The ongoing editions of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Pakistan Super League (PSL) have been temporarily suspended as the conflict between India and Pakistan rages on and the dual deferrals could end up disrupting Bangladesh's cricket calendar in the coming months and this year's Asia Cup.
Manchester City could have an advantage in the Premier League title race through January as their rivals face up to losing key players to the African Cup of Nations and Asia Cup.
After becoming the country's first team to win the ACC U-19 Asia Cup, Bangladesh under-19 cricket team arrived in the country yesterday amid much fanfare.
"Siraj's dream spell ended India's five-year title drought," The Times of India wrote
India started the Asia Cup as underdogs, Shoaib Akhtar said, but their transformation during the campaign has now convinced him that “they could be the most dangerous side in the World Cup”
"Sometimes a bit of a kick up the rear end is not the worst thing going into a World Cup," Silverwood told reporters.
Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman might not be as mysterious as he was at the beginning of his career but the left-arm paceman managed to achieve a feat he can be happy about against India in Colombo yesterday.
Ever since Bangladesh won the 2020 Under-19 World Cup in South Africa, it was expected that a pool of players from that World Cup-winning batch would one day come through for the national side. The consensus was that it would happen sooner rather than later, given the youthful exuberance portrayed by that group of players in that tournament.
Babar Azam's side need to defeat Sri Lanka to book a place at this year's Asia Cup decider against India, while Sri Lanka only need to avoid defeat to advance
Pakistan face Afghanistan in a three-match one-day international series in Sri Lanka starting Tuesday, with skipper Babar Azam seeing it as good preparation for the Asia Cup and World Cup.
Former team director Khaled Mahmud Sujon had been away from the national side’s periphery for a while.
Facing steep challenges both home and away in the previous ODI Super League had seen Bangladesh put on a brave face and set themselves ambitious targets in the upcoming 2023 ODI World Cup. Newly-appointed ODI skipper Shakib Al Hasan also made a similar assertion just a few days back.
Nepal will take on Pakistan and India at the Asia Cup, with Paudel's side drawn in Group A alongside the two cricketing powerhouses
"We are a very good team and we are playing really very well in the white-ball format, so now it's time to show everyone how good we are," Shakib said.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief selector Minhajul Abedin Nannu said that the decision to leave out experienced campaigner Mahmudullah Riyad from the Asia Cup was done after discussing the matter at length with the team management, skipper Shakib Al Hasan and head coach Chandika Hathurusingha.
Experienced Mahmudullah Riyad did not make the cut while Tanzid Hossain Tamim got his first national team call-up as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 17-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup later this month.
With Shakib Al Hasan named as the ODI captain yesterday, there was no obstruction left to announce the Bangladesh squad for the Asia Cup.
There was no surprise as Shakib Al Hasan was named the ODI captain for the upcoming Asia Cup and World Cup yesterday, the only surprise was how it was announced.
Bangladesh team continued their training camp yesterday with the players going through the gears, doing endurance training along with some fielding exercises. There was even a specific drill for spinners that caught the media's interest.
