Bishwajit Roy

A very brief fireworks display took place after the final without any big cheers as by that time the stadium was nearly empty, following the

Bangladesh cricket fans can hardly wait for today's auspicious occasion when the Tigers start their Asia Cup T20 final against India at their beloved cricket ground in Mirpur. As usual there is a wide range of issues, from daily sufferings to major political topics, to discuss but apparently all those have taken a back seat as the country's sports-loving people have been gripped by cricket fever.

"Ha! Tickets? I doubt whether even I'll be able to get in or not!" a leading cricketer spoke into his phone yesterday, one would assume jokingly, after being asked to provide tickets for tomorrow's Asia Cup T20 final while he was relaxing after training at the Mirpur Indoor.

Is Mahmudullah Riyad's batting suited to T20 cricket? The once-burning question has probably become a foolish one now. The elegant right-hander has so far scored 7, 36 not out, 23 and 22 in the ongoing Asia Cup T20; from a statistical viewpoint the numbers may not set the world alight, but the impact of his last three innings in Bangladesh's progress to the final of the regional event has been immense.

Mahmudullah Riyad slid across the green grass immediately after smacking the winning boundary, his teammates ran towards him from the dressing room and leapt upon him. That was followed by the players, including captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, and officials embracing each other amidst deafening roars from the stands. The celebration was unbound as the Tigers came out from their self-imposed shell of keeping themselves in check after winning matches.

He was ruled out of the tournament due to injury the previous day but young pace sensation Mustafizur Rahman

It is a little surreal that a country that has little or no history of

The roaring fans saw their beloved Tigers create another bit of history in their favourite den last night. Sabbir Rahman's career best and well-composed 80-run knock was ably aided by intelligent bowling to secure a maiden T20 win against Sri Lanka and kept the home team's hopes of playing the Asia Cup final alive.

Even in the shortest version of the game there are small battles within the big battle. It will be interesting to see how a misfiring Sri Lankan line-up batting

Bangladesh's bowling proved to be too good to handle for UAE last night at Mirpur as the hosts bounced back from their defeat against India in the first

When Bangladesh takes on UAE in their second Asia Cup T20 match this evening at Mirpur, nothing but a comprehensive win would be expected from the Tigers. The question is whether Bangladesh are clear favourites against the ICC Associate Member country in the T20 format. The defeat against India in the opener is not the reason behind that question; it is not as if all is lost following the 45-run loss.

A sublime innings by a fortunate Rohit Sharma condemned Bangladesh to a 45-run loss in the Asia Cup T20 in Mirpur last night. It might have been different as the normally T20-reticent Tigers sprang off the blocks with their pacers, who responded brilliantly on a green pitch at Mirpur in the opener to

There are very few who would have foreseen Mahmudullah Riyad going to Australia-New Zealand last year and scoring the first hundred for Bangladesh in World Cups,

Tamim Iqbal returned home from UAE along with two other national cricketers Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim yesterday with some sweet memories

Leading the team to its best finish in the ICC Under-19 World Cup, receiving the player-of-the-tournament award and getting a chance to lead the world eleven were all overshadowed by the event that took place when Bangladesh Under-19s captain Mehedi Hasan Miraz reached his home city Khulna late on Tuesday afternoon.

Captain Shimron Hetmyer, along with his teammates, rushed to the boundary rope even though they were still one

The venue of the home of cricket in Mirpur is nothing new. Neither are the West Indies an unknown opponent. The statistics also speak in Bangladesh's favour, but as the junior Tigers are going to play their first semifinal of the the ICC Under-19 World Cup today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, everybody was relishing the biggest challenge ahead for Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Co.

“He is special.” That was how chief selector Faruque Ahmed rated Nazmul Hossain's unbeaten hundred against Scotland in the second group match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup here yesterday.

Nazmul Hossain continued his impressive form with a swashbuckling unbeaten hundred, took a stunning catch and produced a spectacular fast throw from point to initiate a run out to help Bangladesh secure an emphatic 114-run victory against Scotland in their second ICC Under-19 World Cup group match at the Sheikh Kamal International Stadium in Cox's Bazar yesterday.

The joys of youth were very evident at the Bangladesh U-19s training session at the practice ground of the Sheikh Kamal International Stadium in Cox's Bazar yesterday. The high-flying home players were cracking jokes and having fun whenever they got a chance and did not hesitate to exchange smiles with the media people ahead of today's ICC Under-19 World Cup match against Scotland.