following the end of the match, he congratulated the Young Tigers and said the team would learn.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan signaled that hard measures were to be taken following Bangladesh’s innings and 44-run defeat against Pakistan at Rawalpindi today.
Bangladesh Test captain Mominul Haque said that there was a lot to learn for the senior team from the U-19s’ success yesterday.
All the Bangladesh players rushed onto the field the moment Rakibul Hasan played one through the midwicket and took the winning runs. However, the celebrations went a bit overboard as the players of the two sides were seen exchanging heated words and there was even some pushing and shoving on the field.
Bangladesh have lost their seventh wicket after captain Mominul Haque was leg-before to Shaheen Shah in the first over of the day.
Pakistan's 16-year-old pacer Naseem Shah took a hattrick as Bangladesh were reeling at 126 for six at the end of the third day of the Rawalpindi Test today.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl in the first Test against Bangladesh at Rawalpindi today. Bangladesh were in early trouble after being sent in to bat, losing both openers inside the first two overs.
