Bangladesh speedster Taskin Ahmed is working on his recovery from a shoulder injury. The pacer said he is upbeat about making a comeback in the upcoming season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) but expressed regret over missing the IPL chance. The pacer was included in the IPL draft — the cash-rich T20 event in India. However, at the last moment, his name was withdrawn by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), marking the thrid time he missed an IPL opportunity. It's all about David Warner in his final test at the Sydney Cricket Ground against Pakistan  “As a cricketer, I always want to play in franchise leagues,” Taskin said. “With this, I missed the IPL chance three times.” Taskin also missed the opportunity to play in the recently-concluded New Zealand series due to the shoulder injury.  “I would have enjoyed it if I was on this tour. It's always great to bowl in New Zealand,” he said. “I would have witnessed Bangladesh's success if I were there. Bangladesh played really well. It's our team, and the pride is always ours.” Bangladesh U-19 aim high in ICC World Cup 2024 Bangladesh's pace-bowling unit performed well in New Zealand, making the most of the conditions. During the tour, Bangladesh won an ODI and a T20I, marking the first instances of Bangladesh winning white-ball international matches against New Zealand on Kiwi soil. The right-arm pacer mentioned that he has started to bowl with full strength and is expected to make a return with BPL. Bangladesh National Cricket Team’s Future Tour Program by ICC in 2024  “I’m feeling much better now and have started bowling,” he said. “We still have two weeks to go before BPL, so I believe I can make a comeback fully fit.”

Bangladeshi fast bowler Taskin Ahmed’s participation in the first Test of the two-match series against India — starting on December 14 in Chattogram — is uncertain. After being unavailable for the first two ODIs of the three-match series against India in Dhaka, he featured in the last ODI in Chattogram, suffering yet another injury that might hinder his performance and put his involvement in the upcoming Test in question. “I just returned from an injury,” Taskin said during a media interaction on Monday. “The team management is concerned about my fitness.” Read more: BAN vs IND Test Series 2022: Test Championship Scenarios, Squads, Fixtures, Venues, Head-to-Head Record Taskin has expressed uncertainty regarding his availability for the upcoming first Test of the series, citing his injury and lingering doubts about his fitness levels. In the last ODI of the series that Bangladesh ultimately lost by a large margin, Taskin conceded 89 runs in nine overs — it was the worst bowling figure he had ever recorded in the format. It was clear that the pacer was not at the peak of his form. The second and last Test of the series will be played in Dhaka. Read more: Bangladesh vs India: Taskin uncertain for 2nd ODI Meanwhile, Indian captain Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the first Test due to an injury he sustained in the second ODI in Dhaka, which led to his absence from the Indian team in the third ODI. Along with Rohit, the Indian team will also be without pace-bowler Mohammad Shami and allrounder Ravindra Jadeja for the first Test, although they may be available for the second Test in Dhaka. Both teams had engaged in a three-match ODI series ahead of the Test series that Bangladesh ultimately won by 2-1. This marked the second ODI series win for Bangladesh over India, with the first victory coming in 2015.

After a chaotic and dramatic last over in Brisbane, Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by three runs in their third match of the T20 World Cup 2022 on Sunday. In the last two overs, Zimbabwe needed 26 runs with five wickets in hand. They had Ryan Burl and Sean Williams at the crease. In the last over, Zimbabwe needed 16 to seal the match. Mosaddek Hossain, who had conceded 27 runs in his first three overs, came to bowl the last over. He scalped two wickets, conceding 12 runs. Read More: T20 World Cup: Taskin takes 3 wickets, Zimbabwe in trouble The match ended in a dramatic fashion when Mosaddek delivered a no-ball after the fifth delivery that sent Richard Ngarava back. Blessing Muzarabani swung the bat but missed. Nurul Hasan collected the ball and stumped him. But Nurul collected the ball before the stumps and the umpire called it a no-ball.  Right after Nurul stumped Muzarabani, Bangladesh started a celebration. But the umpire called for them to deliver another ball. This time, Muzarabani failed to connect the ball and Bangladesh won by three runs. Zimbabwe ended up at 147 for eight in 20 overs. Earlier, in the 19th over, Shakib Al Hasan conceded seven runs off the first three balls, and in the fourth ball, he trapped Williams in a run-out for 64 off 42 balls. It was a great effort from the Bangladesh captain. Read More: Pakistan vs Netherlands T20 world Cup Live Streaming: Where and How to watch, Playing XI Williams drove to the off region, and Shakib sprinted quickly to collect the ball and shattered the stumps at the non-striker end. Shakib ended the over by giving 10 runs away. For Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed took three wickets while Mustafizur Rahman and Mosaddek took two wickets each. Bangladesh won the toss in this match and opted to bat first. Najmul Hossain Shanto scored 71 and guided Bangladesh to a fighting score. In reply, Zimbabwe lost four wickets inside the powerplay, with Taskin taking two and Mustafizur Rahman taking two more. Read More: India vs South Africa T20 World Cup 2022: H2H Record, Venue Stats, Predicted Playing XI, Watch Live Bangladesh lost their last match to South Africa, while Zimbabwe beat Pakistan in their last match. With Bangladesh's win against Zimbabwe in their third encounter of the T20 World Cup 2022, they have kept their hope alive for the quest for a semifinal berth.

