Left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman sustained a head injury after being struck by a ball during practice. The incident occurred while Mustafizur, representing Comilla Victorians in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), was participating in a practice session at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Sunday (February 18, 2024). While returning to his run-up area during a net session, Mustafizur was hit directly on the left side of his head. He was immediately taken to a hospital in Chattogram. Read: BPL 2024: Chattogram, Barishal inch closer to playoffs  Following a CT scan, the medical team from the Comilla Victorians confirmed that Mustafizur did not sustain an internal head injury. However, he will remain under observation as a precautionary measure. “After (the) CT scan we are satisfied that he had only external injury. There was no intracranial bleeding,” stated S M Zahidul Islam Sazal, the physio of the Victorians.  Read: BPL 2024: West Indies stars Narine, Russell join Comilla Victorians  Sazal further mentioned that Mustafizur received stitches for the open wound. Mustafizur's performance in the BPL has been consistent. In nine matches, he has secured 11 wickets for the reigning BPL champions.

Bangladesh claimed victory over England by 50 runs to avoid a whitewash at home in the third and final match of the three-match ODI series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Monday. Premier all rounder Shakib Al Hasan hit a breezy 75 to guide the Tigers' innings and then scalped four wickets to help the hosts recover some morale after losing the first two matches and the series. With his fourth wicket, Shakib became the first Bangladeshi bowler to take 300 or more wickets in ODIs. Winning the toss, Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal elected to bat first. However, his decision backfired as Litton Das was dismissed for a duck in the very first over. Tamim himself couldn't last long as he was caught by James Vince off Sam Curran after scoring just 11 runs off 6 balls. But Najmul Hossain Shanto steadied the ship with a patient knock of 53 off 71 balls. In the third wicket stand, Mushfiqur Rahim and Shanto added 98 runs, helping the hosts recover from the early damage. However, Shanto lost his wicket while running late for a single. Read more: Shakib reaches 300 ODI wickets Mushfiqur ended up on 70, while Shakib made 75 runs off 71 balls with seven fours. Bangladesh posted a total of 246 for all wickets in 48.5 overs, riding on their batting effort. Mahmudullah Riyad, Afif Hossain, and Mehdiy Hasan Miraz failed to do well in this match. For England, Jofra Archer scalped three wickets while Sam Curran and Adil Rashid took two wickets each. In reply, England's openers, Jason Roy and Phil Salt, got off to a good start, adding 54 runs for the first wicket. But Shakib struck thrice in quick succession, removing both openers and James Vince, reducing England to 55 for 3. Sam Curran and Jos Buttler then put up a fight with a partnership of 47 runs. However, Mehidy Hasan Miraz ended Curran's resistance as he was caught for 23 runs. Buttler then fell lbw to Taijul Islam for 26, and England's hopes of a victory were all but over. Chris Woakes was the only batsman who showed some resistance in the late order with a fighting knock of 34 runs off 46 balls. However, he was dismissed by Mustafizur Rahman in the 44th over, and England were eventually bowled out for 196 runs in 43.1 overs. Shakib was the pick of the bowlers for Bangladesh, finishing with figures of 4 for 35 in his 10 overs. Ebadot Hossain and Taijul Islam also picked up two wickets each. Read more: Bangladesh Bat First in 3rd ODI vs England in Bid to Avoid Clean Sweep The teams will now face each other in a three-match T20I series. The first match will be played in Chattogram on March 9, while the last two matches will take place in Dhaka on March 12 and 14.  

