Bishwajit Roy

When Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad take the field at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore today in the quest for a first Indian Premier League (IPL) title, millions of fans in Bangladesh will pray that the magical Mustafizur Rahman will retain his fitness and finish this season's cash-rich T20 tournament with a flourish.

Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) chief selector Faruque Ahmed has said that he may resign if the new national selection policy, which may lead to at least seven members—as opposed to three—in the selection committee, is passed by the BCB in its board meeting next week.

He scored 10, 1, 20, 21, 84, 0 and 17 in the seven Dhaka Premier League matches he played so far for Legends of Rupganj. In March this year the elegant left-hander made 15, 20, 12, 0, 1, 21 and 6 in the ICC WorldTwenty20 in India. In November last

Mushfiqur Rahim was in high demand after his team Mohammedan won the battle of prestige against archrivals Abahani at

“It was a time when, in our hearts, we actually wanted to lose the toss so that we could escape the wrath of the supporters if

The ongoing heat wave is hitting the cricketers hard as they practise for the upcoming Dhaka Premier League. One of them is even hoping for rain in order to get some relief

Tetulia is next to heaven for him. Nothing is more pleasing for Mustafizur Rahman than spending time in the tranquil village with his

"There is nobody who fights for our cause." These were the words used by a cricketer to express his helplessness over the player-by-

The singing of the T20 song is still ongoing, which is natural as the national team have just returned home after playing the ICC World

Spinner Sanjit Saha was suspended for an illegal bowling action during the ICC Under-19 World Cup in January this year and the loss of an important bowler was a big blow for the Bangladesh team. That saga was however forgotten, but now the topic of illegal bowling actions is on everyone's lips after Arafat Sunny and Taskin Ahmed's suspension for the same reason has seriously hampered Bangladesh's ICC World Twenty20 campaign in India.

A very brief fireworks display took place after the final without any big cheers as by that time the stadium was nearly empty, following the

Bangladesh cricket fans can hardly wait for today's auspicious occasion when the Tigers start their Asia Cup T20 final against India at their beloved cricket ground in Mirpur. As usual there is a wide range of issues, from daily sufferings to major political topics, to discuss but apparently all those have taken a back seat as the country's sports-loving people have been gripped by cricket fever.

"Ha! Tickets? I doubt whether even I'll be able to get in or not!" a leading cricketer spoke into his phone yesterday, one would assume jokingly, after being asked to provide tickets for tomorrow's Asia Cup T20 final while he was relaxing after training at the Mirpur Indoor.

Is Mahmudullah Riyad's batting suited to T20 cricket? The once-burning question has probably become a foolish one now. The elegant right-hander has so far scored 7, 36 not out, 23 and 22 in the ongoing Asia Cup T20; from a statistical viewpoint the numbers may not set the world alight, but the impact of his last three innings in Bangladesh's progress to the final of the regional event has been immense.

Mahmudullah Riyad slid across the green grass immediately after smacking the winning boundary, his teammates ran towards him from the dressing room and leapt upon him. That was followed by the players, including captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, and officials embracing each other amidst deafening roars from the stands. The celebration was unbound as the Tigers came out from their self-imposed shell of keeping themselves in check after winning matches.

He was ruled out of the tournament due to injury the previous day but young pace sensation Mustafizur Rahman

It is a little surreal that a country that has little or no history of

The roaring fans saw their beloved Tigers create another bit of history in their favourite den last night. Sabbir Rahman's career best and well-composed 80-run knock was ably aided by intelligent bowling to secure a maiden T20 win against Sri Lanka and kept the home team's hopes of playing the Asia Cup final alive.

Even in the shortest version of the game there are small battles within the big battle. It will be interesting to see how a misfiring Sri Lankan line-up batting

Bangladesh's bowling proved to be too good to handle for UAE last night at Mirpur as the hosts bounced back from their defeat against India in the first