Former BCB director Khaled Mahmud Sujon came down heavily on the pair of Faruque Ahmed and Nazmul Abedeen over perceived 'greed' related to cricket operations department. Faruque, as the BCB president is currently heading the department as no standing committees are yet to be announced with only few board directors available.
During the West Indies Test series, Liton Das could be heard on stump mic telling captain Mehedi Hasan Miraz when to bowl. His guidance was well appreciated within the team and in the T20I series, under Liton’s leadership, Bangladesh won with great adventure and pride in the T20Is.
Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan faced an unforeseen predicament during his recent county stint with Surrey during the recently-concluded county season. In an international career spanning over 17 years, this was the first time Shakib’s bowling action was questioned.
Bangladesh batter Towhid Hridoy said that captaincy should go to the player who can be the best fit for the betterment of the side. One half of the Bangladesh team are set to depart for UAE to play the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan starting from November 6 and Hridoy addressed the media in Mirpur before leaving for the airport.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the squad for the ODI series against Afghanistan in UAE without ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and experienced wicket-keeper batter Liton Das. While there was question marks over Najmul Hossain Shanto’s captaincy stint, he was named as captain and will lead the side in UAE.
Bangladesh made the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong International Sixes tournament after coming out second in their Group D standings. Bangladesh will face Pakistan in the fourth quarterfinal tomorrow at 4:40 pm local time.
Bangladesh’s Mehedi Hasan Miraz has been a very useful prospect for the Tigers in recent years and his performances in Pakistan recently garnered attention and drew comparison with ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan.
Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto, like many cricketers in the national team, have come out in support of Shakib Al Hasan after the ace all-rounder was named as one of the accused in a murder case.
Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal talked about how he stopped making fun of teammates regarding catch drops since the Adelaide incident -- when Tamim dropped English all-rounder Chris Woakes’ catch during a crucial World Cup fixture in 2015.
A tale of the sacrifices elder brother Nafees Iqbal made so that Tamim Iqbal could become the batsman and superstar he is today
Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal was joined yesterday in a live Facebook video call by his predecessor Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and in that hour-long video, the two stalwarts of Bangladesh cricket shared some of their inside stories and tit bits from their career. During one part of the video chat, Mashrafe went onto reveal how he once managed to skip facing Jofra Archer, one of the world’s quickest bowlers.
When the topic turned to Shakib Al Hasan, both cricketers could not hide their personal disappointment in failing to adequately support the champion all-rounder in the 2019 World Cup, when Shakib turned in the greatest all-round performance in the tournament’s history.
Bangladesh’s Mahmudullah Riyad was in agreement with Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim that the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) should be the foremost priority when cricket returns to the country. Tamim is holding talks with teammates over Instagram in order to entertain audiences under coronavirus lockdown. During an interesting chat, Riyad talked about what the Premier League means to them.
Soumya Sarkar’s bat and Taskin Ahmed’s ball were auctioned off at a price of 8.5 lakh Taka yesterday during a live show at the Auction 4 Action’ page. The money will be used to help fund a foundation working to help the needy in these times of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Bangladesh clinched a memorable victory in their opening Asia Cup match in 2018, thanks to an incredible 144 from Mushfiqur Rahim. Many perhaps do not know that the star batsman was playing with a broken rib throughout the tournament. During a talk with Tamim Iqbal in a social media hangout, Mushfiqur and Tamim reminisced on that game which also saw a tremendous act of bravery from the latter.
Bangladesh have fallen behind Afghanistan in the ICC Men’s Test Team rankings and into 10th place following the annual update carried out on Friday, which also eliminates results from 2016-17.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is hopeful that the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka, scheduled for July this year, might go ahead. Both BCB and Sri Lanka Cricket [SLC] are in discussion over the future of the bilateral series amid worldwide lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic. Both boards however are willing to follow the directives from respective governments before getting into a final commitment on the series.
World Cup winning Bangladesh Under-19 captain Akbar Ali follows in on the footsteps of seniors like Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan as the wicketkeeper batsman announces through a Facebook post that he will be auctioning his World Cup jersey and gloves to help raise fund for battling coronavirus crisis.
