Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam Bulbul’s three-member Advisory Committee has attracted a lot of criticism as the nomination of its members has not been in line with the board’s constitution.
Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad Hossain needs to go back to the training ground and rethink how he wants to win games for the Tigers. Because what he has been dishing out in Bangladesh’s consecutive T20I tours of the UAE and Pakistan has been nothing short of ordinary.
As it seems, the dilemma for Bangladesh remains: is Shanto worth the tactical compromise?
Reporters present during the Bangladesh squad announcement in Mirpur yesterday, ahead of the upcoming T20I series against the UAE and Pakistan, may have felt a strong sense of deja vu.
Bangladesh are slated to play 16 T20Is against the UAE, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and India ahead of the 2025 Asia Cup. An additional six matches against the West Indies and Ireland will follow. With a packed T20 calendar and Shanto’s declining performances in the format, his inclusion in the squad becomes increasingly difficult to justify.
Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal labelled Taijul Islam as "the most underrated bowler in the world at the moment" after the left-arm spinner claimed his 16th five-wicket haul on Day 1 of the second Test against Zimbabwe in Chattogram on Monday.
Zimbabwe pacer Blessing Muzarabani stood tall and won the battle against the much-hyped pace unit of Bangladesh in the first Test in Sylhet.
Exasperated sighs, brooding stares, and hands on hips were perhaps the common responses as people tuned into the state-run BTV channel late afternoon on Sunday.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) media committee chairman Tanvir Islam Tito yesterday seemed to have fortified the board's apparent confusion in identifying elements causing the national team's World Cup fiasco with a baffling statement pointing at the media.
Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha was expected to erect a plan that would streamline a path for the Tigers to reach their dream semifinal in the ongoing ICC World Cup when he was reappointed to the helm for a second time in January.
Liverpool legend Ian Rush hung up his boots in 2000 after 356 goals to his name, of which 346 came with the Merseyside club -- making him the all-time highest goal-scorer for The Reds, a record that still stands today. It was at Anfield where he won two Champions Leagues, five Premierships, and three FA Cups. In an interview with Shabab Chowdhury of The Daily Star, the legendary striker discussed all things Merseyside yesterday.
Lionel Messi on Wednesday put an end to speculation about a romanticised Barcelona return after he announced his intention to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agent.
Bangladesh wrapped up the three-match ODI series against Ireland with an emphatic 10-wicket victory in the final game after a record-breaking display saw the fast bowlers take all 10 wickets in an innings for the first time in any format at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium yesterday.
League leaders Arsenal and their biggest competition of the ongoing season, Manchester City, have headlined the title-winning talks in the Premier League for the most part of the 2022-23 campaign but the next two spots that have Champions League qualification at stake have spurred on much more interesting discussions with as many as eight teams currently eyeing the coveted top-four spots.
The just-concluded season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) kicked off with mixed feelings a month ago owing to the unavailability of renowned, seasoned T20 campaigners in terms of foreign recruits, and of course the inclusion of the infamous Alternate Decision Review System (ADRS).
The Daily Star (DS): You have produced the most promising results by any Bangladeshi in Ironman competitions so far and you have been doing this for years now. What’s next?
A shift has already occurred, tectonic plates have collided resulting in the dusk of the old and the emergence of new horizons. At the footballing forefront, France’s Kylian Mbappe readies to win his second World Cup as he looks to come forth as the face of the next generation of megastars but faces the old guard in Argentina’s Lionel Messi, who has yet again carried his side to the cusp of glory.
The stage is set. The greatest show on earth is nearing its end and the protagonists are all but ready for the climax as Lionel Messi prepares for his last chance at footballing immortality with Argentina against a formidable France,
