Dhaka Premier League

Muktijoddha Sangsad relegated for first time

Muktijoddha Sangsad were relegated from the top-tier of professional football league for the first time following a 2-1 defeat against Chittagong Abahani in their penultimate match of the Bangladesh Premier League in Gopalganj today.

Can CWAB AGM shed some clarity?

Top cricketers of the country, including Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad and Mushfiqur Rahim, had assembled in October 2019 voicing an 11-point demand, which, if not met, would have meant boycotting of all cricketing activities.

Two clubs back out of Women's DPL at eleventh hour

The second and final day of the players' transfer for the upcoming Women's Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League was held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday, but events took an unexpected turn as two clubs, Sheikh Russel KC and Ajax SC, no-showed for the second consecutive day, signaling their withdrawal from the league and creating uncertainty among the cricketers.

Prantik a winner in defeat

Prantik Nawrose Nabil, member of Bangladesh’s U-19 World Cup-winning team, did something unprecedented for Prime Bank in their Dhaka Premier League’s Super League fixture against Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club yesterday.

Afif amongst the runs in DPL after being dropped from national side

Bangladesh all-rounder batter Afif Hossain missed out on a fifty in Abahani LTD’s six-wicket win over rivals Mohammedan Sporting Club on Wednesday, a day after getting dropped from the national side owing to an extended run of poor form with the bat.

Regional Cricket Associations finally in the making

Following an AGM (Annual General Meeting) today, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced that the constitutional changes have been made to enact the Regional Cricket Associations (RCAs), a long unfulfilled promise of the current BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon.

‘Franchise-based leagues are hurting the ODI format’

The sustainability of ODI cricket has been questioned after a number of legends of the game termed the format obsolete in the modern era.

DPL's first-round sparklers

The ongoing Dhaka Premier League (DPL) has reached its business end -- the Super League stage set to begin in a few days' time with

MSC edge into Super League

A boundary off the penultimate delivery of the match saw Mohammedan win an enthralling Dhaka Premier League (DPL) contest by one

April 6, 2019
April 6, 2019

High-scoring chase caps off exciting day

Prime Bank Cricket Club pacer Al-Amin Hossain bagged a fifer to help his side bundle out Bangladesh KriraShikkhaProtisthan (BKSP)

April 5, 2019
April 5, 2019

Jahurul, Soumya script Abahani's eighth

Jahurul Islam smashed an unbeaten 127-ball 91 to help Abahani Limited chase down Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club's sub-par 224 for

April 2, 2019
April 2, 2019

Forhad fury sinks Sk Jamal

Skipper Forhad Reza's superb all-round performance, which started with him scoring Bangladesh's fastest List A fifty, guided Prime Doelshwar Sporting Club to a scintillating one-run win in the last over against Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the Dhaka Premier League at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium (SBNS) in Mirpur yesterday.

March 31, 2019
March 31, 2019

An action-packed round

A tied game, a successful high-scoring chase despite twin hundreds from opposing batsmen and a newcomer felling a giant highlighted the Dhaka Premier League across three venues yesterday.

March 30, 2019
March 30, 2019

Bowlers continue dominance

Bowlers continued to dictate the terms in the Dhaka Premier League as all three of yesterday's matches were decided by the ball at different venues.

March 28, 2019
March 28, 2019

'Good as long as you enjoy it'

There is a group of cricketers like Aftab Ahmed, who have reached a stage where they made the career switch from a player to a coach

March 21, 2019
March 21, 2019

Saif, Forhad power Doleshwar

Two known performers for Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club once again made the difference in the ongoing Dhaka Premier League (DPL)

March 20, 2019
March 20, 2019

A first loss for MSC and a BKSP run-fest

Prime Bank skipper Anamul Haque continued his good run of form, scoring yet another century -- his second ton in succession in this

March 15, 2019
March 15, 2019

Mash back in business as Abahani outshine Brothers

Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza returned to business as usual with the willow and leather following a short break from

March 12, 2019
March 12, 2019

Thriller at BKSP, hammerings elsewhere

Three centuries in a game that saw 691 runs being scored over two innings -- the highest-scoring encounter of this edition of the