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Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby, the captain of the Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team, mimicked Lionel Messi’s well-known victory celebration at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar the previous year when the Young Tigers became victorious in the ACC U-19 Asia Cup in Dubai on Sunday. It seemed as though Rabby was paying tribute to Messi nearly precisely … Read more
Mustafizur Rahman of Bangladesh has been given permission to participate in the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL) with no objections, while fellow pacers Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam have been refused entry into the most popular franchise-based Twenty20 competition. While Bangladesh is poised to host Sri Lanka in March for two Tests, three ODIs, and … Read more
As the second round of the nation’s first-class tournament got underway, as many as 25 wickets dropped in the two Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) matches on Monday, with fast bowlers taking the majority of wickets. In Sylhet and Dhaka, players such as Khaled Ahmed, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Shohidul Islam, and other quicks took advantage of … Read more
In an attempt to salvage the three-match series, Bangladesh will play the second ODI against the Kiwis at the Saxton Oval in Nelson, the only place in New Zealand where they have ever experienced an ODI victory. It has been nearly seven years since that success. Tomorrow at 4:00 a.m. Bangladesh time, the match will … Read more
The Bangladesh under-19 cricket team landed in the nation yesterday to great excitement, having won the ACC U-19 Asia Cup and becoming the nation’s first team to do so. The Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium welcomed the young Tigers home with proper festivities, adorned with lights from the previous day’s Independence Day celebrations. Bangladeshi sprinter Ebadot … Read more
When Bangladesh plays New Zealand in the second ODI of the three-match series on Wednesday at Saxton Oval in Nelson, they will be looking to adopt a different strategy after losing by 44 runs (via DLS) in a rain-shortened first ODI. They also need to put together a well-balanced playing eleven in order to salvage … Read more
The sound of kids playing was formerly largely the scuff of a football against pavement on a central Kabul street. It is now punctuated by the crack of a cricket bat. Young Afghans have cricket fever, from pickup games in dusty parks or narrow alleyways to high-intensity training at well-equipped academies, a trend fueled by … Read more
The Indian cricket board said Saturday that pacer Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the two-Test series against South Africa, which begins this month. Shami, 33, was already named to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) squad for the away series, but his selection was contingent on fitness clearance. “Shami, whose … Read more
In the absence of regular skipper and ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh’s stand-in captain Najmul Hossain Shanto has stated that returning all-rounder Soumya Sarkar will play a key role in the upcoming ODI series against New Zealand. “Soumya’s role will be very important,” Shanto told reporters today, a day before the first ODI in … Read more
Bangladesh cricket players congratulated the Under-19 squad on reaching the final of the ACC U-19 Asia Cup and encouraged them to win the trophy. The Tigers have arrived in New Zealand and will face the hosts in three One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), beginning with the first ODI on Sunday in Dunedin. … Read more
