The selection of five pacers in the Bangladesh squad was a major talking point ahead of the one-off Test against Afghanistan, slated to begin today at Dhaka. Inevitably, even a day ahead of the match, discussions surrounded the greenish pitch. However, conditions can change pretty fast in Mirpur, but above all else the Tigers were looking for good Test match conditions in order to grow.

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal will not be featuring in the Tigers' one-off Test against Afghanistan, starting on Wednesday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, owing to a back issue. 

The team management will assess Tamim and Taskin's condition after Tuesday's training for a final call.

Tamim Iqbal's back issue had resurfaced during the national team camp and he had been rested on Thursday owing to the pain. Three days later on his return to the Tigers' practice yesterday, Tamim's back problem has not shown signs of relenting.

Bangladesh have a few injury worries to deal with as the one-off Test against Afghanistan approaches. ODI captain Tamim Iqbal and stand-in Test skipper Liton Das are battling with back issues. However, the injuries are not of an acute nature.

Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal believes that the Tigers’ upcoming full series against Afghanistan at home is going to be a ‘tough and interesting’ one.

With no series against England in the upcoming Future Tour Programme (FTP) Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal said that the just concluded three match ODI series was perhaps his last in the English soil.

“If I tell you we had the belief we'd win, I'd be lying. But cricket is a funny game, wickets fall and scoreboard pressure is bad to have. When the Fizz got two wickets, we thought we had a chance,” skipper Tamim Iqbal conceded at post-match ceremony and that is how close it was.

The Bangladesh captain had last scored an international ODI fifty in August last year, against Zimbabwe, and went nine innings without scoring a fifty during a slightly rough patch

The start of the second ODI between Ireland and Bangladesh has been delayed due to rain. Cricket Ireland twitted that its raining and the toss has been delayed.  

Author Mohammad Isam is a household name to those who follow Bangladesh cricket through ESPNCricinfo.

Bangladesh were in a spot of bother, losing both openers inside four overs after being sent in to bat first by Ireland in the first ODI at Chelmsford in England on Tuesday. 

Ireland will need to win all three matches of the series including a big-margin win in one of those to have a chance of directly qualifying for this year's ODI World Cup.

“I don’t want to use the word favourites a lot,” Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim told reporters at the Cambridge University’s Fenner’s ground yesterday.

Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal has underlined that he is willing to shuffle the Tigers batting lineup while adapting to different conditions and has further pointed out that no position in the batting order is fixed.

After one-half of the Bangladesh contingent boarded the first flight to London at 1.40 am on Sunday midnight, the second half of the team’s contingent left for the United Kingdom in the morning today for their three-match ODI series against Ireland, part of the ICC Men's World Cup Super League.

In less than a month after facing Ireland at home for a full series, Bangladesh team are expected to be in England by tonight as the Irish side await to lock horns with the Tigers in a three-match ODI series, part of the ICC Men’s World Cup Super League.

Bangladesh national cricket team players conveyed Eid greetings to their fans and followers on Saturday as the country celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of the Muslims.

Mushfiqur Rahim’s stellar outing with the bat against Ireland in the one-off Test in Mirpur, which ended with Bangladesh winning by seven wickets today, saw him cross the 14000-run mark in international cricket.

It was the first ball of the 59th over and Lorcan Tucker picked up a flighted delivery from Taijul Islam over deep mid-wicket. Tamim, fielding in the deep, dove for the ball but was not in control of his momentum during the dive. He miscalculated and fell awkwardly.