A difficult tour of New Zealand ended in defeat for Bangladesh as the Tigers fell to a seven-wicket loss to Pakistan in their final match of the tri-nation series at Christchurch on Thursday.

Dasun Shanaka's Sri Lanka are buoyant after their surprise Asia Cup title and confident of their Twenty20 World Cup prospects in Australia despite missing out on direct entry into the main draw.

Bangladesh Test and T20I skipper Shakib Al Hasan admitted that the Tigers were always behind in their chase of a steep target against New Zealand in their T20I tri-nation series encounter in Christchurch on Wednesday.

For the first time since reaching New Zealand on October 2, Bangladesh national cricket team trained today ahead of their first game of the tri-nation series against Pakistan scheduled on October 7 at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

India's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was on Thursday ruled out of the T20 World Cup with a stress fracture, dealing a massive blow to the team's chances in the ICC event.

Bangladesh national men’s cricket team are scheduled to play two T20 warm-up matches in Brisbane next month, ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.

The Asia Cup is set to begin on August 27 in the UAE. 

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday announced Shakib Al Hasan the skipper of the T20I side till the next T20 World Cup, slated to begin on October 16 in Australia. 

While Ponting acknowledges the class of star pacer Shaheen Afridi and the guile of Mohammad Rizwan at the top of the order, he said their batting line-up is too reliant on captain and No.1 ranked batter Babar Azam.

Bangladesh team director Khaled Mahmud said that it will totally depend on Tamim Iqbal to make a call on his T20I future but also reiterated that it would help Bangladesh in planning accordingly for the upcoming T20 World Cup if Tamim made his decision sooner.