Bangladesh ODI squad were headed for a challenging South Africa tour as the Tigers contingent departed from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka today.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) selector Abdur Razzak mentioned that it is not easy for the board to keep Shakib Al Hasan out of consideration for any specific format despite all the fuss surrounding the all-rounder’s availability for all formats of the game.   

Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed has seen the ups and downs of career since making his international debut in 2014.

Bangladesh are gearing up for their tour to South Africa with the ODIs to begin from March 18 before the Test series commences from March 31. Having never won a match on South African soil, the Tigers face a similar challenge to the one they faced in New Zealand just recently this year. The win at Mount Maunganui Test however gave the team confidence and the pacers were the Tigers’ main weapon that game in terms of overcoming the odds. Pacer Taskin Ahmed was keen on improving further as an unit while talking to the media today.

Despite there being no official practice session for the national team at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium yesterday, the media present was

Although the BCB has granted Shakib a leave from all formats till April 30, Nazmul Abedeen Fahim, a very trusted man among the country’s leading cricketers

“As you know before leaving for Dubai he said that he is mentally and physically fatigued and stressed. He called me and said that he is not enjoying any form of cricket.

Will the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Shakib Al Hasan be able to reach a respectable long-term solution to the ongoing chaos?

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has asked for a break and the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has granted him a break from cricket till April 30, BCB cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus informed the media today.

Just as Bangladesh had gone to New Zealand and surprised the cricket world with a Test win -- their first on Kiwi soil in any format -- the Tigers will be asked to assail a similar peak as they gear up for the upcoming ODI and Test series away to South Africa this month. ODI captain Tamim Iqbal was hoping of drawing inspiration from that win and hoping members of that Test side in Mount Mauganui will share their experience to give his team more mental resilience before what should be a tough tour.

Eight South African cricketers with Indian Premier League contracts will play in a one-day home series against Bangladesh before leaving for India.

Bangladesh national team’s team director Khaled Mahmud struck a conciliatory tone over Shakib Al Hasan’s remarks regarding him not being ready to play international cricket while making it clear that the board needs to put a ‘full stop’ to such situations where a senior player can pick or choose what formats he is willing to play right before a series.

Bangladesh team director Khaled Mahmud Shujon talked to the media today and Shakib Al Hasan was the main focus of the discussion. Shakib, who is currently overseas, said on Saturday before leaving the country that he did not enjoy playing the series against Afghanistan and was not mentally or physically ready to play the upcoming series against South Africa.

South Africa have named a largely unchanged One-Day International squad for the three-match home series with Bangladesh on March 18-23, with only all-rounder Sisanda Magala missing out after he failed a fitness test.

What comes next? Will Shakib Al Hasan ultimately tour South Africa or will he only be available for the Test series? Does the team management have any failsafe mechanism in place if the premier all-rounder ultimately sticks to skipping the series?

All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan continued to keep the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in limbo regarding his availability for international commitments, saying in his latest salvo last night that he was neither mentally nor physically prepared for the upcoming tour of South Africa.

Bangladesh's premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan said that he was neither mentally nor physically prepared for the upcoming tour of South Africa because he did not enjoy his performances in the recently-concluded series against Afghanistan.

Afghanistan’s spin wizard Rashid Khan had given a heartfelt interview during the innings break of the second T20I at Mirpur today regarding Australia’s legend Shane Warne’s passing away. Later, after the match ended, Rashid left further impressions of how he feels about cricket.

The results of the T20Is stood in stark contrast in terms of margins of victory after Afghanistan won the second T20I at Sher-e-Bangla national Stadium today to share the spoils with Bangladesh. Having won the first T20I by 61 runs, the Tigers' batting capitulated today in the face of some tight and accurate bowling from Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mohammad Nabi and Azmatullah Omarzai. But overall, in terms of Bangladesh's batting display in the two T20Is, Liton's 44-ball 60 was the only key difference in the margin of the results. The difference between 155 and 115 was Liton's form with the bat and it raises further questions about the rest of the side's batting effort this series. Leading up to the World Cup in Australia on the back of disappointing losses in the T20 World Cup, Tigers' think tank knows there is a lot of improvement to be made, but more importantly do they know what they are lacking?

Bangladesh T20I skipper Mahmudullah Riyad mentioned that lack of partnerships cost them the second T20I against Afghanistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.