Arshdeep starred as India ended their wait for a major ICC trophy win with victory in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in the Caribbean and USA back in June, and has gone on to cement his reputation as one of the leading powerplay and death bowlers in the game.

The ICC Men’s T20I Team of the Year recognises the best of the best who impressed the world with their match-winning performances and made 2024 a memorable year in the shortest format.

Noman Ali became the first Pakistan spinner to register a hattrick as the West Indies were dismissed for 163 Saturday on the opening day of the second Test in Multan.

Bangladesh suffered an eight-wicket defeat in their third and final ODI against the West Indies at Warner Park in St Kitts on Friday, a result that not only saw the Tigresses lose the three-match series 2-1 but also denied them direct qualification to the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025.

Here’s a look at the players who earned their place for their exceptional performances in Test cricket.

The just-announced ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year 2024 not only offers quality, as expected, but also a great balance of star power, consistency and versatility.

Shakib last played an ODI during the 2023 World Cup and has not represented the Tigers since a Test series against India in September 2024. Left out of the provisional 15-man squad for next month’s ICC Champions Trophy, his playing future now looks bleak.

Bangladesh Under-19 Women’s team will vie against India and West Indies in their Super Six Group 1 matches of the ongoing ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup, currently taking place in Malaysia.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Faruque Ahmed on Thursday assured Dhaka First Division Cricket League players that the board would start the league this month, promising to hold the tournament without any disturbance.

Rocky, 16, hit six sixes as he scored 108 runs off 127 balls, guiding a struggling England Lions to a total of 319, ensuring a first-innings lead of 105 runs on day two.

India's Test series defeat in Australia earlier this month prompted the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to issue new guidelines to promote "discipline" in the senior men's set-up.

The Punjab batter belted eight sixes and five fours in a dazzling display of power-hitting to secure India's seven-wicket victory in the opening T20 International against England in Kolkata on Wednesday.

Clarke accepted the honour on Thursday, nearly a decade after he closed the chapter on his remarkable playing career. 

Recent tensions between Dhaka-based cricket clubs and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) over proposed constitutional amendments have thrown the future of the league and the livelihoods of many players into uncertainty.

The T20 series, followed by three ODIs, between the two teams serve as a warm-up for the 50-over Champions Trophy next month.

Mohammad Naim carried Khulna Tigers’ hope till the last over but in the end Fortune Barishal held on to win by seven runs and pick up their sixth win this BPL.

Bangladesh ensured their place in Super 6 stage of the ICC Women's U-19 World Cup with an 18-run victory against Scotland in their last Group D fixture in Selangor on Wednesday.

Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty said her team is not yet thinking about direct qualification for this year's Women's ODI World Cup after inflicting a first-ever defeat on West Indies in Basseterre on Tuesday.

In a bid to secure a direct spot in this year's ICC Women's World Cup in India, Bangladesh women's team need to win the series decider on Friday against West Indies to leapfrog New Zealand.

Former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mahmud, also a former director of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), has seen all the corridors of BCB, club cricket and franchise cricket in the country. Mahmud, who is coaching Dhaka Capitals in what has been a lacklustre campaign in the Bangladesh Premier League so far, gave his insights about the ongoing payment issues in the BPL, the state of his team and their star batter Liton Das, and Dhaka’s club cricket scenario in an interview with The Daily Star’s Abdullah Al Mehdi. The excerpts of the interview are as follows: