Bangladesh are enjoying a successful spell in the T20I format, having won five out of their last six matches, including the eight-wicket win over Netherlands in Sylhet on Saturday, and in every one of those victories a different player has emerged as the player-of-the match.

Salman Nizar, a 28-year-old first-class batter from India, has made headlines by smashing 11 sixes in the last 12 legal deliveries of the innings for his side Calicut Globstars in their Kerala Cricket League match against Adani Trivandrum Royals on Saturday.

Sri Lanka were penalised five percent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate in the first ODI against Zimbabwe in Harare on August 29.

Sylhet division are the reigning champions of the first-class competition National Cricket League (NCL), earning their maiden title last season, and many players from this part of the country, like Zakir Hasan, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nasum Ahmed, Jaker Ali Anik, Ebadot Hossain and Khaled Ahmed are currently representing Bangladesh in different formats.

Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed picked up from where he had left off in the series against Pakistan, claiming 4-28 against Netherlands in the first of three T20Is to set up a convincing eight-wicket win for Bangladesh at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

The starting time of 18 out of 19 matches in the upcoming Asia Cup have been pushed back by 30 minutes, announced the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) in a press release on Saturday.

As the three-match T20I series between Bangladesh and Netherlands kicks off at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today, the key challenges for the hosts will be twofold: first, carrying over the momentum from their last two series wins and second, avoiding a slip-up against another lower-ranked side in the shortest format.

Despite having five pace bowling options in the squad, Bangladesh are carrying three extra pacers in Nahid Rana, Khaled Ahmed and Ebadot Hossain in Sylhet to better prepare for the Dutch pace attack they are set to face in the three-match T20I series starting on Saturday.

Recurrent rain interruptions in Sylhet has majorly disrupted the Bangladesh team's preparation camp ahead of the three-match T20I series against the Netherlands, which will be followed by the Asia Cup, and raised a question over the logic of holding a series in late-monsoon in the most rain-soaked region of the country.

Bangladesh Twenty20 International captain Litton Das said that he is not worried about what could happen if his side slips up against Netherlands in the upcoming three-match series so close to the Asia Cup, claiming that the type of cricket the team plays is more important to him than the outcome.

In a conversation with The Daily Star's Samsul Arefin Khan, Bangladesh top-order batter Sharmin Akhter Supta said that Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) decision to include the Under-15 men's team in the Women's Challenge Cup was a good move and expressed her desire to make winning contributions in the upcoming World Cup.

With the emergence Nahid Rana, for the first time, Bangladesh had a pacer in their arsenal who could breathe fire.

Sourav Ganguly has been appointed head coach of Pretoria Capitals, marking the former India captain's first venture into coaching, South Africa's SA20 franchise said.

Concerns and confusion over the upcoming elections of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) continues to grow with Dhaka-based clubs hurling conspiracy allegations and the board showing no urgency even though the deadline is getting close.

Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh and Cameron Green all slapped brilliant centuries as Australia posted an ominous 431-2 in the third and final one-day international against South Africa on Sunday in Mackay.

India's Test batting star Cheteshwar Pujara has announced his retirement from international cricket today.

Fast bowler Lance Morris was Sunday ruled out for 12 months due to back surgery, denying him the chance to be part of Australia's squad for the Ashes series later this year.

On Friday, chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu achieved what many of his predecessors couldn't do – announce a Bangladesh squad for a tournament without much uproar.

Power hitting coach Julian Wood dismissed the wide-spread belief that Bangladeshi cricketers don't have the power to clear the ropes and said that he is trying to improve the ball-striking consistency of the power-hitters in his brief stint with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

Matthew Breetzke slammed a superb 88 and speedster Lungi Ngidi claimed five wickets as South Africa crushed Australia by 84 runs to win the second one-day international and the series in Mackay on Friday.