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 captain Tamim Iqbal and ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan echoed the same sentiment after whitewashing Zimbabwe in the three-match ODI series on Tuesday.
Bangladesh were placed in Group B alongside Scotland, Papua New Guinea and Oman Round 1 while hosts India were placed in the same group as arch-rivals Pakistan in the Super 12 stage of the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in the United Arab Emirates and Oman later this year.
Despite scoring in Test matches, Liton Das lost his touch in ODIs since the pandemic. After not getting enough runs in the previous eight matches, Liton was left out of the squad for the third and final ODI against Sri Lanka in May.
Allrounder Mosaddek Hossain was confident about the squad's merits, citing that they possess a good combination of experience and youth.
Despite Bangladesh registering a thumping 220-run victory, the one-off Test against Zimbabwe will mostly be remembered for all the commotion surrounding Mahmudullah Riyad’s murky tale of Test retirement.
Mominul Haque will be relieved after registering the first away Test win under his captaincy, which also happened to be Bangladesh’s first Test series win in Zimbabwe. The Tigers won by a commanding 220 runs after coming into the fifth and final day of the Harare Test yesterday.
Bangladesh is eyeing their maiden Test series win in Zimbabwe after the fourth day of the one-off Test at the Harare Sports Club Ground yesterday. The visitors posted a huge target of 447, having declared their second innings on 284 for 1 by riding on magnificent centuries from Shadman Islam and Najmul Hossain Shanto.
A record ninth-wicket stand between Mahmudullah Riyad and Taskin Ahmed helped Bangladesh stage a remarkable comeback and pile up a mammoth total of 468 at Tea on the second day of their one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Harare today.
After Mahmudullah Riyad and Taskin Ahmed brilliance helped Bangladesh post a mammoth first innings total, Zimbabwe started strong in their response as the hosts ended the second day of their one-off Test in Harare at 114 for 1 after 41 overs.
Liton Das fell agonisingly short of his maiden Test ton but his solid career-best 95 along with Mahmudullah Riyad's unbeaten fifty helped Bangladesh recover from a vulnerable situation and end the opening day of their one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Harare with a decent score on board.
