The first two matches will be held in Faisalabad while the last three matches will be played in Lahore.

Mehedi Hasan Miraz was batting on 76 with Tanzim Hasan Sakib on 29.

Mixed martial arts will make its Asian Games debut next year in Nagoya, Japan, while cricket will remain on the programme after its controversial return at Hangzhou, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said.

The top four teams at the end of the league phase will move into the play-offs of the popular and lucrative T20 tournament.

West Indies' Sunil Narine put in a fine all-round performance to keep holders Kolkata Knight Riders alive in the IPL with a tense 14-run win over Delhi Capitals on Tuesday.

The Tigers closed the Day 2 on 291 for seven, leading by only 64 runs, having lost their grip on a match they once looked to be dominating.

Abahani completed a three-peat of the Dhaka Premier League with a commanding six-wicket victory over rivals Mohammedan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday.

After helping Abahani Limited win the Dhaka Premier League 2024-25 with an outstanding all-round performance, their skipper, Mosaddek Hossain, has now set eyes on making a return to the national side through a similar performance in the upcoming ‘A’ team series against New Zealand.

Videos later surfaced showing Mahmudullah being dragged down from the stands by Mohammedan officials, as the crowd was brought under control.

Riding on an impressive all-round display from Mosaddek Hossain and a composed unbeaten half-century from Mohammad Mithun, Abahani Limited secured their third successive Dhaka Premier League (DPL) title with a commanding six-wicket win over arch-rivals Mohammedan Sporting Club in their final Super League match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Tuesday.

Suryavansh tore apart Gujarat Titans with a 38-ball 101 in the Royals' eight-wicket win.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) sent a letter to the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday, asking for 26 key documents to be provided within the next seven working days.

Opener Shadman Islam brought up the second century of his Test career with a solid knock against Zimbabwe on the second day of the Chattogram Test on Tuesday.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, just 14 years and 32 days old, became the youngest player ever to score a senior T20 century on Monday, smashing a jaw-dropping 101 off 38 balls to script Rajasthan Royals' stunning eight-wicket win over Gujarat Titans.

By the time the BCB finally read the room – deciding to open the gates to schoolchildren starting from Day 2 of the second Test in Chattogram – the galleries in Sylhet and now in Chattogram echoed like ghost towns.

The weather, however, predicts bad news for Mohammedan, with forecasts of rain throughout the day potentially disrupting the match.

Suryavanshi, a left-hand batsman who became the youngest IPL debutant on April 19, smashed 100 off 35 balls to pummel the opposition attack with seven fours and 11 sixes at Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal labelled Taijul Islam as "the most underrated bowler in the world at the moment" after the left-arm spinner claimed his 16th five-wicket haul on Day 1 of the second Test against Zimbabwe in Chattogram on Monday.

Opener Zawad Abrar struck an unbeaten 130 after pacer Al Fahad claimed six wickets as Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team cruised to a resounding nine-wicket win over hosts Sri Lanka in the second of the six-match Youth ODI series in Colombo on Monday.

Bangladesh left-arm spinner Taijul Islam backed his pedigree and hit back at critics after he picked a 16th five-wicket haul on Day 1 of the second Test of the two-match series against Zimbabwe in Chattogram on Monday.