Joy is now batting on 42 and he is accompanied in the middle by Mominul Haque, who is unbeaten on three.

The ball pitched on around the fifth stump line, then turned back sharply to crash into Zakir’s off stump, ending his innings on 12 off 42 balls.

The Tigers have gone with a spin-heavy attack with Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Nayeem Hasan and Taijul Islam

Bangladesh will embark on their journey in the third ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle with the series against New Zealand, slated to begin with the first Test in Sylhet today.

The venue for the first Test starting tomorrow between Bangladesh and New Zealand, the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium (SICS), had hosted only a solitary Test previously.

An act of publicly taking the blame and responsibility, an initiation or indication of setting in motion an overhaul, or a statement of how things are to be taken from here on -- none of the aforementioned measures or steps were taken by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) even as over a fortnight passed since Bangladesh closed their disastrous World Cup campaign.

"I think every player will miss him," said stand-in captain Shanto.

Raza became the second player to score a fifty and bag a hattrick in an international T20 fixture.

Courtesy of skipper Ahrar Amin’s unbeaten hundred, the young Tigers chased down a challenging 304-run target with six wickets in hand and four balls to spare.

"If I am assassinated on the road, the president and his chief of staff will be responsible," Ranasinghe said

Former Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal came forward with a statement about his future, saying that he would wait till after the BPL to come to a conclusion.

Hardik Pandya has been traded to his former franchise Mumbai Indians from Gujarat Titans with Cameron Green moving from Mumbai to Royal Challengers Bangalore, the IPL said on Monday.

“I told him [Tamim] whatever my decision is I will take it after the BPL.” Papon told reporters after his meeting with the opener.

“We know Bangladesh are a great side in these conditions and it’s going to be a great and hard-fought Test series,” Southee said

“Personally, I feel that I have the ability to lead the team in all formats,” Shanto said in the pre-match press conference in Sylhet today

The New Zealand and Bangladesh team management sort of stand on the opposite side of the spectrum as they prepare to open their latest World Test Championship cycle through the two-match Test series, beginning with the first game in Sylhet tomorrow.

Bangladesh will be without key figures such as Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das and Taskin Ahmed along with pacer Ebadot Hossain for the upcoming two-match Test series against New Zealand, scheduled in Sylhet tomorrow.

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan led India's batting charge to set up a convincing 44-run win over Australia in the second Twenty20 international on Sunday.

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ishan Kishan hit quick fifties as India posted a mammoth 235-4 Sunday against Australia in the second Twenty20 international.

Bangladesh national cricket team’s captain Shakib Al Hasan led a host of former stars in getting nomination for the 12th national parliamentary elections from ruling Awami League while former national cricket captain Naimur Rahman Durjoy, an incumbent member of parliament, failed to secure nomination from the ruling party.