The draft for the 11th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League was completed on Monday as all seven teams had a busy day trying to sign their desired players to make the best possible side to clinch the tournament which starts on December 27.
As someone who has often struggled for consistency, Mominul applied himself better than the rest of the Bangladesh batters.
“In Tests, we see different scenarios. How the game went today, it was like in T20s,” Bangladesh all-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz encapsulated what transpired in India’s first innings on day four of the second and final Test at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur yesterday.
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, one of India’s greatest, was the last captain to win a toss and elect to bowl in a Kanpur Test. Pataudi opted to take the field against England in 1964. No team since then opted to bowl first in Kanpur that is until current India skipper Rohit Sharma in the ongoing second Test against Bangladesh.
Bangladesh batter Mominul Haque stepped into a challenging situation after opener Zakir Hasan perished following a 24-ball duck, with Jasprit Bumrah leading the Indian attack and keeping a tight grip on the Bangladesh innings on the opening day of the second and final Test in Kanpur yesterday. As Mominul faced 14 deliveries without scoring, there was anxiety perhaps creeping in.
Bangladesh’s Test win at Mount Maunganui against the then World Test champions New Zealand in 2022 would certainly go down as a historic achievement in the Tigers’ history. But even Mominul Haque, the Tigers’ skipper back then, believes that winning a series away from home evokes a very different kind of feeling within the team than what a one-off win produces.
If going against the grain is a sought-after trait when achieving a backs-to-the-wall turnaround, Liton mythically overcame his performance issues in Rawalpindi.
Bangladesh Cricket Board announced separate squads for its forthcoming Pakistan tour.
The national team stars, who are not playing franchise cricket outside the country, will join Bangladesh Tigers or partake in individual sessions following their break as per team management’s plans as the focus shifts back to red-ball cricket with the two-Test tour to Pakistan in August coming up.
There has been a lot of talk since Mominul Haque was left out from the first Test squad to eventually making a
Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha defends the decision to drop Mominul Haque from the first Test squad.
Bangladesh cricketer Mominul Haque says that he is focused on the challenge of playing well and is not focused on the numbers.
Whether Mominul Haque is going to feature in international cricket this year remains a question. He was excluded from Bangladesh's last Test against Sri Lanka, a game which the Tigers went on to win.
Gazi Group Cricketers defeated Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club by 35 runs in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League match at BKSP’s No.3 ground today.
With only 40.2 overs possible on day one, Bangladesh reached 154 for 3 on the back of fifties from Tamim Iqbal and Mominul Haque during the first Test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington today.
New Zealand's players, in individual terms, would be smart not to simply write Bangladesh off as no-hope lightweights. Banana skins abound. They are not without talent and they are learning.
The Dhaka Premier League continues its exciting run as the fifth round began with a couple of upsets and some noteworthy individual performances.
In the highest scoring match of the day, Victoria Sporting Club pile up 270 for 3 on the back of Mominul Haque’s maiden ton in the ongoing DPL after Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club captain Farhad Reza elected to field first at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Fatullah.
A century by former national opener Anamul Haque takes Gazi Group Cricketers to victory over a misfiring Cricket Coaching School, an all-round show from Victoria Sporting Club eclipses a fighting total from Kalabagan Cricket Academy, while the third match between Mohammedan SC and Rupganj is postponed to the reserve day because of a wet outfield.