Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan appears to be available to play the second and final Test in Kanpur, beginning tomorrow, despite widespread speculation regarding the condition of his fingers and whether he might play solely as a batter due to ongoing discomfort.

India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin is 38. Yet he appears to be just easing into the process of refining his art, ball by ball. His delivery that beat Bangladesh batter Mominul Haque on Day 4 of the first Test in Chennai yesterday was so belligerent that it almost defied any explanation.

Ravichandran Ashwin struck in his first over of Day 4, ending a dogged stand between Shakib Al Hasan and Najmul Hossain Shanto with the dismissal of the former.

Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha acknowledged the pressure that comes when playing against India and deemed it as a privilege rather than a burden ahead of the first Test between the two sides at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, starting tomorrow.

When a defeat of 208 runs is the best ever result for a cricket team against another in away conditions, the difference in strength of the sides hardly needs any further explanation.

Bangladesh cricket team arrived in Chennai on Sunday evening ahead of their first Test of the two-match Test series against India at the Chidambaram Stadium. 

Come September 19, Bangladesh could be greeted on a red-soil pitch in their first of the two-Test series against hosts India in Chennai, according to reports from The Indian Express -- an English-language Indian daily.

“Actually, Shakib’s [Al Hasan] batting, he is not in rhythm,” Bangladesh selector Hannan Sarkar said at the press conference in Mirpur after announcing a 16-member squad for the upcoming India Tests this month.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Faruque Ahmed said he has received assurance regarding the security of the Bangladesh team for the upcoming India tour from BCCI secretary Jay Shah.

Bangladesh batter Liton Das said it was time for the right-handed batter to take responsibility for his game. 

Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam pointed out that the wealth of experience amongst players of his side gave them the edge in the historic 2-0 Test series win against Pakistan last week.

Familiar batting woes returned for Bangladesh in a disheartening 10-wicket loss in the 2024 Women’s Asia Cup semifinal against India in Dambulla yesterday, with skipper Nigar Sultana Joty mentioning that she had no clue about what they wanted to achieve in a shambolic batting effort.

Bangladesh women’s side are set to take on in-form India in the semifinals of the 2024 T20 Asia Cup in Dambulla today. Despite making the semis with two back-to-back wins over Thailand and Malaysia, concerns over the batting unit are far from being removed with India bowlers expected to provide a steeper challenge.

For a while, Murshida Khatun had been on and off from the lineup of the Bangladesh women’s cricket team. Even in Bangladesh’s crucial Asia Cup opener against Sri Lanka, Murshida’s name was missing from the lineup. However, she staked her claim as a resurgent opener this Asia Cup in their thumping 114-run win against Malaysia in Dambulla yesterday as Bangladesh ensured semifinal clash against India.

Bangladesh all but confirmed their semifinal spot in the ongoing Women’s Asia Cup with a 114-run win against Malaysia in their last Group B match at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla on Wednesday.

No shortage of excitement, tension, and twists with the semifinals spot at stake: one could not have expected more drama than what unfolded during an absorbing T20 World Cup Super Eights contest between Bangladesh and Afghanistan at the Arnos Vale Stadium in Saint Vincent yesterday.

Shakib Al Hasan became the first player to register fifty wickets in the history of T20 World Cup as the Bangladesh ace all-rounder dismissed India’s captain Rohit Sharma in the teams’ Super Eight fixture at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Saturday.

Hardik Pandya's blistering half-century and Kuldeep Yadav's wizardry with the ball spearheaded India crushing 50-run victory over Bangladesh in their T20 World Cup Super 8 fixture in Antigua on Saturday.

While batting as a whole has been a big concern for Bangladesh in white-ball cricket recently, it is the opening conundrum that has bugged the Tigers most in the ongoing T20 World Cup.

A significant mismatch on paper was the theme for Bangladesh ahead of their T20 World Cup Super 8 fixture against Australia in St. Lucia and the Tigers could do very little to overturn the notion with their on-field display on Friday.