Tigers in deep trouble as Tamim falls

In the second and last one-day international that is taking place today in Mirpur, Bangladesh is playing New Zealand. They are chasing 255 runs, and they have lost half of their batsmen before reaching three figures. After 21 overs, the Tigers have reached 104 for five, and Mahmuduallah Riyad (24 off 23) and the new … Read more

Sodhi fifer stifles Bangladesh

Ish Sodhi of New Zealand picked up his first five-wicket haul to bring Bangladesh’s score down to 136 for six after the completion of the 30th over on Saturday during the second one-day international of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Blackcaps had set a target of 254 … Read more

Mahmudullah departs to leave Tigers on brink of defeat

Mahmudullah Riyad, who held the key in Bangladesh chasing down New Zealand’s 254, was dismissed in the 36th over, leaving the Tigers at 149 for seven. Mahmudullah Riyad’s 76-ball 49-run knock brought him within one run of reaching 5,000 ODI runs, which would have made him only the fourth Bangladesh batter to accomplish the feat. … Read more

Sodhi fifer helps NZ to 86-run win over Bangladesh

Ish Sodhi, a leg-spinner for New Zealand, took his first five-wicket haul in an ODI on Saturday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The match was the second of three ODIs that New Zealand is playing against Bangladesh. Bangladesh was defeated by New Zealand by 86 runs. Sodhi’s career-best numbers in one-day internationals saw him … Read more

‘Nice of Liton for calling me back’

Ish Sodhi, a leg-spinner for New Zealand, praised Bangladesh captain Liton Das for bringing him back after Tigers bowler Mankaded him in the first innings of the second one-day international of the three-match series between the two sides, which took place on Saturday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The match was … Read more

Heavy defeat leaves Tigers with lot to ponder

In the second one-day international encounter of the three-match series, which took place yesterday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh was defeated by the visitors by 86 runs, bringing an end to their 15-year undefeated record in one-day internationals played at home versus New Zealand. After a string of seven consecutive defeats in … Read more

‘Said 100 percent again, danger’

When Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal said at a press conference that he ‘wasn’t a 100 percent fit’ before to a match against Afghanistan in July of this year, he caused a great deal of outrage among the audience. The events that transpired after that press conference included the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), … Read more

Tone set for star-studded BPL

Even though many of the seven teams had already established their squads prior to the draft, yesterday’s player draft for the 10th Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) was conducted with a lot of vigor and enthusiasm at a city hotel. This was despite the fact that many of the franchises had already created their squads. The … Read more