Pakistan cricket team arrives in Dhaka to play a series consisting of six matches – three one-day internationals (ODIs), two Tests and a T20.

The 2015 World Cup saw a paradigm shift in ODI scoring patterns, a few records broken, and a spirited display from the Associates

Bangladesh’s top order batsmen Mahmudullah Riyad and Mushfiqur Rahim have entered in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 records with their individual performances

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha has said that the side's quarter-final finish in the 2015 World Cup was largely due to the fact that the players bought into the changes

The fans who turned up at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to welcome the Bangladesh team back home from Australia waited from the afternoon

Tigers return home to a rousing welcome by several thousand of cricket fans at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka

All set to play their first quarter final match in the cricket World Cup tomorrow, the fearless Tigers are ready to halt the Indian juggernaut, who are on their mission to defend their status as the champions

The only sound one could hear after the crackle of the ball hitting the bat was crickets and other bugs. It was followed by a chuckle from the batsman, Mushfiqur Rahim

Mushfirqur Rahim in post match press conferece

Bangladesh star batsman Mushfiqur Rahim scored 71 runs from 56 balls in the seventh match of the ICC Cricket World Cup against Afghanistan

Even as Ireland were hunting down West Indies in Nelson, in a quiet corner of quiet Manuka Oval in quiet Canberra, Bangladesh were going through a three-hour intense training session. Bangladesh lost both their World Cup warm-up games, one of them to Ireland, and their first opponents in the tournament are Afghanistan, who beat them in the Asia Cup last March in the only previous ODI between the two sides.

The bowling combination will be finalised once the Tigers inspect the pitch at the Manuka Oval, where they face the Afghans on Wednesday. Rubel Hossain is most likely to open the bowling attack with captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and if the team feels the match needs an extra pacer they will include young Taskin Ahmed, who has been in good touch, in the side.

It's an occasion the city dwellers are relishing; albeit silently. When Anges, a Malaysian born Australian, knows what awaits the city in two months time even though the sport is not popular in her birthplace, then it is symptomatic that the cricket loving people in the country are all set to make the occasion their own.

Bangladesh are expected to beat Ireland comfortably. They have won five out of the seven games between the two sides. The question remains whether they can stamp their authority over the Irish; something that might help them boost their confidence to their desired levels.