King Kohli’s Test tale built on grit
Interestingly, however, a Test career that ends with universal applause had begun in a very different manner, with many questioning whether Kohli even belonged in the format.
13 May 2025, 02:30 AM
Tamim’s misplaced plea and a broken system
At the launching event of the newly-formed platform Bangladesh District and Divisional Sports Organisers Association (BDDSOA) yesterday in Dhaka, former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal made a request to the councillors who will cast their votes in the next Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) election.
4 May 2025, 02:30 AM
A rivalry spiced up the Bangladesh way
Only by losing the first Test in Sylhet could Bangladesh have fans, and everyone else, turn their focus towards themselves for a series that nearly experienced a media blackout, forcing the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to get state-run BTV as the broadcast partner.
28 April 2025, 02:35 AM
Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe: A rivalry on its last legs
Bangladesh’s two-Test series against Zimbabwe is set to commence in Sylhet on Sunday at a time when fan interest on any sort of cricketing engagement between these two sides is arguably at an all-time low.
17 April 2025, 02:00 AM
Saudi Arabia’s $500m takeover of cricket and its many implications
The Saudis are not just trying to enter the cricket market, they want to establish a new T20 circuit of cricket with them at the helm of it.
29 March 2025, 04:00 AM
A legacy of retirement limbo in Bangladesh cricket
“I have decided to quit cricket as a mark of protest against a group of people in the Bangladesh Cricket Board [BCB] who do not want to see me in the squad.”
15 March 2025, 02:00 AM
Calling it a day the Australian way
Yesterday, another modern-day Australian great called time on his ODI career a day after he top-scored for his side but could not deliver what was expected off of him.
6 March 2025, 02:00 AM
Afghanistan put on a ‘tamasha’ to remember
But the thousands that were present at the Gaddafi Stadium and the millions who tuned in from around the globe to watch the Group B encounter between Afghanistan and England on Thursday, witnessed an absolute cricketing ‘tamasha’ in the truest sense.
28 February 2025, 01:00 AM
The fallacy of local dominance in BPL
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics,” is a famous quote from American author and humourist Mark Twain that alludes to the concealing nature of statistics.
3 March 2024, 01:00 AM
Towhid Hridoy: The adaptable prodigy
‘You couldn’t hit one boundary!’. In the 2022 BPL final, Towhid Hridoy of the Fortune Barishal was on strike against Comilla Victorians pacer Shohidul Islam for the last three balls of the match with his side seven runs away from victory.
28 February 2024, 01:00 AM
Can Lipu’s committee overcome the invisible hand?
For years, there have been murmurs about the selection panel not having complete freedom to choose the players that they want.
13 February 2024, 06:30 AM
Sports, politics and the ugly by-product
Ideally, sports and politics should never mix, but inevitably, sports and politics always mix.
10 February 2024, 01:00 AM
Tests: A format that refuses to die
When did Test cricket first start dying?
30 January 2024, 01:00 AM
BPL: A league without a purpose
“You are starting a tournament that if you open your mind and then think big, [it could] probably [be] the best tournament in the world. Every cricketer [will say], ‘Listen, between February and March, I want to play in the BPL.”
20 January 2024, 01:00 AM
Great waste of immense potential
For a good few years in the last decade, two young players were regarded as the next big things in Bangladesh cricket's white-ball formats: Nasir Hossain and Sabbir Rahman.
18 January 2024, 01:00 AM
SA, WI scapegoats in ‘death’ of Tests?
Going by the collective outcry of the cricket fraternity around the world, led by former Australia captain Steve Waugh, it seems that the people running the game in South Africa have just landed the final blow in the gruesome murder of Test cricket.
12 January 2024, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh’s U-19 obsession and its consequence
Which of these two countries are more successful in age-level cricket, India or Bangladesh?
6 January 2024, 03:00 AM
Thought process threatens progress
The year 2023 has been a ‘colourful’ one for Bangladesh, in the most literal sense, as they have spent most of their time playing in the red-and-green jersey and have donned the all-white one on only four occasions.
26 December 2023, 03:00 AM
The ODI bubble bursts in 2023
2023 has been Bangladesh's busiest ever year in ODIs. They have played 32 matches as part of six bilateral series – four at home and two away– and taken part in the Asia Cup in August-September and the ICC World Cup in October-November.
25 December 2023, 01:00 AM
Time to put Powerplay to use
For the past five years, New Zealand have been Bangladesh's most gracious hosts in international cricket.
22 December 2023, 21:00 PM
Humorous Hathurusingha running out of ideas?
"Bangladesh teams for the last 15 years were used to having Shakib. We are finding it hard to make a combination [without him]."
19 December 2023, 21:14 PM
Shanto, Taijul grab the brass ring
When Shakib Al Hasan got ruled out of Bangladesh's home Test series against New Zealand due to injury, the hosts suffered a double blow as they lost their leader and their best all-rounder at the same time.
3 December 2023, 01:00 AM
How keeping a cool Head paid off
“It's a lot better than seeing the World Cup on the couch at home,” said Travis Head as a smile crept across his face.
21 November 2023, 01:10 AM
The silence in Ahmedabad reminiscent of Maracanazo
On Sunday, the world of sport saw a re-enactment of sorts of the Maracanazo, albeit in a different sport.
20 November 2023, 14:45 PM
Ice-cool Aussies show character
The Australian cricket team's uncanny ability to turn up at their very best when the stakes are the highest was on full display in the final of the ICC World Cup against India on Sunday.
19 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Maxwell’s cinematic knock and the charm of ODIs
If the group-stage matches of the ICC World Cup 2023 were all separate feature-length movies, what would their genres be?
14 November 2023, 02:15 AM
Hathurusingha's reluctant acceptance of World Cup failure
"I take the responsibility because we have disappointed the fans and ourselves," said Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha at a press conference yesterday in an apparent admittance of his role in what has been a disastrous World Cup campaign for the Tigers.
6 November 2023, 01:05 AM
A reluctant captain and a doomed campaign
One of the many features that makes cricket stand out from other major team sports is the significance of the captain.
30 October 2023, 01:00 AM