Bangladesh's star opener Tamim Iqbal announced his retirement from international cricket through a post from his official Facebook page today.
High-scoring fixtures have been one of the highlights of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) with the wickets in both Dhaka and Sylhet receiving applause from all corners for providing exciting contests so far in the meet.
Former BCB director Khaled Mahmud Sujon came down heavily on the pair of Faruque Ahmed and Nazmul Abedeen over perceived 'greed' related to cricket operations department. Faruque, as the BCB president is currently heading the department as no standing committees are yet to be announced with only few board directors available.
In previous years, star cricketers like Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Jason Holder, and Imran Tahir, who are generally seen ruling the franchise tournaments across the world, featured for different BPL franchises but this year, none of these players will be playing in the country’s sole franchise-based T20 tournament.
In opening day’s fixtures, reigning champions Fortune Barishal will take on newcomers Durbar Rajshahi at 01:30pm while Rangpur Riders will face Dhaka Capitals in the second match at 06:30pm.
As for the year that is winding down, it was neither an overarching triumph nor a debilitating failure. The stench of mediocrity was present, but so was vivacious tenacity. Above all, it was an interesting year in cricket for Bangladesh -- one that fans would not forget soon.
Poor string of scores is nothing new for the 30-year-old as he has gone on a run of registering single-digit scores for three or more matches on the trot on four different phases in his 50-over career but this is the longest he has gone without reaching double digits.
The left-arm pacer, who opted out from West Indies ODIs citing family reasons, announced the news on social media.
This week, what Yashasvi Jaiswal did at Perth and what the Bangladesh batters failed to do in Antigua could be enough to realise why the two countries are on opposite sides of the spectrum in Test cricket.
Pakistan batter Shan Masood on Saturday praised his team's character in battling back to stay in the hunt for a semi-finals spot after losing their first two matches at the Twenty20 World Cup. And the 33-year-old also mentioned that now their focus will be to win the Super 12 game against Bangladesh in Adelaide tomorrow.
Bangladesh’s T20 technical consultant Sridharan Sriram said that the Tigers are capable of beating Pakistan in their final Super 12 fixture of the T20 World Cup in Adelaide tomorrow.
Bangladesh batter Liton Das’s stellar year continued as the right-hander managed to become the highest-ever-run-getter for Bangladesh in a calendar year following a flying 27-ball 60 in Bangladesh’s Super 12 loss against India in the ongoing T20 World Cup at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday.
“Damal” actor Siam Ahmed is an admitted sports fan, whose passion translated well into the screen with his football-based film.
Bangladesh’s batting has been a major concern in the T20 World Cup so far and the question that has been asked most is whether their batting depth has paid dividends. On the other hand, the bowling has turned out to be game-changing for the Tigers, with their speedsters making the most of the pace, bounce and movement offered by Australian surfaces.
Bangladesh Test and T20I skipper Shakib Al Hasan heaped praise on pace spearhead Taskin Ahmed, saying that the pacer has now assumed the role of a leader in the pace department since the departure of the country's most iconic cricketing figure -- Mashrafe Bin Mortaza.
It was proved yet again that early momentum helps Bangladesh as a decent opening stand on Monday prevented any batting mishaps for the Tigers in their Super 12 clash against the Netherlands, which they won by nine runs at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart to kick off their T20 World Cup campaign.
Taskin Ahmed’s first two deliveries hit a length and while the first went away from the left-handed Vikramjit Singh, the second went away just slightly off the deck from the right-handed Bas de Leede and both deliveries made the batters play and got the nick off the bats. Most importantly, both catches were taken, with Yasir Ali diving forward to take a low catch at slips and wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan diving to his right to take the next one as Netherlands were down to two in two deliveries in chase of 144 made by Bangladesh. The tone had been set, and the fielders had their tails up as Bangladesh made up for any lacking with the bat in the first innings.
The pessimism heading into the World Cup is justified.
Shakib Al Hasan has said that having teams like Netherlands and Zimbabwe join in their group as qualifiers will not alter their expectations or preparations for the five Super 12 matches of the T20 World Cup.
