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Abu Dhabi hosts just one Super Four fixture, with Dubai staging the rest.

His recent scores in T20Is -- 35 off 36, 9 off 14, and 36 off 37 -- reflect the struggle to match the tempo the format demands. Once considered one of Bangladesh’s most promising T20 batters, his place in the team is now under scrutiny.

The Pakistani spin specialists halted the West Indies' chase of 179 to ease to a 14-run victory under the lights in Lauderhill, Florida.

The Dutch posted 152 for seven and appeared set for the win as Nepal required 16 runs from the final over, but Nandan Yadav scored a boundary on the last ball to force a Super Over.

“Overall, the tournament has brought many players into the focus of the selection panel. We hope to consistently organise the tournament in the future and hope that the deficiency that we have in the T20 format will be fulfilled,” said Minhajul Abedin Nannu..

It was three runs fewer than the previous record of 10, set by the Isle of Man when they lost to Spain in 2023 and equalled by Mongolia against Singapore in September.

The 39 runs conceded from the over was the most in the history of men's T20I, surpassing the famous 36-run feat achieved by Yuvraj Singh at the inaugural ICC Men's T20 World Cup in 2007 and more recent efforts from Kieron Pollard (2021), Nicholas Pooran (2024), Dipendra Singh Airee (2024) and Rohit Sharma / Rinku Singh (2024).

Pathirana was grabbed by Colombo Strikers for a record $120,000.

Trent Boult was named in the New Zealand squad for part of the upcoming Twenty20 series against Australia on Wednesday, indicating that the veteran fast bowler is still in the frame for the World Cup in June.

Big-hitting Glenn Maxwell slammed a 50-ball century as Australia raced to 241-4 in the second of three Twenty20 internationals against the West Indies in Adelaide on Sunday.

Players like Babar provide the type of quality that franchises can bank upon.

Mahbub Anam, BCB director and ground committee chairman, is confident that BCB’s current team under Tony Hemming’s guidance is capable enough to prepare the pitches in line with ICC standards ahead of the T20 World Cup, to be staged in the Caribbean islands and the USA in June. 

The 32-year-old returned jaw-dropping figure of seven for eight in his four overs, a feat made even more remarkable by the fact that as all seven of his victims were bowled

Rashid Khan will captain Afghanistan in Twenty20 internationals after being named as the replacement for Mohammad Nabi by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Thursday.

French opener Gustav McKeon became the youngest batsman to score a century in T20 Internationals. He did this feat at the age of 18 years and 280 days.

Bangladesh Test skipper Shakib Al Hasan has welcomed the thought process of Bangladesh Cricket Board in appointing Nurul Hasan Sohan as the captain of the T20I side for the upcoming Zimbabwe series.

Hardik Pandya blasted his maiden T20I half-century and took four wickets as India beat England by 50 runs in Southampton on Thursday.

If anything is constant in this modern era, it is the need for continuous adjustments to fit the ever-changing landscape of the sport. Of late, a discernible urge for change in the cricketing world could be sensed with the 50-over format of the game set to take the brunt of the transformation.

Bangladesh’s T20 vice-captain Mahmudullah Riyad says that the T20 series against Afghanistan will be a challenge since there are no big or small teams in T20 cricket.