Russell was plying his trade for Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in Dubai’s ILT20 till Sunday night before he hopped on a flight and joined the Rangpur Riders in Dhaka mere hours before their crucial eliminator match against Khulna Tigers in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) yesterday.
Defending champions Fortune Barishal sealed a final berth with a nine-wicket win against Chittagong Kings in the first qualifier.
Rangpur Riders assistant coach Mohammad Ashraful blamed his team’s unexpected exit from the Bangladesh Premier League T20 on the absence of Pakistan all-rounder Khushdil Shah and the inconsistency dished out by local talents.
The loss in the first eliminator sees Rangpur exit the tournament on the back of five straight defeats.
Opener Parvez Hossain Emon scored a 41-ball 75 as Chittagong Kings beat Fortune Barishal by 24 runs in the last match of the league stage of Bangladesh Premier League in Mirpur on Saturday, setting up the first qualifier against the same team.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has refuted several media reports claiming that a travel ban had beenon Durbar Rajshahi batter Anamul Haque Bijoy due to anti-corruption issues.
How many people are watching the ongoing 11th Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is a difficult question to answer.
Bangladesh star Mehedi Hasan Miraz said that a "different" circumstance is prevailing in this BPL and hoped that BCB will be able to manage things well and find a solution so as not to bring disrepute to the country’s cricket.
The players’ non-payment issue in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is refusing to die down as on Friday Chittagong Kings admitted that they are yet to pay anything to Bangladesh cricketer Parvez Hossain Emon due to “personal reasons”.
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Bangladesh’s star opener Tamim Iqbal said that other than an increase in the number of concerts, the southpaw has not seen anything different happening in the build of the 11th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), set to begin tomorrow with the game between Tamim-led Fortune Barishal and Durbar Rajshahi.
The Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur got abuzz as the players are preparing for the 11th edition of the franchise-based Bangladesh Premier League, beginning December 30.
Defending champions Fortune Barishal stole the limelight in the players’ draft event of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 2025 by securing the services of six of the 12 Category A cricketers from the domestic players list by drafting in Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mahmudullah Riyad and Rishad Hossain yesterday.
Durbar Rajshahi picked Taskin Ahmed in the first call while Liton Das and Mahmudullah were roped in by Dhaka Capitals and Fortune Barishal respectively in the players’ draft for the 11th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) currently taking place at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon in Dhaka today.
The newly awarded franchises -- Dhaka Capitals, Durbar Rajshahi, and Chittagong Kings -- can recruit two local players from any category as a direct signing from the local players’ draft list.
