While Tanzid is yet to make his debut, Naim’s challenge is to overcome his lack of double-digit scores in ODIs. Bashar explores other options for the opening slot, including Najmul Hossain Shanto and T20 captain Shakib Al Hasan, who has also employed Afif Hossain in the role.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President, Nazmul Hassan Papon, expressed the board’s unwavering commitment to supporting Tamim Iqbal’s full recovery from his injury. Papon assured that over the past two years, the board has been diligently catering to Tamim’s needs both at home and abroad, and they are ready to continue doing so.

Addressing the situation, Papon mentioned that Tamim has been advised by a doctor to either undergo an injection or opt for surgery to address his injury. Whatever decision Tamim makes, the BCB is fully prepared to accommodate and support him in his recovery journey.

Tamim, the ODI captain for Bangladesh, recently spoke to local media outlets, expressing concerns about the fitness drills he was prescribed, which seemed to overlook his previous injury issues. However, Papon clarified that he had not been aware of any such complaints from Tamim, and he refrained from commenting further on the matter.

The BCB president affirmed that Tamim remains their World Cup captain, emphasizing his pivotal role in the team’s leadership. However, when it comes to Tamim’s return to the national side, there is still uncertainty. Liton Das took up the captaincy in Tamim’s absence during the last two matches against Afghanistan. Papon stated that Tamim will resume captaincy upon his return, but until then, they are unsure about the timeline for his comeback or his availability for specific matches. Nonetheless, the board’s primary focus is on Tamim’s quick and complete recovery, and they eagerly await his return to the team.

Bangladesh cricket fans have often faced difficulties accessing live games, especially during away series. This issue was evident in the recently concluded Ireland-Bangladesh series, where fans had to rely on ICC TV for live coverage. To address such broadcasting challenges, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has taken the decision to establish its own dedicated television channel named BCB TV.

“We will apply for BCB TV. Hopefully, we will secure it soon. We aim to telecast our local and international matches on this platform,” stated BCB president Nazmul Hasan after the eighth board meeting held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

Prior to the Ireland series, there was uncertainty regarding the live broadcast of the previous edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). T Sports and Gazi TV showed no interest in telecasting the country’s premier Twenty20 competition. Fortunately, Nagorik TV stepped in to provide live coverage, much to the relief of cricket fans across the nation.

“We noticed a lack of interest during the bidding for broadcasting rights before the BPL. This is unfortunate for us. We also observed that franchise leagues in Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates, and South Africa were broadcast live here, but there was no interest in our BPL. That’s why we felt the need to take action,” explained the BCB president.

Apart from the BCB TV announcement, several other key decisions were made during the eighth meeting of the BCB Board of Directors, including the purchase of land for developing cricket grounds in Pubail, Gazipur, Purbachal, Narayanganj, Chittagong, and Bogra. Additionally, measures were approved for the renovation of the inner and outer grounds of Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah to ensure their playability.

The board also gave the green light for the installation of new and advanced indoor cricket practice turfs at existing centers nationwide. Furthermore, the process of obtaining a license for BCB TV was initiated, and salary increases for centrally contracted women players, along with higher match fees for women players in One Day International and Twenty20 International matches, were approved.

The board meeting also covered salary contracts and enhancements for 77 first-class cricketers, the approval of the BCB Regional Cricket Association Guidelines-2022, and the endorsement of Regional (Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Rangpur, and Rajshahi) Ad-hoc Committees. Additionally, match fees for the Bangladesh A Team were increased across four-day, one-day, and T20 formats.

Shahid Afridi, the former Pakistan cricketer, expressed his disapproval of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for allegedly using weather conditions as an excuse to avoid participating in the Asia Cup matches in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Media reports have suggested that Bangladeshi players are hesitant to play the tournament in the UAE due to concerns about the extremely hot weather in September.

Afridi’s remarks were made following the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision not to send their team to Pakistan for the 2023 Asia Cup. In an effort to find a resolution, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) proposed a hybrid model for the tournament, splitting it into two phases. The initial phase would take place in Pakistan, excluding India, while the second phase would be held in the UAE.

