Interview / ‘Cricket in Bangladesh shouldn’t be Dhaka-centric’
Raja shared his views on the state of BPL, Bangladesh cricket, and more, in an interview with The Daily Star.
27 February 2024, 01:41 AM
Tanzid Hasan Tamim Interview / ‘I don’t want to confine myself to one format’
'I have the desire to represent Bangladesh across all three formats as I don’t want to confine myself to a particular format'
25 February 2024, 03:00 AM
Ingenuity behind Shoriful blooming
The 22-year-old left-arm pacer spoke about his game among other things with Mazhar Uddin of The Daily Star during an interview.
20 February 2024, 01:30 AM
Shoriful hopes to carry over BPL form into T20 World Cup
Shoriful is leading the wicket-takers list in this year’s BPL, having taken 22 wickets in 12 matches at an average of just 15.86.
19 February 2024, 06:04 AM
‘I have no complaints, nor am I disappointed in myself’
Jaker Ali Anik came to the fore when he smashed three consecutive hundreds in the 2022-23 Bangladesh Cricket League, ending up as the leading run-getter of the tournament. The 25-year-old is one of the handful of local cricketers who have been able to show glimpses in the ongoing and the previous Bangladesh Premier League season for Comilla Victorians. Anik, whose exclusion from the Bangladesh T20 squad for the upcoming Sri Lanka series led to Comilla head coach Mohammad Salahuddin criticising the selection process, spoke about how playing for Bangladesh 'A' team and High-Performance team had helped his game and the way Pakistan’s star wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan had an influence on him along with a few other topics during an interview with Mazhar Uddin of The Daily Star. The...
18 February 2024, 01:00 AM
Aliss’ rocky ride to national team
Aliss Al Islam talked about his journey and experience during an interview with Mazhar Uddin of The Daily Star. The excerpts of the interview are as follows:
15 February 2024, 01:00 AM
Shanto’s dream comes true
“One of my dreams came true,” said Najmul Hossain Shanto as he expressed his initial reaction after Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) declared him as the all-format captain yesterday.
12 February 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Good players on good wickets will lead to good cricket’
'When you put good players on good wickets you will get to see some good T20 cricket.'
11 February 2024, 01:00 AM
'No shortage of confidence'
Bangladesh left-arm spinner Taijul Islam helped the side overcome the absence of lead spinner Shakib Al Hasan and bagged his fourth
4 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Short-termism laid bare
"Hopefully it will spin. Also [hoping there will be] something that gives our seamers a chance. We want to see how good they are. When we play away from home,
3 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Not a perfect start for Tigers
Bangladesh were hoping to utilise home conditions to greater effect given their strategy of undoing their opponents with a spin-heavy side, but instead it is Zimbabwe who will be the happier side after their performance on the opening day of the inaugural Test at the
3 November 2018, 18:00 PM
'Captaincy helps my game'
When it comes to standing up in moments of crisis, Mahmudullah Riyad is one name in Bangladesh cricket who has done it more often than not and he has done it not just with bat or ball in hand, but also as a leader.
2 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Tigers look to dominate in Sylhet's first
Bangladesh's growth in Tests has not quite matched their progress in ODI cricket as just 10 wins in 108 matches show. Among their most monumental results in the format are wins over Australia and England at home on tailor-made pitches that favour spin bowling, so the Tigers may opt for the same strategy when they take on Zimbabwe at the Sylhet International Stadium today in the first match of a two-Test series.
2 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Rhodes looking to lift Test fortunes
On his first assignment as Bangladesh head coach, Steve Rhodes witnessed a calamitous collapse that ended in the Tigers being bundled out for just 43 runs -- their lowest ever score in Tests -- in Antigua during the tour of West Indies in July this year.
1 November 2018, 18:00 PM
'Angry, nasty, but in control'
There were high hopes of Bangladesh's fast bowlers since the arrivals of Al-Amin Hossain and Taskin Ahmed in 2014 and the emergence of Mustafziur Rahman, who took the world by storm in mid-2015. Three years on, only Mustafizur apart has to lived up to the initial hype.
1 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Sylhet's challenge to revive a rich history
Although Bangladesh's first Test against Zimbabwe starting on November 3 will make the Sylhet International Stadium the country's
31 October 2018, 18:00 PM
'People now want selfies with me'
It was a different sort of homecoming to Sylhet for pacer Khaled Ahmed after he learned that he was included in the Bangladesh Test squad for the two-match series against Zimbabwe.
28 October 2018, 18:00 PM
'My bags are always packed'
Neither Imrul Kayes nor Soumya Sarkar are strangers to last-minute plans -- both were flown to the UAE midway through last month's Asia Cup, with the former hitting a fifty less than 20 hours after landing.
26 October 2018, 20:11 PM
Soumya, Imrul seal whitewash
It was a series where Bangladesh had a lot to prove as they were playing without two of their most experienced players in Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan.
26 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Tigers unearth pace options
The Bangladesh team management opted for five seamers in the eleven for the third and final ODI against Zimbabwe yesterday. Ariful Haque and Soumya Sarkar were the batting all-rounders coming in to supplement the usual group of three pacers -- a move to gauge the bench strength in pace bowling.
26 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Soumya can slot in at 3 or 7
Yesterday was a day of relaxation for the Bangladesh team, having sealed the three-ODI series against Zimbabwe with a game in hand on Wednesday. Apart from Ariful Haque, Abu Hider, Rubel Hossain, Nazmul Hossain and Soumya Sarkar, all the members of the team opted to rest in the team hotel in Chattogram.
25 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Tinkering on the cards in dead rubber
With the three-match ODI series already sealed with a game in hand, Bangladesh will be looking to experiment with the team combination in the third and final game against Zimbabwe at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium in Chattogram today.
25 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Ariful and Khaled included in Test squad
All-rounder Ariful Haque and pacer Khaled Ahmed are likely to be included in the Test Squad for the upcoming Test series against Zimbabwe, it was learned.
25 October 2018, 08:52 AM
Clinical Tigers seal series
The mantra of putting a collective approach ahead of individual heroics paid dividends as a clinical Bangladesh clinched the three-match ODI series with a game to spare, handing Zimbabwe a comprehensive seven-wicket defeat at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium in Chattogram yesterday.
24 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Potential turns to promise?
With next summer's World Cup on England's seaming pitches in mind, where a seamer who can also be handy with the bat is crucial to a flexible team combination, the Bangladesh team management have desperately been looking for a pace-bowling all-rounder.
24 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Experiment, but not at cost of clinicality
Bangladesh cricket has reached a stage where only winning a game or series against Zimbabwe would serve little purpose. Now, the Tigers must also exercise the luxury of experimenting with a few fresh faces along the way.
23 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Upbeat hosts look to seal series
Bangladesh will not only eye their tenth series win over their once archrivals coming into a potentially series-deciding second of the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe today, they will also want to become a more consistent side at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.
23 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Imrul makes the difference
Bangladesh justified their 'favourites' tag coming into the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe by winning the first match by 28 runs under the floodlights at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. It however needed Imrul Kayes to strike a career-best 144 to rescue the home side from a precarious position in the afternoon.
21 October 2018, 18:00 PM