‘Injury concerns’ prompted Tamim’s exclusion

After almost 24 hours of speculation and rumorus, it was finally revealed yesterday night that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) did not include seasoned campaigner Tamim Iqbal among the 15 selected to represent the country in the 13th edition of the World Cup, which will be played in India from October 5 to November 19. … Read more

Rohit says India needs players ‘fresh’ for World Cup

The Indian captain, Rohit Sharma, has stated that he wants everyone to be “fresh” for the forthcoming World Cup, hence India has decided to rest important players for their final one-day international match against Australia on Wednesday. After India claimed the three-match series in the second game of the one-day international series, Rohit and star … Read more

Nepal first team to score over 300 in T20I

During their match against Mongolia on Wednesday at the Asian Games, Nepal made history by being the first team in the sport’s history to score more than 300 runs in a Twenty20 international match. They scored 314-3 in their 20 overs in Hangzhou, which was more than the previous record of 278-3, which was set … Read more

Tamim will reveal everything today

Tamim Iqbal, a former captain of Bangladesh in one-day internationals, stated today in a post on Facebook that he would discuss his exclusion from the World Cup selection once the Bangladeshi team has left for India this afternoon. Iqbal’s confirmation came shortly after the post was published. At four o’clock in the afternoon, the Tigers … Read more

Bangladesh bat after 20-minute rain delay

In the third one-day international match of the series against New Zealand, which took place on Tuesday in Mirpur, Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Zakir Hasan stepped out to bat 20 minutes after the scheduled start time owing to the presence of rain. Before the start of the match was delayed due to rain, the stand-in … Read more

‘Better to return home with something than nothing’

Since the sport of cricket was first included in the Asian Games, Bangladeshi cricket teams have never gone home without a medal. Yesterday, the Bangladeshi women’s team contributed to the continuation of this history by bringing home a bronze medal from the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. Former gold medalists Pakistan were defeated by the … Read more

Zakir debuts as Bangladesh opt to bat first

At the third and final One-Day International match, which took place on Tuesday at Mirpur, Bangladesh’s stand-in skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and elected to bat first. After a washout in the first match and a loss by 86 runs in the second match of the series, Bangladesh is hoping to finish the … Read more

Taskin out, Khaled and Afif roped in for 3rd ODI

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) made more changes to the team for the third and final One-Day International (ODI) against New Zealand on Tuesday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. They kept bowler Khaled Ahmed in the squad after the second ODI, but they also brought in Afif Hossain, who has been out of form … Read more