“It’s very hot out here but that’s what we have to play through,” said Abahani pacer Shoriful about playing in the searing heat in Mirpur yesterday
Abahani batters Liton Das and Towhid Hridoy adopted vastly contrasting approaches while chasing a meagre 179-run total in their five-wicket win over Prime Bank Cricket Club in the Super League of the ongoing Dhaka Premier League at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Monday.
Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam said he follows every game his national teammate Mustafizur Rahman plays for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
“Lucknow sent me an SMS informing that they want me. But as the NOC period was too short, they did not respond any more,” Shoriful said
Many cricketers shared a glimpse of their Eid celebrations for fans on social media
When the Bangladesh team began their two-day training ahead of the first Test in Sylhet, pacer Shoriful Islam was in Dhaka, with the physicians trying to determine whether he was fit enough to play the match.
In total, the three bowlers made 84 runs while the other specialist bowler in the team, Nahid Rana, remained unbeaten on 0.
Bangladesh bowling coach Andre Adams asserted that there were no demons on the pitch after the end of Day 1 of the first Test at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet on Friday.
Shoriful Islam has displaced Shakib Al Hasan as the top-ranked bowler for Bangladesh in ODIs following his good performance in the Sri Lanka series.
Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said he would like to see more team effort rather than one or two individual performances in order to avoid another white-ball series whitewash against New Zealand.
Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards scored his second fifty of the tournament to help his side post 229 in their World Cup encounter against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.
From a team that only ever tried to ‘spin to win’, Bangladesh have now evolved into a pace-centric attack heading into the ICC World Cup in India.
Captain Liton Das and Tamim Iqbal has asked for rest in the third and final ODI against New Zealand, confirmed selector Habibul Bashar on Sunday.
Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam returned in his second spell to grab two much-needed wickets for the Tigers in the two side’s Super Four match of the Asia Cup in Colombo today.
“The first time in any league is exciting for everyone,” Shoriful told reporters at the airport today.
According to Shoriful, the seniors helped them, making it easy for the youngsters to gel.
Aggression is what keeps fast bowlers ticking and when the left-arm paceman played the U-19 World Cup for Bangladesh there was plenty of that on view, especially in their triumph against India in the final.
The visitors, who opted to rest marquee spinner Rashid Khan for the dead rubber, were 14 for three after six overs.
Bangladesh left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam gave the Tigers their first breakthrough when he nicked off Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran for six in the sixth over of the innings in the morning session of the second day of the only Test at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday.