Shahadat Hossain Dipu's unbeaten century went in vain as North Zone retained the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) one-day version title beating East Zone by four wickets in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.
At the Ground 2 of Sheikh Kamal International Stadium in Cox’s Bazar, centuries from Abdullah Al Mamun and Pritom Kumar enabled North Zone to seal a comfortable six-wicket victory over South Zone.
Two big knocks from Mominul Haque and Parvez Hossain Emon cemented East Zone in a commanding position against North Zone in Sylhet, while two gritty fifties from Naeem Islam and Mahidul Islam Ankon meant the Central Zone-South Zone encounter is nicely poised in Mirpur.
East Zone off-spinner Nayeem Ahmed starred with eight wickets against Central Zone in the ongoing Bangladesh Cricket League at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday to help set up a seven-wicket victory for his side after the second round of matches.
East Zone's top-order batter Amite Hasan notched up his seventh first-class ton on Day 4 of his side's Bangladesh Cricket League 2023-24 encounter against South Zone at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.
Riding on Hridoy’s 132 off 138 balls, North ended the day on 236 for eight, in reply to Central’s first-innings total of 281.
The 36-year-old smashed his 33rd first-class hundred, setting a national record in the process, surpassing Tushar Imran’s 32 tons.
The 11th edition of the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) -- the country's only franchise-based first-class competition -- will begin today with four teams set to face each other on the way to glory in a single league format.
The umpiring controversy in the recently-concluded National Cricket League had resulted in BCB Umpires' Committee open a fact-finding body. It has been learnt that evidence of poor umpiring was found and the BCB has pulled out six umpires from the Bangladesh Cricket League, which starts tomorrow.
"Every scoundrel wants to be a poet; ants are hell-bent on flying / The jungle's tusked boars lay claim to the highest throne."
The ruling party must check BCL influence at public universities
The administrations’ tacit compliance is deeply concerning.
Eight left-leaning student organiasations of Rajshahi University in a statement today held leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) responsible for the clashes and arson that took place on the campus since Saturday evening.
Jaker Ali Anik clinched the player of the tournament award as he topped the run-getters’ charts with 492 runs in the six innings he played averaging 98.40.
Shadman Islam’s double century and Khaled Ahmed’s five-wicket haul helped South Zone to their sixth Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) title with an innings and 33-run win over Central Zone in the finale in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday.
A mere “questioning” sent two of those students to the ICU. The ordeal didn’t end there. BCL leaders and activists forcibly entered the ICU and threatened the two ailing students. They said, “You are comfortable here [in the ICU]. We didn’t beat you much, and yet you are creating drama out of it. Don’t you dare name any names”
BCB Central Zone cruised to a comprehensive 10-wicket win over BCB North Zone on the third day to register their consecutive wins in the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) today.
Chhatra League leaders and activists are expecting that the organistion will have a new leadership that will be able to restore its past glory and work to realise Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s dream of building a “Smart Bangladesh”.
The age limit for the activists aspiring to get top positions in Bangladesh Chhatra League central committee is likely to be relaxed once again ahead of the biannual council of the pro-Awami League student body.