Regarding the reported concerns about the weather, Afridi stressed that professional cricketers should not base their decision to play solely on weather conditions.

“As professional cricketers, you shouldn’t let weather determine your participation. We’ve played matches at Sharjah in the scorching heat at 10 am in the morning. We used to feel dizzy when going towards the boundary line. It was extremely hot. These things happen, but they also test your fitness level,” Afridi stated during an interview on a local TV channel.

“If you want to make an excuse, you can come up with anything like it being too hot in the UAE. I believe these are just excuses,” he added.

Meanwhile, an Indian media report revealed that Jay Shah, the BCCI secretary and ACC chairman, has made it clear to the other countries that they do not accept the PCB’s suggested “hybrid model.” Shah recently discussed this matter with the heads of member nations and proposed that the tournament should take place at a single venue, specifically Sri Lanka.

According to the report, all other participating nations have agreed to play in Sri Lanka, and the PCB, as the designated hosts, will have to comply and play in Sri Lanka or withdraw. In this case, the four participating teams will be India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, with the inclusion of a fifth team yet to be determined.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has confirmed the itinerary for the upcoming home series between Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The series will consist of one Test match, three one-day internationals, and two Twenty20s. After mutual discussions between the BCB and the Afghanistan Cricket Board, one Test and one T20I have been removed from the original itinerary.

The series will take place in two phases, with the Afghans arriving in Dhaka on June 10 to play the only Test in Mirpur from June 14-18. The series will break for Eid-ul-Azha, during which Afghanistan will travel to India to play three ODIs against the hosts. Afghanistan will return to Bangladesh on July 1 to complete the series, playing three ODIs scheduled to be held in Chittagong on July 5, 8, and 11, respectively.

After winning their last World Cup Super League series against Ireland 2-0, the Bangladesh cricket team has returned to Dhaka, with some players like captain Tamim Iqbal, Shakib al Hasan, and Liton Das staying back in England for leisure. The team finished the Super League cycle with 15 wins in 24 matches, having lost eight and one game being washed out, placing them at No. 3 in the Super League standings with 155 points, the same as second-placed England.

However, England is currently ahead of Bangladesh based on net run-rate. The team will now take a two-week break and regroup in the first week of June to prepare for the upcoming series against Afghanistan. The series will feature one Test match, three ODIs, and two T20Is, with the matches being played in Dhaka and Chittagong, and the T20Is taking place in Sylhet on July 14 and 16.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is entering into a special internal agreement with Cricket Australia. Through this, the cricketers, curators, coaches, and officials of this country will help to improve their skills. The agreement between the two boards is being mediated by the Australian High Commission in Dhaka. BCB Chief Executive Officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury Sujan said this after the meeting of Australia’s Assistant Foreign Minister Tim Watt with Bangladesh cricket structure monitoring and board president Nazmul Hasan Papon.
Cricket’s relationship with Australia’s Assistant Foreign Minister Tim Watt was in the news a long time ago. He wanted to visit the home of cricket by himself after coming to Bangladesh. However, not only visiting but also batting in the field, Aji Assistant Foreign Minister has made himself famous.

Although Team Watt’s arrival has been called a friendly tour, there is positive news for Bangladesh. BCB is entering into an agreement with Cricket Australia, through which work will be done to improve the skills of the country’s cricketers, curators, coaches, and officials.

It does not end here. Australian company Populous has been appointed as the consultant for the proposed Sheikh Hasina Stadium. This matter is also gaining importance in this visit. BCB Chief Executive Officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury Sujan said, ‘We had a discussion. Every year not only cricketers but also curators to coaches will be programmed. Australia will help us a lot in this regard. We have already started a process for that. We are working directly with the Australian High Commission in this regard.

Along with this, Watt’s visit will play a special role in the development of relations between the boards of the two countries, said the chief executive officer of BCB.