In pursuit of 151, Zimbabwe have lost 5 wickets for 69, as right-arm pacer Taskin Ahmed took 3 in his first 3 overs. Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first in their third match in the T20 World Cup 2022 and posted 150 runs for 7 in 20 overs. Najmul Hossain Shanto scored 71 for Bangladesh. In reply, Zimbabwe lost 4 wickets inside the powerplay, with Taskin taking 2 and Mustafizur Rahman taking 2 more. Read More: Pakistan vs Netherlands T20 world Cup Live Streaming: Where and How to watch, Playing XI Taskin also did well in Bangladesh's first match in this T20 World Cup against the Netherlands. The strong pace attack of Bangladesh did not give Zimbabwe a chance to fight back. At the end of the 12th over, Zimbabwe were batting at 80 for 5. They have to fight really hard to seal this match in Brisbane. Read More: 2022: H2H Record, Venue Stats, Predicted Playing XI, Watch Live Bangladesh lost their last match to South Africa, while Zimbabwe beat Pakistan in their last T20 match. Bangladesh and Zimbabwe are playing against each other for the first time in the T20 World Cup competition, and this is a crucial contest in their quest for a place in the semifinals. The tigers are currently dominating thanks to Taskin Ahmed's three wickets. 

Bangladesh registered their first win in the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup 2022, beating the Netherlands by nine runs on Monday in Hobert. Taskin Ahmed, the right-arm pacer, bagged four wickets for the Tigers to lead the way to the victory. Another right-arm pacer, Hasan Mahmud, also did well, taking two important wickets in this match. Taskin ended up taking four for 25—his best in T20Is now. His previous best was two for 12 against Papua New Guinea. Read:T20 World Cup: Bangladesh strike early, Netherlands lose 4 quick wickets Winning the toss, the Netherlands opted to bowl first. Bangladesh posted 144 for eight. In reply, the Netherlands lost two wickets in the very first two balls of their innings. Taskin’s pace looked too good for the Netherlands batters. The hard-working pacer provided Bangladesh with a dream start. In the first ball, Yasir Ali took a tough catch at the first slip, and in the second ball, wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan took a regulation catch to dismiss the second wicket. The Netherlands lost two more wickets, trapped by run out in the fourth over when Shakib Al Hasan came to bowl and conceded a six off his first ball. Max ODowd hit him for a six off the first ball, but on the next ball, Max was trapped in run-out. In the same over, Bangladesh sent back Netherlands captain Tom Cooper as well, who suffered a diamond duck—didn't face any balls before getting run out. Najmul Hossain Shanto saved a boundary in great fashion and threw the ball to the wicketkeeper Nurul, who broke the stumps in a flash. And thus, Tom lost his wicket for a duck. Colin Ackermann came up with a heroic knock for the Netherlands, but it was not enough for them as he hardly got any support from his teammates who came a cropper today. Scott Edwards and Ackermann had a 44-run stand for the fifth wicket, but that was not enough for them. In the last over, the Netherlands needed 24 runs. Soumya Sarkar defended it, conceding 14 runs with a six and a wicket off the last ball of the match. In the 19th over, Mustafizur Rahman conceded only eight runs and made the task tough for the Netherlands. Read:T20 World Cup: Bangladesh set 145 victory target for Netherlands The Netherlands innings eventually ended up at 135 in 20 overs, and Bangladesh sealed the match by 9 runs. They came close, but they needed to display more potent batting to win the match against a quality bowling attack. Earlier, Bangladesh got a good start as the openers, Shanto and Soumya, made a good start, posting 43 in the opening stand. But the middle order failed to deliver well. Afif Hossain was the best batter for Bangladesh, scoring 38 runs. Shanto posted the second highest score of 25 runs. At the lower order, Mosaddek Hossain scored 20 off 12 balls and helped Bangladesh post a fighting total of 144 for eight. For the Netherlands, Paul van Meekeren and Bas de Leede took two wickets each. After registering their first Super 12 Round win against the Netherlands, the Bangladesh team will be full of confidence to play their second T20 World Cup 2022 match against South Africa on October 27 in Sydney.  Read: T20 World Cup: Bangladesh bat first vs Netherlands

