The primary responsibility of national selectors is to identify players capable of fulfilling roles that contribute to the national team’s goals. To do so effectively, the selection panel is expected to attend a significant number of domestic matches.  However, questions have emerged over the selection panel’s noticeable absence from matches held at BKSP during the Dhaka Premier League (DPL), the country’s premier 50-over competition.

Reporters present during the Bangladesh squad announcement in Mirpur yesterday, ahead of the upcoming T20I series against the UAE and Pakistan, may have felt a strong sense of deja vu.

Rishabh Pant again struggled to a low score  as his Lucknow Super Giants team slumped to a fourth defeat in five IPL games, losing by 37 runs to the Punjab Kings on Sunday.

Sunday’s press conference held by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) was the perfect example of a board deflecting the issues instead of acknowledging them.

Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders survived a batting blitz including six sixes in a row from Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag to win a high-scoring IPL thriller by one run on Sunday.

Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag on Sunday became the first person in IPL history to hit six sixes off six successive legal balls.

Liton Das has been named captain of the Bangladesh T20I team till the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced today.

Nurul Hasan Sohan was named captain of a 15-man Bangladesh ‘A’ team squad for the first two one-dayers of a three-match series against New Zealand ‘A’, set to begin in Sylhet on Monday.

The euphoria around the 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi has not died down yet and India appear to have unearthed another teenage batting sensation in Chennai Super Kings opener Ayush Mhatre.

At the launching event of the newly-formed platform Bangladesh District and Divisional Sports Organisers Association (BDDSOA) yesterday in Dhaka, former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal made a request to the councillors who will cast their votes in the next Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) election.

An incredible final over from Yash Dayal and Romario Shepherd's late batting blitz helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru scrape past Chennai Super Kings by two runs in an IPL thriller to move top of the table on Saturday.

Liton suffered a finger injury during a practice session with Karachi Kings earlier last month and had to return home without competing in the ongoing Pakistan Super League.

“I welcome constructive criticism and I’ve admitted my mistakes. But sometimes it goes overboard and becomes unnecessary. That distracts from our main goals,” Faruque told reporters on Saturday following the prize distribution ceremony of the Third Division Qualifying League in Mirpur.

Rabada, second in the world test bowling rankings, said he was serving a "provisional suspension" but gave no other details.

Zawad scored 113 off 111 deliveries, hitting 14 boundaries and three sixes. It marked his second hundred in Youth ODIs—his first came in the second match of the series, where he remained unbeaten on 130 off just 106 balls, smashing 14 fours and six sixes.

With the BCB election is knocking at the door -- expected to be held before October -- there are already rumours floating in the air that Tamim might contest in the election.

The Bangladesh women's cricket team was eclipsed by Ireland in the ICC Women's T20I team rankings following the annual update made by the ICC on Friday.

Selector Luke Wright said "runs are the currency" as England consider the makeup of their top order ahead of a busy summer that include high-profile Test series against India and Australia.

Gujarat Titans opener B Sai Sudharsan continued his red-hot form in the Indian Premier League to lead the Orange Cap race for IPL's top scorer and stake his claim for a test debut in India's tour of England later this year.

Jos Buttler and Shubman Gill hit half-centuries to power Gujarat Titans to a 38-run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL on Friday.