Bangladesh has a global reputation as the ‘team of Mirpur’. Bangladesh takes advantage of using the slow spin pitch of Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, there are many complaints among the netizens. Whether the allegations are true or false, there is no way to deny a thing. And that – Spin has always been Bangladesh’s main strength. Shakib Al Hasan-Mehedi Hasan Miraj’s has been attacking the opponents with this spin bowling for years. But this time Alan Donald came up with something different. Even just a year ago, the Bangladesh cricket team’s strength was completely spin. The consistency of pace bowlers is far from being talked about, no sustainable pace unit can be found in Bangladesh cricket.

The pace bowling unit has never been able to produce consistent success despite the occasional individual surprise of one or two. So the selection panel has always had to trust Spinn. But Donald wants to change the idea now. Donald is a fairy tale gem. It is as if he is bringing out the real gem by rubbing Taskin Ahmed-Hasan Mahmud. He is constantly showing that Bangladesh’s pace bowling attack can be as dangerous as the spin attack. This has never happened before! It has been a year since the South African coach set foot in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is completely a team of spin power. The Tigers are not paying attention to teams like Australia-New Zealand due to the spin pitch at home. But outside the house, the tiger is completely like a cat. Far from the global tournament or South Africa-New Zealand, Shakib-Tamim can’t win any match even in the Asian country of Pakistan. Donald’s first assignment in Ghor Amanisha was in his native South Africa. Bangladesh is a country where they have not won any match against the hosts before. Bouncy wickets, Bangladesh’s pace bowling weakness, and the power gap between the two teams; All in all, there was not much to be optimistic about Bangladesh in that series. It was expected that the Tigers would lose like never before. But what Tamim did is undoubtedly incredible. Bangladesh won the match against them in the field of South Africa, and Bangladesh won the entire ODI series! This is an incredible thing. Markram-de Kock was silenced by Tamim-Shakib. How did this revolution happen? As always, Bangladesh’s spin attack was very strong in this series. The contribution of the batters was also good.

However, the pacers’ contribution was special. That was what made the difference. Separately, Taskin was superb, taking 3 wickets for 36 runs in 10 overs in the first match. And in the third match, Taskin made the impossible possible. 5 wickets left the hosts in the dust in South Africa. South Africa is all out in 26.3 overs! Series best Taskin only because of bowling.

Shariful Islam also did well with the ball in this South African series. The Pacers did better than usual in this series but nobody noticed the difference. Because then it’s the same old story again. Home series, spin-dependent Bangladesh. Pace bowling is fragile again. But Taskin still bowled well. In addition to getting regular wickets, he also gave fewer runs. Hasan Mahmud has also recognized some differences in Bangladesh’s tragic situation in Zimbabwe. However, it cannot be called the awakening of the pace unit in any way. To say it will be called ‘Taskin’s new form’.The slow growth of the pace bowling unit during Taskin’s renaissance is evident now.

Since last year, Ebadat Hossain has started to match himself well in Tests and ODIs. Shariful is quite economical from the start. Sometimes he brings a good breakthrough. But he also has a bad habit of scoring a lot of runs on bad days. And as always, the auto choice of the team is Mustafizur Rahman. Many times he wins the match under pressure, sometimes he can’t sustain the pressure. The bowling may not have that edge as it used to, but the cutter master is always special. Roughly, this pace unit suddenly changed in 2023. Donald’s magical touch brought out Hasan-Taskin’s monstrous form. And the batting line of India, England, and Ireland will be burnt by that cannon. And that is the awakening of the pace unit. However, it is not necessary to know rocket science to understand the incredible progress that India has made in pace bowling since the series at the end of last year. Those who watch the game of Bangladesh regularly can catch the difference easily. Nevertheless, let’s pull some statistics for the reader’s convenience. Bangladesh has played their last three series at home. And since Bangladesh’s biggest strength at home is spin, let’s start a little comparison with spin. Bangladesh has taken a total of 27 wickets in the ODI series against India. Out of this, the spinners have taken 14 wickets. And the theaters have taken 13 wickets from those wickets that help spin along with the spinners. Then the England series. In this series, Bangladesh’s pacers had 17 total wickets in both formats of the white ball, while it was 25 for the spinners. However, it is difficult to understand the contribution of pacers in this series with statistics. Because the theaters have made a special contribution to winning the T20 series. The impact of the bowling of the pacers even on spin-assisted wickets is proof of the helplessness of the English batsmen. The batting line of Jos Buttler-Moeen Ali did not care in front of Hasan-Taskin’s bowling cannon. As the result, Bangladesh whitewashed England for the first time in T20.

