As the conflict between India and Pakistan escalates, with both countries exchanging heavy artillery along their contested frontier yesterday, the sporting bodies in Bangladesh are carefully observing the situation which is likely to have long term consequences in sports in the sub-continent.
The primary responsibility of national selectors is to identify players capable of fulfilling roles that contribute to the national team’s goals. To do so effectively, the selection panel is expected to attend a significant number of domestic matches. However, questions have emerged over the selection panel’s noticeable absence from matches held at BKSP during the Dhaka Premier League (DPL), the country’s premier 50-over competition.
With the BCB election is knocking at the door -- expected to be held before October -- there are already rumours floating in the air that Tamim might contest in the election.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is waiting on the injury assessment of Liton Das as the wicketkeeper-batter is the frontrunner to captain the Tigers in their upcoming T20I series against the UAE and Pakistan.
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.
The series will be Bangladesh's first meeting with the UAE in a bilateral T20I series since 2022.
It's not just the board that's been caught napping. Hridoy’s own attitude throws up red flags about a wider issue.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has called for an emergency board meeting today to address recent issues such as allegations of financial irregularities and chaos between clubs, players and the board. The emergency meeting will be held online over Zoom platform at 4:00 pm.
The situation, both on and off the field, is disheartening. The national team’s struggles, coupled with ongoing match-fixing allegations and administrative chaos in the domestic arena, mirror the dysfunction of the previous regime Faruque promised to reform.
Sanjida Akter and Nishita Akter have been replaced in the squad by Lata Mondol and Shorifa Khatun
Bangladesh team returned to the country on Sunday following their final World Cup game against Australia in Pune and the time for retrospection after the debacle has not been actively pursued by the board yet.
From aspirations of making it to their maiden semifinal to barely qualifying for the 2025 Champions Trophy with an eighth-placed finish, Bangladesh’s World Cup dream has fluctuated as wildly as its tumultuous state of affairs.
After the Sri Lanka cricket team returned to the country following a disastrous World Cup campaign where they only won two matches and finished ninth, consequently missing out on a spot for the 2025 Champions Trophy, the team was greeted with heavy criticism from all quarters.
A day after Bangladesh’s feeble World Cup campaign ended in an apt whimper, a Supreme Court lawyer on Sunday sent the Bangladesh Cricket Board a legal notice asking its board president, CEO and national captain to step down.
'They have let the nation down big time and the buck must stop with them'
Chairman of Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) Women’s Wing Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel confirmed that the 26 contracted players of the national team pool did not get paid for five months due to a ‘technical reason’.
Having worked as the Bangladesh team's performance analyst for nearly six years, Shrinivas Chandrasekaran bid adieu to Bangladesh cricket after the World Cup. He is the second member of the support staff after pace bowling coach Allan Donald to cut ties with the team. In an interview with The Daily Star's Mazhar Uddin on Saturday, Shrinivas spoke candidly about what he felt went wrong in the World Cup campaign. Following are excerpts of the interview-
Bangladesh cricket team returned home yesterday after a disastrous World Cup campaign in India where they were eliminated from the group stage with seven defeats against only two wins.
Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Khundkar Hasan Shahriyar sent the legal notice by registered post.
