Former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mahmud, also a former director of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), has seen all the corridors of BCB, club cricket and franchise cricket in the country. Mahmud, who is coaching Dhaka Capitals in what has been a lacklustre campaign in the Bangladesh Premier League so far, gave his insights about the ongoing payment issues in the BPL, the state of his team and their star batter Liton Das, and Dhaka’s club cricket scenario in an interview with The Daily Star’s Abdullah Al Mehdi. The excerpts of the interview are as follows:

Bangladesh batter Afif Hossain revealed he was suffering from a lack of confidence under previous head coach Chandika Hathurusingha, a period which he feels had held him back from performing consistently. 

England begin their white-ball era under Brendon McCullum in a Twenty20 series against India beginning in Kolkata on Wednesday.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have decided to not print the name ‘Pakistan’ in the Indian team jerseys for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, according to media reports from India and Pakistan.

The recently retired Tamim Iqbal has announced his participation in the upcoming Legends 90 Cricket League, a newly introduced tournament for ex-international cricketers, where he is set to face off against his long-time Bangladesh teammate Shakib Al Hasan.

“What’s there to be upset about?” Taskin said with a smile during the press conference.

Wide yorkers are one of the key weapons in the arsenal for bowlers trying to stem the flow of runs in T20s. Dhaka Capitals had a set Liton Das at the crease and skipper Thisara Perera has the knack for incredible cameo knocks. Both plundered runs with some scintillating bat-speed during their game against Sylhet Strikers in Chattogram on Monday.

The eight-team 50-overs event will be the first global tournament to be held in Pakistan in 28 years. India, however, will play all their matches in Dubai due to the hostile relationship between the two countries.

The Marylebone Cricket Club's (MCC) status as the most famous and influential cricket club in the world is one of the few undisputed facts in the game's storied history.

Chittagong Kings' Naeem Islam delivered with bat and ball to help his side to a 111-run win over Durbar Rajshahi in a Bangladesh Premier League group-stage fixture in Chattogram on Monday.

The tourists, led by Jos Buttler, will face India in the first of five T20 internationals at Kolkata's Eden Gardens on Wednesday.

Fans were presented with another sampling of it when Sylhet Strikers’ frontline pacer Al-Amin Hossain played no part in their group-stage fixture against Dhaka Capitals in Chattogram on Monday despite being named in the playing eleven. 

More than 7,000 students will feature in 657 matches during this tournament.

Record-breaking wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has been named captain of Indian Premier League team Lucknow Super Giants for the upcoming edition of the lucrative T20 tournament, the franchise said Monday.

Dhaka banked on Liton’s 70 and skipper Thisara’s cameo of 37 to post 196 for six, with a helping hand from wides and extra runs gifted by Sylhet bowlers.

BPL franchise Durbar Rajshahi have announced experienced pacer Taskin Ahmed as the new skipper for their remaining matches of the Bangladesh Premier League after relieving regular skipper Anamul Haque Bijoy from the role to ‘give him some space to concentrate only on his batting’.

Bangladesh women’s Under-19 team nearly pulled off a victory over Australia but eventually succumbed to a narrow two-wicket defeat in their Group D match of the ICC Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup at the YSD-UKM Cricket Oval in Bangi, Malaysia today.

In a bid to secure a direct spot in this year's ICC Women's World Cup in India, Bangladesh women's team need to win remaining two matches to leapfrog New Zealand.

Rangpur Riders star Alex Hales played his last game for the franchise in the current edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on January 9 in Sylhet. Just three days later, he appeared for Desert Vipers against Abu Dhabi Knight Riders in the ILT20 in Abu Dhabi.

A Dhaka court yesterday issued an arrest warrant against cricketer and former Awami League lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan, along with three others, in connection with a cheque dishonour case involving IFIC Bank.