Bangladesh pacers were in their best form in the Ireland series. Anyone who watches every match of this series will be forced to say that pace is the main strength of Bangladesh, not spin. Taskin-Hassan bowled fire in both the white ball series. The difference is also clear. The pacers took double the wickets of the spinners in the white-ball series against the Irish. Shakib-Mehdi took 12 wickets in all while Taskin-Hasan and Ibadat-Mustafiz took 25 wickets. The ODI World Cup is going to be held in India at the end of the year. Looking ahead to the World Cup, everyone is preparing the team in their way. The Tigers will get some advantage because of the familiar conditions in Asia. Besides, Bangladesh’s strength in the ODI format remains. If a little improvement can be made with this, it will be very difficult to suppress Bangladesh in the World Cup. Almost all the cricketers of the national team have experience playing on the Indian field. If it is a typical spin wicket, Shakib-Mehdi will do the job easily. And pacers have to take responsibility for bouncy wickets. If the theaters can maintain their current form, then winning the World Cup will not be too impossible for Bangladesh.

BCB gave the team for the return tour against Ireland quite early. But the Dhaka Premier League is still going on. Therefore, no one has a chance to return to the team after performing in this interesting domestic cricket tournament. Bangladesh announced the team for the away ODI series against the Irish on Sunday (April 9). Where some cricketers are ahead after getting the opportunity. Many people were disappointed not to get a place on the team. Pacer Mritunjoy Chowdhury has been called up for the first time in the 15-member squad. Afif Hossain and Nasum Ahmed are out. And Taijul Islam is back even though not against Ireland. However, speed star Taskin Ahmed did not get a place due to not fully recovering from the injury. Rony Talukder, who has not made his ODI debut so far, is in the team like the previous series.

On this side, once again, the selectors gave the team without Mahmudullah Riyad. The days of the silent killer may be over in the national team. But Yasir Ali Rabbi has made it to the selectors’ list of favorites for some unknown reason without performing. Despite scoring 24 runs in two ODIs against Ireland, he has retained his place. Mritunjoy Chowdhury has been called up to the national team squad for the first time without performing well in the ongoing Premier League. He has taken 12 wickets at 23.66 in 8 matches so far for Sheikh Jamal. But Mohammad Saifuddin is not considered by the selectors even with 17 wickets in the same match. Compared to Mrityunjay, whose economy and average are quite good. Shakib Al Hasan, who was not told before the IPL, is in the squad as expected. However, Liton-Mustafiz will have to return midway through the IPL for the national team. Both these cricketers are in the Tiger squad. Although Ireland is the host, this three-match series will be held in England. The three-match ODI series will begin on May 9 in Chelmsford.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the squad for the tour of Ireland. The new face in the announced team is the left-arm pacer, Mritunjoy Chowdhury.

Due to injury, the country’s fast pacer Taskin Ahmed is out. Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam has been returned to the team. However, former national team captain Mahmudullah Riyad, left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed, and star batsman Afif Hossain have been left out. Mahmudullah did not fit in the last England and Ireland series at home. BCB said that Mahmudullah had been rested. For related reasons, the question is raised, through this message to Mahmudullah about his international career at BCB. Chief selector Minhajul Abedin Nannu was asked about this. Nannu spoke to reporters before officially announcing the party in Mirpur, Sher-e-Bangla on Sunday. But when a journalist asked him about Mahmudullah, he left without giving any answer! There was quite a lively discussion among the journalists about this incident. Is the chief selector feeling shy to give a clear message to Mahmudullah?