Former Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has praised young tearawayn Taskin Ahmed for his decision to prefer playing for the national team instead of taking part in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Mashrafe said the pacer should be rewarded by the board so that he and other players feel that the board always stands beside them. “Of course (Taskin should be awarded). When a player skips IPL for national duty, he deserves an award. It makes the cricketer feels good and thinks that the board is beside me and I’m ready to play any format of the game,” Mashrafe told the reporters on Sunday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Also read: Masrahfe praises Shakib for his sacrifice Taskin won the player of the match award twice in the recently concluded series against Proteas, which was the first series win in South Africa as well. In the third match of the series, Taskin bagged five wickets— the second of his career. Right before the third match, Taskin got an IPL call-up from the Lucknow Super Giants. The pacer said no to IPL after a discussion with the Bangladesh Cricket Board. The right-arm pacer is contracted with the board to play all formats of the game. Also read: Imperious Tigers complete historic series win in South Africa

Bangladesh speedster Taskin Ahmed overlooked a call from the Indian Premier League team Lucknow Super Giants due to tight national team duty, confirmed Jalal Yunus, the cricket operation chairman of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Taskin is currently in South Africa to play a three-match ODI and two-match Test series. He has done well in the first two ODIs of the series. “The Lucknow IPL team contacted us about Taskin,” Jalal said. “But we have a lot of matches coming up. In this situation, we don’t want Taskin to leave the national team and play in IPL.” Also read: Shakib to continue playing in SA despite family issues Jalal added that Taskin also wants to continue performing his national duty instead of IPL. The pacer did not respond to UNB message for a comment. Taskin started his international career back in 2014. He got his ODI cap against India when he bagged a five-for in Mirpur. Bangladesh, however, lost that rain-hit match. Due to injury and off-forms, Taksin had been going through a chequered time in his international career. But in the last two years, the pacer proved his improvement in every format of cricket. Also read: Proteas bounce back strongly against Tigers to level series 1-1 In his last 10 international bowling innings, he bagged 10 wickets. In his last 10 ODIs, Taksin conceded runs at an economy rate of under 5 with scalping 14 wickets with the best bowling of 4-46. The pacer has recently expressed his desire to become the number one bowler in the world.

Leaving the T20 World Cup agony behind, Bangladesh are looking forward to a new start in the series against Pakistan  beginning on November 19 in Dhaka, said  right-arm pacer Taskin Ahmed on Monday.   In the just-concluded T20 World Cup, Bangladesh played a total of eight matches and lost six of them. They failed to register any win in the Super 12s of the tournament. The two wins came against the teams like Oman and Papua New Guinea. Read:BAN vs. PAK: Who has the edge in head-to-head T20I contest? “We couldn’t perform well in the World Cup, it’s true. But that is in the past,” Taskin said on Monday when the Bangladesh team played an intra-squad match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium behind the door. “We now are looking forward to starting afresh in the Pakistan series. It won’t be easy for us, but we will put our best foot forward.” Taskin played six matches in the World Cup and bagged six wickets. He was one of Bangladesh’s few players who displayed some individual brightness in the World Cup.  “I’ve been trying to improve my bowling over the last couple of years,” Taskin added. “It’s a process and it’ll continue. I haven’t done anything big yet, but I’m trying to do it. Our coaches are helping me a lot, and I’m more consistent now.” Read: Thumb injury rules Tamim out of Pakistan series According to Taskin, Pakistan are one of the top teams in T20 cricket. He said the defeat in the semi-final was unfortunate for Pakistan.  In the upcoming series, Bangladesh and Pakistan will take on each other in a three-match T20I and two-match Test series. All the T20Is will be played in Dhaka while the first Test will take place in Chattogram and the second in Dhaka.

