'All’s well that ends well': Is it the case for Tigers after Zim series?
Bangladesh turned things around in the Test series against Zimbabwe, winning the second and final Test by a resounding margin of an innings and 106 runs in Chattogram yesterday.
1 May 2025, 03:30 AM
Stumped by the system
Every year, the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) begins with unwavering commitments from authorities to make it even more competitive than the previous years.
11 April 2025, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh batting stuck in archaic groove
“Ben Duckett cost them [England] the game… scored too slow, mate… they should have got to at least 380,” former South Africa batter Herschelle Gibbs said about Duckett’s innings after England lost their Champions Trophy opener against Australia in Lahore last Saturday, despite posting 351 for eight -- the highest total in the competition’s history -- only for Australia to chase it down with five wickets and 15 balls to spare.
26 February 2025, 21:14 PM
Sehwag’s humiliating remarks a grim reality for Tigers?
The greatest stages produce the greatest heroes.
22 February 2025, 02:00 AM
IND v PAK: A rivalry that goes way beyond cricket
When the Prime Minister of a nation makes a serious statement about sports, it is clear that the underlying causes go beyond the game itself -- that the tension arises from something much larger on a broader scale.
19 February 2025, 04:00 AM
Contrasting LaLiga scenes in 2024, what next?
Last season, around this time, there was a surprise package in Girona in the top three of LaLiga. However, a year later, the Spanish league has returned to the status quo, with Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid -- the three giants of Spain -- occupying the top three spots on the table at the end of 2024.
11 January 2025, 01:30 AM
Pacers lead Tigers to best-ever WTC
The 101-run win over hosts West Indies in the second and final Test in Jamaica on Tuesday was the fitting way for Bangladesh to close out the 2023-2025 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle -- the best one the Tigers experienced to date.
4 December 2024, 18:30 PM
‘Big Five’ not in picture, but what about persisting mediocrity?
Bangladesh cricket is set to get a glimpse of a new era in Tests when they take on hosts West Indies in the first of the two World Test Championship (WTC) fixtures from November 22 in Antigua.
20 November 2024, 02:30 AM
'All’s well that ends well': Is it the case for Tigers after Zim series?
Bangladesh turned things around in the Test series against Zimbabwe, winning the second and final Test by a resounding margin of an innings and 106 runs in Chattogram yesterday.
1 May 2025, 03:30 AM
Stumped by the system
Every year, the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) begins with unwavering commitments from authorities to make it even more competitive than the previous years.
11 April 2025, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh batting stuck in archaic groove
“Ben Duckett cost them [England] the game… scored too slow, mate… they should have got to at least 380,” former South Africa batter Herschelle Gibbs said about Duckett’s innings after England lost their Champions Trophy opener against Australia in Lahore last Saturday, despite posting 351 for eight -- the highest total in the competition’s history -- only for Australia to chase it down with five wickets and 15 balls to spare.
26 February 2025, 21:14 PM
Sehwag’s humiliating remarks a grim reality for Tigers?
The greatest stages produce the greatest heroes.
22 February 2025, 02:00 AM
IND v PAK: A rivalry that goes way beyond cricket
When the Prime Minister of a nation makes a serious statement about sports, it is clear that the underlying causes go beyond the game itself -- that the tension arises from something much larger on a broader scale.
19 February 2025, 04:00 AM
Contrasting LaLiga scenes in 2024, what next?
Last season, around this time, there was a surprise package in Girona in the top three of LaLiga. However, a year later, the Spanish league has returned to the status quo, with Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Atletico Madrid -- the three giants of Spain -- occupying the top three spots on the table at the end of 2024.
11 January 2025, 01:30 AM
Pacers lead Tigers to best-ever WTC
The 101-run win over hosts West Indies in the second and final Test in Jamaica on Tuesday was the fitting way for Bangladesh to close out the 2023-2025 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle -- the best one the Tigers experienced to date.
4 December 2024, 18:30 PM
‘Big Five’ not in picture, but what about persisting mediocrity?
Bangladesh cricket is set to get a glimpse of a new era in Tests when they take on hosts West Indies in the first of the two World Test Championship (WTC) fixtures from November 22 in Antigua.
20 November 2024, 02:30 AM
The Tiger brand: A penchant for unwanted surprises
Bangladesh batters have an abundance of tricks in their basket to surprise the audience.
8 November 2024, 02:00 AM
Cricket stuck in vicious cycle
Bangladesh cricket is unparalleled in terms of one thing -- creating its own mess and then bemoaning the untidiness.
2 November 2024, 02:00 AM
Rodri’s Ballon d’Or: Deserved or not?
Rodri becoming the first Manchester City player to win the Ballon d'Or award for the best player in the world on Monday did come as a surprise to many, and with ample reasons too as he pipped favourite Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid and Brazil to lift the most prestigious individual award in football.
30 October 2024, 01:00 AM
A lesson in how to extract Test wins
The Kanpur Test between hosts India and Bangladesh could be considered a reference point for teams in terms of how to force victories in the longest format of the game -- an aspect that teams lean towards more nowadays, especially since the introduction of the World Test Championship (WTC).
1 October 2024, 18:01 PM
The good and the bad omens for Bangladesh ahead of Kanpur Test
There are some positive signs and a few ill omens for Bangladesh ahead of their second and final Test against hosts India, beginning tomorrow in Kanpur.
26 September 2024, 01:37 AM
CR7: A GOAT whose hunger knows no bounds
If there is one thing that Cristiano Ronaldo could not master in his illustrious career, it is the concept of giving up.
7 September 2024, 02:00 AM
A tournament too far for Ronaldo!
Portugal will remember the Euro 2024 as another golden opportunity squandered to get silverware with arguably one of the most talented bunch of footballers, but for their captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, the tournament will remain as a case of whether the 39-year-old forward has stretched his international career one tournament too long.
7 July 2024, 02:00 AM
Will Bangladesh openers finally open up?
While batting as a whole has been a big concern for Bangladesh in white-ball cricket recently, it is the opening conundrum that has bugged the Tigers most in the ongoing T20 World Cup.
22 June 2024, 05:14 AM
Impactful Sakib needs to carry on
It was an easy presumption to put Bangladesh’s bowling as their main weapon ahead of the T20 World Cup, especially since the batters have provided very little to be excited about in recent times.
20 June 2024, 05:00 AM
A typical Pakistan conundrum
As it so often happens in major ICC events, Pakistan have very little in their hands regarding the prospect of advancing in the ongoing T20 World Cup in the USA and the West Indies. And, as always, it is mostly a making of their own.
11 June 2024, 01:00 AM
Why hasn't the World Cup fever taken over yet?
We are on to the fifth day of the ongoing T20 World Cup and it still does not seem like the ninth edition of the mega event, being held in the USA and the West Indies, is being able to hook cricket lovers.
6 June 2024, 07:48 AM
Real did what Real do best: Win
“When you don’t kill Real Madrid, Real Madrid kill you,” Xavi Hernandez, who had to come up against Real Madrid a number of times in his career both as a Barcelona player and manager, had said just last year.
2 June 2024, 18:30 PM