Sakeb Subhan

The Sylhet leg of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) sprang into life yesterday in two contrasting matches at the Sylhet International Stadium.

After a mostly underwhelming first leg on slow and low Dhaka wickets, there was hope that things would liven up when the

The Sylhet leg of the Bangladesh Premier League will be most important for the embattled Khulna Titans, who have lost all four of their matches so far and will be hoping to start a turnaround like Rajshahi Kings, their opponents today, seem to be staging

"If you look around the world, you will see that no one really wins abroad these days." A variation of this quote has become a common

Long before the third T20I between Bangladesh and West Indies on Saturday was reduced to a complete farce, an event warned that

Bangladesh were thoroughly outgunned by T20 world champions West Indies in the first T20I yesterday at the Sylhet International Stadium and that the visitors chased Bangladesh's total of 129 all out with 55 balls and eight wickets to spare showed the extent to which the hosts were dominated.

The gulf in hitting ability between Bangladesh and West Indies seen in the first T20I in Sylhet yesterday can best be depicted by numbers. In chase of 130, the first six overs of West Indies' innings yielded 7, 23, 15, 13, 15 and 18 runs.

One of the taglines in the advertisement campaign for a series between Bangladesh and West Indies would very likely have been 'anything's possible' because they are two of the more mercurial teams in world cricket.

Walking through the tunnel of the Sylhet International Stadium and out onto the field, regular shouts of 'ball! ball!' could be heard

There was a sense of inevitability about Bangladesh's series win over West Indies even after the Tigers lost the second match to go into Friday's series decider in Sylhet with an even chance of losing their last ODI of the year.

It has just been one match with this particular combination, but Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar's match-winning 131-run second-wicket partnership provided a glimpse into how strong Bangladesh's batting could be if they get their order right, and of course if the players are in form.

Bangladesh ended their last ODI in 2018 in perfect fashion, winning the third game and the series against West Indies by a comprehensive eight-wicket margin and making Mashrafe Bin Mortaza's Bangladesh-record 70th match as captain an auspicious one yesterday.

A bit of needle was introduced into the final and series-deciding ODI between Bangladesh and West Indies, to take place at the Sylhet International Stadium today, after West Indies skipper Rovman Powell said that Bangladesh had problems against pace.

The gates of the Sylhet International Stadium were barely visible from the road leading up to one of Bangladesh's most picturesque

There was not much to be hypercritical about after Bangladesh's last-over loss in the second ODI against the West Indies in Mirpur on Tuesday.

West Indies opener Shai Hope played the innings of his life as his unbeaten 146 authored a thrilling four-wicket win with two balls remaining in the second ODI against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. The visitors' first win on the tour levelled the three-ODI series at 1-1, with the series decider to come in Sylhet on December 14.

Bangladesh's mode of attack switched from spin in the Tests to pace in yesterday's first ODI, but there was no change in the outcome as the hosts outclassed West Indies by five wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

An innings of 136 from 242 balls is not one that will set tongues wagging in a culture that still prioritises limited-overs cricket but it was a massively important one for Bangladesh and especially for one of the country's most respected cricketers.

Bangladesh enjoyed arguably their best day of Test cricket as they utterly dominated the West Indies to move into a position of virtual impregnability at the end of the second day of the second Test yesterday.

On November 20, a day after Shadman Islam got his maiden call-up to the national side before the first Test against West Indies in Chattogram, Bangladesh head coach Steve Rhodes was hard at work with the youngster in an optional net session.