Comilla Victorians registered their third win in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Thursday, beating Dhaka Dominators by a margin of 33 runs at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.  It had been their sixth match in the competition. Before three consecutive wins, they had unfortunately suffered three consecutive losses. Comilla batted first and, despite Liton Das' unfortunate duck, posted a total of 184 runs for four wickets in 20 overs.  After falling behind early with the loss of Liton in the first over, Mohammad Rizwan steadied the ship with a superbly crafted 55-run knock off 47 balls, featuring 1 four and 3 maximums, as he remained unbeaten. Imrul Kayes then helped the Victorians' total with 33 off 26 deliveries, punctuated by 3 fours and 2 sixes. Read more: BPL 2023: Comilla break out of cycle of defeat in fourth match But Khushdil Shah was the stand-out batter of the Victorians, smashing 64 runs off 24 balls, peppered with seven fours and five sixes, helping the Victorians set a big target of 185 for the Dominators. The ill-fated run chase of the Dominators began with a setback as Ahmed Shehzad could only manage 19 runs before getting dismissed, while Soumya Sarkar and Robin Das failed to even get off the mark and were both sent back to the pavilion for a duck. Mohammad Mithun made 36 from 34 balls, including 3 fours and 1 six, before he was dismissed by Mosaddek Hossain. Nasir Hossain, the captain of Dhaka, posted 66 off 45 balls, including 7 fours and 2 sixes, but it wasn't enough to steer the Dominators to victory. Read more: BPL 2023: Liton stars as Cumilla end Sylhet’s undefeated run The Victorians emerged victorious and earned two points from the match, making it their third victory in six games that they participated in. But this left the Dominators with four losses and a single win in five matches the played in the tournament.  

The Chattogram phase of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will take off Friday at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Home team Chattogram Challengers will take on Fortune Barishal at 2pm. In the initial phase of the league, eight matches were held in Dhaka. Sylhet Strikers, led by Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, have topped the points table with eight points from four wins from as many matches. Tickets for the Chattogam phase are now available. Spectators can collect tickets from Thursday. Also, ticket booths will remain open on match days. Seven teams are participating in this year's BPL. Read more: Azam Khan smashes first BPL 2023 century After the Chattogram phase, the BPL will be back in Dhaka for a two-day phase before an eight-match phase in Sylhet. After that, the competition will return to Dhaka for the final phase. The final of this year's BPL will be played in the capital on February 16.

Bangladesh ended up on 330 being all out in 114.4 overs in their first innings of the Chattogram Test after Hasan Ali registered a five-for in the first session of day two on Saturday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.  Right before the launch break, Hassan bagged two wickets in two balls to wrap up Bangladesh in 330. In the first session of day two alone, Bangladesh lost six wickets and four of them went to Hasan. It was his sixth five-wicket haul in Tests. Bangladesh ended the day one at 253 with Liton Das and Mushfiqur Rahim were unbeaten respectively at 113 and 82. Liton could add only one run before falling in the second over of day two while Mushfiqur ended up on 91.  READ: BAN vs PAK 1st Test 2021: First day shows hope for Bangladesh Right after Liton’s dismissal, the debutant Yasir Ali also went back to the dressing room adding only four in 19 balls.  These two early wickets may have inspired Mushfiqur to stagnate himself and go slowly. But he was removed by Faheem Ashraf. The delivery was off stump, Mushfqiur went to push it forward, but the ball touched his bat before going to the wicketkeeper. Mushfiqur went for a review which showed a clear spike.  Mehidy Hasan Miraz added some crucial runs— 38 off 68 balls with six fours. But he remained unbeaten as he did not get enough assistance from the tailenders.  READ: Bangladesh Women's Cricket: Success Stories and How can they Improve? For Pakistan, Hasan bagged five conceding 51 runs, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Faheem scalped two wickets each.

Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Shamim Hossain hit a 50 each to guide the Bangladesh Emerging team to a four-wicket ODI win over Ireland Wolves on Sunday.

Ireland Wolves are trailing by 127 runs in their second innings after day two of the unofficial Test against the hosts at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

Bangladesh Emerging team is set to take on Ireland Wolves in a four-day game on Friday in Chattogram's Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.

The West Indies have pulled off a historic win in Chattogram against Bangladesh, chasing down a target of 395 runs on Sunday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.

Securing a mammoth lead of 394 runs, Bangladesh declared their second innings at 223 for eight in the first of the two-match Test series against the West Indies at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Saturday.