The spat began around March 06, the time of the final of the 2016 Asia Cup between India and Bangladesh. India was favoured to beat the smaller country, but the Bangladesh Tigers have been playing well recently, and were hoping for an upset.
After the Asia Cup final match a team of hackers calling themselves the Kerala Cyber Warriors hacked into more than 15 Bangladeshi websites, including several belonging to the government. Visitors to the sites were greeted with victorious Hindi music, yet more cricket memes and a message: "YOUR CRICKET TEAM IS NOTHING".
Bangladesh's captain Mashrafe Mortaza is the ace up their sleeve, but they have a problem to do with their team culture where mediocrity is rewarded.
Barely three days after the overwhelming defeat in the Asia Cup final, Bangladesh find themselves in vastly different conditions for the qualifying match of the ICC T20 World Cup against Netherlands at HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala on March 9, Wednesday.
Bangladesh’s left-arm pace sensation Mustafizur Rahman, who is recovering from a side strain suffered during the Asia Cup is in doubt for the qualifying match against Netherlands on March 9, 2016.
As a crucial member of Bangladesh cricket team during the ICC T20 World Cup in India, Mustafizur Rahman has embarked on his first overseas tour, and is acclimatizing to the environment at Dharamsala where Tigers are due to play their three qualifying matches.
ESPNcricinfo looks back at some of the defining talking points from the Asia Cup 2016 where Bangladesh made the headlines with their improvement in T20 cricket.
With a final tournament average of 121.00 at a strike rate of 165.75, Bangladesh may regret sending Mahmudullah in to bat so late in their shortened innings at the Asia Cup final.
Much discussed moments of Asia Cup 2016 final between Bangladesh and India at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman may miss rest of the team’s games of the Asia Cup due to his injuries which he suffered during the last match against Sri Lanka, while opener Tamim Iqbal is likely to replace him in the squad for the tournament.
Pakistan can work on getting used to conditions and ticking the boxes that are required to win matches. UAE, at that point where they are here for the memories, will try their best to sneak in a few trick questions.
Bangladesh defeat Sri Lanka for the first time in T20I when they came out in front by 23 runs in the 5th match of Asia Cup 2016 under the lights at Mirpur stadium.
Over the past year, when Sri Lanka have sometimes seemed to be physically incapable of winning; habitually trading strong positions for plunging losses, Bangladesh are rising. They have unique talents, like Mustafizur Rahman and Soumya Sarkar. And they are led by talisman-warhorse Mashrafe Mortaza.
If Mushy wants to entertain his fans and followers with his bat, he needs to be promoted up the order against Sri Lanka during the 5th match of Asia Cup 2016 at Mirpur, 7:30pm today.
India defeat Pakistan quite comfortably in the end by five wickets in the fourth match of Asia Cup 2016 at Mirpur, stadium.
The marquee clash between India and Pakistan in the Asia Cup is set to be a mouth-watering one as the teams do not play each other often enough in the international circuit thanks to the political tension between the two countries.
There is no shortage of emotion and expectation from fans around the world, even without the lure of an Asia Cup trophy as India-Pakistan cricket is in the air at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
Bangladesh overwhelm UAE by 51 runs to register their first win in the Asia Cup 2016 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur.
Bangladesh are making some bold bets themselves: the occasional green pitch,