Bishwajit Roy

Tamim Iqbal looked a relieved man yesterday. Despite having missed out on what could have been a historic century for the player, the good news was that the batsman had finally hit form.

The weak points of this Bangladeshi contingent may be forgiven after their successful chase at Nelson's Saxton Oval. After all, it's not every day that the inconsistent Tigers manage to scale down a 300-plus total.

It appears that two schools of thought exist in the Bangladesh cricket team regarding the fans' interest and enthusiasm.

Cricket fans across the country will have to make some serious adjustments to their Thursday morning's wake-up call if they are unwilling to miss the Tigers in action against Scotland.

Three matches down and Bangladesh are yet to witness a Shakib Al Hasan-special. While he did score a match-turning half-century against Afghanistan, many reckon that the best is yet to come. However, things haven't been easy for the left-hander.

The Bangladesh cricket team had a day full of activities on Monday.

From excluding the older players from the side to hiring a new fielding coach, the team management followed a number of strategies in a bid to maintain a strong fielding unit in this World Cup. However, when the chips were down, that was the very aspect that the Tigers failed in.

man, who has a very good knowledge about this Bangladesh team, has been sharing his experience with the Scots

The Bangladesh cricket team had a day full of activities on Monday. Having arrived in New Zealand on the previous day, the Tigers held their first practice session yesterday at the at the Saxton Oval, where they will be playing their fourth group match of the World Cup against Scotland on March 5. The Tigers were later showed around the sporting facilities of the Saxton Oval before being treated to a unique reception by the Nelson City Council.

Scenes from the 1999 World Cup match in Edinburgh stormed into Mashrafe Bin Mortaza's mind as soon as questions regarding Bangladesh's Scotland encounter, due to take place at the Saxton Oval this Thursday, were brought to the table.

To be brutally honest, the start to our New Zealand tour wasn't the best. It took a long time for us to complete

It is no wonder why Anamul Haque is not Kumar Sangakkara. The Bangladesh opener was gifted as many chances as the Sri Lankan maestro during the two team's respective innings. However, the end result was very different. While Sangakkara made most of those early chances to score an unbeaten 76-ball 105, the Bangladesh opener huffed and puffed to 29 before being dismissed. His technique was severely tested throughout his innings, which was ended by a run-out.

The Tigers turned up at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for the first time to make a statement against the Lankan Lions yesterday.

"Like batting, bowling also needs partnerships to become successful."

In February 2014, a bizarre defeat against Sri Lanka at Mirpur saw Bangladesh step into one of their worst ODI runs ever.

It's a huge ground this; the MCG. Three times the capacity of the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium at Mirpur

That today's game has the potential to decide Bangladesh's fate in the World Cup is a fact that is quite well known.

A pal of gloom replaced happiness as the otherwise cheerful Tigers on Monday tried to get over the unhappy episode of pace bowler Al-Amin Hossain that understandably upset the rhythm of the Bangladesh team in Australia.

If everything goes according to plan then left-handed batsman Mominul Haque will once again bat late in the order in the Tigers' third group match against Sri Lanka at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on February 26.

A well-tuned Bangladesh team that arrived in Melbourne yesterday from Brisbane to play