Bishwajit Roy

He loves to eat sandwiches and burgers but now he is unable to treat himself to his two favourite snacks. It is hard to regulate the rice intake during lunch or dinner and sometimes he cannot resist the temptation and is caught catch red-handed by team officials. His favourite meal of chicken? That too is restricted. Bangladesh Under-19s' well-built opener Pinak Ghosh however has no complaints because even at the age of 17 he knows that one should sacrifice the small things in life to fulfil a big dream.

There has not been much interest so far among the cricket fans to turn up at the ground to watch the ICC Under-19 World Cup matches, but the scenario is different in the tourist town of Cox's Bazar. Here, people have been showing plenty of interest but they have no chance of entering the ground at the Sheikh Kamal International Stadium, where the first match will take place between Scotland and Namibia today before the home side's two games on January 31 and February 2.

A shaky start, with only three runs from the first five overs, was manfully survived as the young Tigers held their nerve and showed great maturity to get off to an ideal start in the ICC Under-19 World Cup with a 43–run victory over defending champions South Africa Under-19s in the opening match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium yesterday.

The ICC Under-19 World Cup, which is described as an early taste of international cricket for the talented youngsters, kicks off today at

The jungle of concrete that the port city has become following construction work of flyovers hardly provides any indication that a

"Life itself is the most wonderful fairytale of all."

A massive crowd turned up at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on the weekly holiday yesterday, but

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza felt two of his most experienced campaigners performed when they needed to. The ever-reliable Mushfiqur Rahim and ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan stepped up at the right time to guide the hosts to a 145-run win over Zimbabwe in the first ODI of the three-match series in Mirpur yesterday.

One can enjoy nothing more brilliant, vivid and striking than the company of Mashrafe Bin Mortaza. Ask any of his teammates how big his influence is both on and off the field, ask any journalist how entertaining and refreshing spending time with the brave-hearted cricketer is, or ask any of his friends, regardless of class and creed, how warming it is to spend time with him; they will tell you the same.

The domestic cricket season is going to get underway with the National Cricket League (NCL) next month. And with another season

Mushfiqur Rahim has always been vocal in favour of his team getting more opportunities to play Test cricket, but even the Test captain

The high-ups of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) can stay happy campers following the national team's success in the last eight months in international cricket, especially in the ODIs.

Many had their share of inputs behind the Tigers' recent dream run, especially in the limited-overs version of the game under the

Batting-wise it was like the Chittagong Test revisited for the Tigers. A number of batsmen got the starts, settled in the middle but failed to convert those

At one point Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim refused to rule out the possibility of 1-0 series victory against the world's number one Test team, South Africa, while speaking at the pre-match press conference in Mirpur yesterday. But before that he made it clear where the challenge laid in the second and final Test, beginning at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today under the threat of rain.

What waits for wonder boy Mustafizur Rahman when the second and final Test between Bangladesh and South Africa begins at the Sher-e-Bangla National

The question whether he would be considered for Tests was never there, rather it was when?

A spectacular turnaround! Ah! Relieved, it all clicked in the nick of time. Soumya Sarkar got the reward of being patient; Mahmudullah Riyad took only one match to return to his composed self. The bowling had its best out in the middle to set an easy platform for the batters. New pace sensation Mustafizur Rahman took three wickets and gave a message that he was not a migratory bird and came here to stay;

The Tigers were fantastic in the World Cup down under, they were magnificent against Pakistan and they have dominated India -- a fairytale by any stretch

The first ODI began two hours and forty minutes after the scheduled time due to heavy rain but when it began, South Africa's debutant