Shoriful steps up to remove Nissanka, Mendis  

In the Super Four encounter between these two teams, which took place today in Colombo, Bangladesh bowler Shoriful Islam returned for his second stint and collected two wickets for the Tigers, both of which were extremely helpful. After Hasan Mahmud struck first by removing opener Dimuth Karunaratne, the stand between Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Mendis … Read more

Taskin removes Asalanka for his first wicket

During the Asia Cup Super Four match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka that took place on Saturday at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed was successful in dismissing Sri Lanka batter Charith Asalanka early on in his innings. This brought the hosts’ score to four down for 144 after the end of … Read more

Hasan’s second wicket sees the back of de Silva

Hasan Mahmud, who was bowling for Bangladesh, took his second wicket of the innings in the 38th over by nicking off dangerman Dhananjaya de Silva. This resulted in the Lankans being reduced to five wickets down for 164 in the Asia Cup Super Four match between the two teams, which took place on Saturday in … Read more

Shakib, Mushfiqur return to Dhaka

After their loss to Sri Lanka on Saturday night, Bangladesh’s two most experienced players, Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan, took a three-day sabbatical from the team and then returned home to Bangladesh. Mushfiqur has made his way back home to be with his wife as they welcome their second kid into the world. After … Read more

Australia dethrone Pakistan to reclaim No 1 ODI rankings

The victory that Australia achieved over South Africa in the second one-day international that took place in Bloemfontein propelled them to the top spot in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings. With their victory over South Africa in the second one-day international (ODI), Australia recaptured their position as the top team in the … Read more

Mushfiqur throws his wicket away, again

Mushfiqur Rahim, the batter for Bangladesh, threw away his wicket after putting on a 74-run stand with Towhid Hridoy, which left the Tigers in deep trouble at five down for 155 in pursuit of Sri Lanka’s 257 in the Asia Cup Super Four match between the two nations on Saturday at the R.Premadasa Stadium in … Read more

Hridoy departs after scoring 82

Towhid Hridoy’s knock of 82 runs for Bangladesh came to an unfortunate end when he was ruled leg before wicket off the bowling of Maheesh Theekshana in the 44th over of the ongoing Asia Cup match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This put the Tigers of Bangladesh on the edge of losing the match for … Read more