Bangladesh player Taskin Ahmed and Zimbabwe fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani have both been fined 15 percent of their match fees for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the second day of the one-off Test in Harare, ICC confirmed Friday.  Read: Taskin credits batting success to coach Cook They were found to have breached Article 2.1.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “inappropriate physical contact with a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or any other person (including a spectator) during an International Match.” In addition to this, one demerit point each has been added to the disciplinary records of the players, both of whom did not have any previous offence in a 24-month period. Read: Mahmudullah, Taskin help Tigers pass 400-run mark The incident occurred in the 85th over of Bangladesh’s first innings on Thursday. After Muzarabani had bowled a delivery to Taskin, the two players moved aggressively towards each other, and contact was made after words were exchanged face to face. Both players admitted the offence and accepted the sanctions proposed by Andy Pycroft of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees and ratified by the ICC Cricket Operations department as per the COVID-19 interim playing regulations. There was no need for formal hearings. Read: Tigers post 468 as Mahmudullah, Taskin share second-highest 9th-wicket partnership On-field umpires Marais Erasmus and Langton Rusere, third umpire Iknow Chabi and fourth official Forster Mutizwa levelled the charges. Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand, a maximum penalty of 50 per cent of a player’s match fee, and one or two demerit points. Meanwhile, Bangladesh are leading by 237 runs in this Test at the end of the third day’s game. Bangladesh batted first and posted 468 in the first innings riding on an unbeaten 150 of Mahmudullah Riyad, 95 of Liton Das, 75 of Taskin and 70 of Mominul Haque.  In reply, Zimbabwe tumbled for 276 as Mehidy Hasan Miraz bagged five wickets and Shakib Al Hasan took four. Bangladesh started the second innings and at the end of day three, they were at 45 without losing any wicket.

Bangladesh right-arm pacer Taskin Ahmed, who hit his maiden 50 in the first innings of the ongoing Harare Test against Zimbabwe, has credited his success to fielding coach Ryan Cook. Bangladesh won the toss in Harare on Thursday and batted first to post a challenging first innings total of 468.  Mahmudullah Riyad, who returned to the Test team after more than 17 months, smashed 150 -- his highest in Test now. And Taskin accompanied Riyad on a 191-run ninth-wicket stand, the highest ninth-wicket stand for Bangladesh in Tests and the second-highest in the history of the game. Also read: Tigers post 468 as Mahmudullah, Taskin share second-highest 9th-wicket partnership Taskin said it was a great feeling to partner with Mahmudullah when the team needed him the most and lauded Ryan for nurturing the batting talent of tailenders. "I wanted to do something for the team,” Taskin said in a video message. “Riyad was on the wicket. So as a tailender, I should have supported him well. I’m glad that I did it. My main goal was to save my stumps. Riyad kept telling me this. I also tried to play big shots when I got some deliveries at the right places.” “If you look at the other teams, they have some reliable batsmen at the lower order. I always try to become a reliable batsman like them so that I can support recognised batsmen,” Taskin said. Also read: Mahmudullah, Taskin help Tigers pass 400-run mark Bangladesh lost two wickets within eight runs in Harare Test. Despite that, Mominul Haque, 70, Liton Das, 95, and Mahmudullah and Taskin did well to post a big total on the board.  “The wicket was very good to bat on, unlike the first session. Riyad kept telling me that the wicket would get better by the time going. When I came to bat we needed more runs on the board to offer a challenge to the hosts. So I tried to stay stuck on the wicket and score some runs,” he added.  Taskin also said that he had no knowledge about the world record of scoring most runs in ninth-wicket stand in Tests, which needed only five runs. And he praised Bangladesh’s fielding coach Ryan for inspiring him to bat more.  “Before coming to Zimbabwe, Ryan told me to buy batting spikes so that I can use them in this tour. I did what he has said to me, and it worked. I used those spikes while batting in this Test. I would like to thank him to push me relentlessly to bat more in the nests,” he added.