A Dhaka court yesterday issued a travel ban on former captain of Bangladesh cricket team and ex-Awami League lawmaker from Manikganj-1, AM Naimur Rahman Durjoy, and his wife, Farhana Rahman, amid corruption allegations.

Decision to exclude Tanzid Tamim also lacked logic of the convincing kind.

Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto had blamed the wickets back home during the Zimbabwe series for their disastrous five-wicket loss in the first of the three T20Is against USA on Tuesday. BCB director and chairman of BCB’s HP unit Naimur Rahman Durjoy however rejected the idea that wickets were to blame.

Brand claimed 6 for 119 in the first innings with his left-arm spin bowling and is now the holder of the best figures on Test debut while also captaining the team

Bangladesh national cricket team’s captain Shakib Al Hasan led a host of former stars in getting nomination for the 12th national parliamentary elections from ruling Awami League while former national cricket captain Naimur Rahman Durjoy, an incumbent member of parliament, failed to secure nomination from the ruling party.

Chairman of the High-Performance Committee Naimur Rahman Durjoy lamented how Bangladesh's cricketing infrastructure is still lacking in a few aspects, pointing out the issues it brings especially during the rainy season.

Bangladesh Cricket Board director and Chairman of High-Performance Committee Naimur Rahman Durjoy and newly-appointed head coach of HP David Hemp were in tune at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Wednesday as they both walked along the same lines saying that it is the players who must take initiative to go onto the next stage after training under the HP program. 

Top cricketers of the country, including Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad and Mushfiqur Rahim, had assembled in October 2019 voicing an 11-point demand, which, if not met, would have meant boycotting of all cricketing activities.

Former Bangladesh captain Naimur Rahman Durjoy wins from Dhaka division after BCB elections took place.