Shanto rewarded with career-best T20I ranking after England series
After helping Bangladesh complete a series sweep over world champions England in the shortest format, top-order batter Najmul Hossain Shanto earned big gains in the T20I batting rankings.
England's whitewash in Bangladesh an 'eye-opener', says Mott
England's 3-0 defeat in their Twenty20 series in Bangladesh was a real "eye-opener" for the world champions, white-ball coach Matthew Mott said.
Taskin's double blow tilts match in Bangladesh's favour
Mustafizur joined the 100-wicket club in his 81st match, eclipsing Shakib Al Hasan who reached the milestone in his 84th match. Malan had scored 53 off 47 deliveries.
Shakib removes Salt as England reach 50
Phil Salt led a counter-attack from England after Taskin Ahmed struck an early blow, getting rid of Dawid Malan in his second over of the first spell.
Tough to predict Mirpur toss outcome if Shakib wins
A team on a winning run, or one that had just broken a losing streak, usually keep their playing eleven and tactics unchanged, and for Bangladesh it is almost always the case.
Towhid Hridoy debuts as Tigers opt to bowl in T20I series opener against England
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has won the toss and elected to bowl first against England in the first match of the three-match T20I series at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.
Liton, Rony give Tigers a commanding start
Thanks to openers Liton Das and Rony Talukdar, Bangladesh got off to a very commanding start in their third T20I against England in Mirpur today.
Tigers bat in third T20I with hopes of whitewashing world champions
England won the toss and elected to bowl against Bangladesh in the third T20I of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
It was a good team effort: Shakib
Skipper Shakib Al Hasan lauded the team's effort after Bangladesh registered a historic maiden T20I series win over the world champions England by beating the visitors by four wickets in the second of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday.
Bangladesh first to give world champions unfitting reception
Bangladesh became the only team ever to have beaten a reigning world champion in their first assignment of that particular format since the World Cup as the Shakib Al Hasan-led side clinched the three-match T20I series, with a game in hand, against the ODI and T20 World Champions England on Sunday.
Miraz turns the screws on England at Mirpur turner
With the Sher-e-Bangla surface offering a lot of grip and turn for the slower bowlers, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, in for Shamim Patwary for this match, turned the screws on England with his best figures of four for 12.
England lose top four for 63
After being put in to bat, England lost their top four batters, including skipper Jos Buttler, for 63 in 10 overs. Four different bowlers accounted for the four dismissals at the Mirpur pitch, which looks a bit difficult to play strokes.
‘Run for cover’ on the agenda as Shakib leads range hitting session
Shakib was in a vibrant mood himself, joking with the batters as they took turns. He hit quite a few sixes and when there was a close one that just about reached over the fence, the likes of Shanto and Liton tried to take the mickey out of the captain arguing it was not a six.
Tamim not concerned with lack of runs from Liton, Miraz
Skipper Tamim Iqbal felt that having a bad series is part and parcel of the game but when some members of the team do not perform, others need to stand up.
What happened to the Chattogram crowd?
Shakib Al Hasan was standing near the boundary at the media end in the evening during Bangladesh’s bowling innings but no huge crowd had gathered near the outer fences to cheer him on yesterday.
World Cup backup options to be tried in upcoming series
The Asia Cup is slated to be played in September right before the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 and BCB president Nazmul Hassan today informed that the squad for the Asia Cup will also be going to the World Cup in India.
