Bangladesh had to be satisfied with a draw after fluffing a host of opportunities at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Shillong in their AFC Asian Cup Qualifier against India on Tuesday.
Even though there is a big gulf in ranking as well as performances between Bangladesh and India, the matches involving the two neighbours have over the years produced some thrilling contests.
Bangladesh centre-back Tapu Barman said his side would have to be wary about India’s set-piece prowess ahead of the much-anticipated Asian Cup Qualifiers fixture between the sides in Shillong on March 25.
The Bangladesh national football team scored more than 12 goals in a match on Thursday. At first glance, this might seem like an extraordinary feat, a reason to celebrate the team's attacking prowess -- especially since Bangladesh are not known for scoring heavily at the international level.
The men in red and green are expected to fly out to India on March 19, a day after Hamza Chowdhury is expected to join the team in Dhaka.
Bangladesh selector Abdur Razzak has called the Tigers’ five-wicket collapse against India in an ICC Champions Trophy group-stage fixture “an accident” and assured that such a calamity wouldn’t take place in the next match against New Zealand.
The greatest stages produce the greatest heroes.
After getting dismissed as the last Bangladesh batter in their ICC Champions Trophy opener against India in Dubai yesterday, centurion Towhid Hridoy limped back to the dressing room, with shoulders slumped and a pained expression etched across his face -- a wounded soldier who knew his resilience and determination were not enough to lift Bangladesh out of trouble.
India opener Shubhman Gill notched up his eighth ODI ton to lead the Men in Blue to a six-wicket win in their opening Champions Trophy fixture against Bangladesh at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
Bangladesh women's cricket team saw their wish to play at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium fulfilled, hosting India for a three-match T20I series at the 'home of cricket'.
The 2023 Asia Cup is set to be held in September and will be played in the 50-over format to ramp up preparations for the World Cup in India in November, the president of the Asian Cricket Council, Jay Shah announced on Thursday.
India will look to steamroll a plucky but inconsistent Bangladesh in the second Test starting on Thursday in Dhaka to cement their standing in the ICC Test Championship.
Bangladesh are on the brink of a follow-on against India losing eight wickets for 133 as they trail by 271 runs at stumps on the second day of the first Test at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Thursday.
The final session on the first day of the opening Test in Chattogram between Bangladesh and India looked to be slipping away with two set batters- Cheteshwar Pujara and Shreyas Iyer- capitalising the settled wicket but the Tigers clawed back from a bleak outlook to take two wickets in the last 10 overs of the day to reduce India to 278-6 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Wednesday.
Mustafizur had just won it for Bangladesh! And I was there for it.
Bangladesh scripted another famous ODI series win over India as the Tigers clinched the second match of the three-match series by five runs taking an unassailable 2-0 lead at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.
It was at the lowest point of Bangladesh’s innings, with the Tigers tottering at six for 69 in the 19th over that Mehedi Hasan Miraz – saviour of the first ODI against India -- came to the crease.
Bangladesh pacer Ebadot Hossain picked up the prized wicket of India's Virat Kohli in the second over of the innings, while Mustafizur Rahman scalped the other opener Shikhar Dhawan to leave India two down for 13 runs in the second ODI of the three-matchs series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Wednesday
Although Bangladesh edged India in the most dramatic of finishes on Sunday, they would have to look back at some of the habitual mistakes they made while pursuing what should've been a straightforward chase.
