Bangladesh Cricket Team
Tigers leave for Asia Cup keeping a low expectation
The Bangladesh cricket team left Dhaka on Tuesday afternoon for the UAE to play this year’s Asia Cup starting from August 27.
While most of the members of the Bangladesh cricket team took the flight on Tuesday, Taskin Ahmed and Anamul Haque Bijoy have to fly later. They are trapped in a visa-related issue.
A BCB official said both of them are expected to take a flight to the UAE on Wednesday.
A day before flying to the UAE, Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh T20 captain, said they are not expecting a lot from this year’s Asia Cup. Bangladesh have been failing to meet the expectation in this format of cricket for the last few years.
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Along with Bangladesh, five more teams are participating in Asia Cup which will be played in the T20 format for the second time.
The first Asia Cup T20 was held in Bangladesh in 2016 when the hosts ended up as runners-up and India took the title in Dhaka.
In their first match, Bangladesh will take on Afghanistan, and in the second, Bangladesh will play against Sri Lanka.
“If we display some good cricket in the Asia Cup than we have done over the last few years, it would be an achievement,” Shakib said on Monday, in his first media conference after becoming the T20 captain recently. “We should not expect that we would make the final.”
Bangladesh will not get the service of head coach Russell Domingo in the Asia Cup. For now, Domingo will be coaching the Bangladesh team in Tests and ODIs only.
The BCB has appointed former Indian cricketer Sridharan Sriram as the technical consultant for the Bangladesh T20 team. He will be the head of Bangladesh’s think-tank in the Asia Cup, Nazmul Hasan, the BCB president confirmed on Monday.
Mashrafe, Mushfiq congratulate new T20 captain Sohan
Former national team captains Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Mushfiqur Rahim have congratulated Nurul Hasan Sohan on becoming Bangladesh's T20 captain for the upcoming Zimbabwe tour.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Friday announced the squads for the tour where the Tigers will play a three-match T20I and three-match ODI series from July 30 to August 10.
Sohan replaced Mahmudullah Riyad as the T20 captain. Riyad had been leading the Tigers in T20s since February 2018. He failed to guide the team to T20 victories and could not perform well with the bat in the West Indies.
"Hard work is better than talent when talent refuses to work hard. Congratulations Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan on becoming the captain of the Bangladesh T20 squad. Wish you all the luck," Mashrafe wrote on his social media profile.
"Congrats to Sohan on becoming the new T20I captain for the Zimbabwe series. The young team has my full support and I strongly believe this team will do well in the upcoming series," Mushfqiur wrote on his social media page.
Read: BAN vs ZIM T20I Series 2022: Nurul Hasan to lead young Bangladesh side
Sohan regularly leads Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, a 50-over format event at the domestic level of Bangladesh.
In his first assignment as the captain of Bangladesh, Sohan will have to face a tough challenge. He will not get the services of Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Riyad and Mushfiq.
Tamim recently announced his retirement from T20s. Riyad, Shakib, and Mushfiq have been rested for the T20 series.
The Bangladesh team is set to travel to Zimbabwe on July 26.
The T20I series will begin on July 30. The last two matches of the series will take place on July 31 and August 2. The first ODI will be played on August 5, and the other two matches on August 7 and 10.
Mushfiq will be part of the ODI team.
The ODI series of this tour is not part of the ICC World Cup Super League.
Shakib re-appointed as Test captain
Star allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has been re-appointed as the Test captain of the Bangladesh cricket team. He will now take over the charge from Mominul Haque who recently said he is not willing to continue in the role after the recent failure in the series against Sri Lanka at home.
While Shakib is appointed as the new captain, Liton Das, the wicketkeeper-bater will play the role of his deputy. Liton has previously led Bangladesh in T20I as an interim captain in New Zealand.
This is the second time when Shakib is set to lead the Tigers in Tests. In his first tenure, he led Bangladesh in 14 Tests and won three matches with 11 defeats.
Also read: Mominul reluctant to continue as Test captain; informs BCB
The allrounder also led Bangladesh in 71 limited-over matches.
Shakib was removed from the captaincy in 2019 when he was banned for two years, with one year suspension, due to failing to report corrupt approaches made to him. After that, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had appointed Mominul as the captain of Test team.
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Bangladesh look to continue their dominance over Afghanistan
After winning the first two matches of the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan, the Bangladesh cricket team is looking to continue their dominance.
The third and final match of the series is all set to be played in Chattogram on Monday at 11 am.
In the first match of the series, Bangladesh won riding on the outstanding partnership between Afif Hossain and Mehidy Hasan Miraz. Despite losing six wickets in under 50 runs, Bangladesh chased down a target of 216, which came as a big surprise to the fans.
And, in the second match, Bangladesh batted first and posted a total exceeding the 300-run mark as Liton Das hit his fifth ODI ton and Mushfiuqr Rahim partnered him in a wonderful stand.
With the two consecutive wins in the first two matches, Bangladesh went to the top of the table of the World Cup Super League. And if the Tigers manage to win the last match as well, their place at the top of the table will be strengthened more.
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“It’s more important to have 10 more points than winning the series,” Mehidy told the media ahead of the third match. “We know that the top-eight teams will qualify to the World Cup directly. So it will help us a lot if we can secure 10 more points in the last match of the series.”
Only a few players have joined the optional practice on Sunday, which has indicated that the Bangladesh team is happy after winning the first two matches and the series. But Mehidy said that the team is as hungry for the win as they were ahead of the first match.
After the ODI series, both teams will lock their horns in the two-match T20 series in Dhaka.
Bangladesh team is scheduled to tour South Africa for a three-match ODI and two-match Test series after the ongoing home series. The players who could be in the Test team for the South Africa tour are having a camp in Bagura under the name of Bangladesh Tigers— a development program introduced recently by the Bangladesh Cricket Board.
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PM congratulates Tigers on winning first ODI against Afghanistan
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday congratulated Bangladesh Cricket team on r winning the first ODI match against Afghanistan.
Read:1st ODI: Imperious Afif, Mehidy guide Tigers to surprise victory vs Afghanistan
Bangladesh defeated the visitors by four-wicket taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.
BCB form committee to review Bangladesh’s T20 WC failure
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has formed a two-member committee to review the Bangladesh national team’s poor performance in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup’ 2021 in Oman and UAE.
The two-member committee comprises BCB Directors Enayet Husain Siraj and Mohammed Jalal Yunus.
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The committee has been tasked to talk to the members of Bangladesh team including players and team management and relevant stakeholders to assess why the team could not deliver the expected performance in the global event and share its findings with the BCB.
T20 World Cup: Bangladesh bat first vs South Africa
Bangladesh lost the toss and were sent to bat first in their fourth match in the Super 12s stage of the T20 World Cup on Tuesday at Abu Dhabi.
Bangladesh lost three matches on the trot, and they have no real chance to qualify for the semifinals. Still, the last two matches of Super 12s will play a big role in their ranking that might guarantee a Super 12s berth in the next World Cup.
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Bangladesh made two changes— Nasum Ahmed and Shamim Hossain are recalled to the playing XI to replace Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman.
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Mohammad Naim, Liton Das(w), Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah(c), Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed
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South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi
ICC T20 Ranking: Bangladesh steps down two notches to settle for 8th place
Bangladesh cricket team miserably went down two steps to settle for the 8th place in the recently published ICC T20 Ranking after their frustrating performances in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup, 2021.
As per ICC T20 ranking, published on October 27, Bangladesh went down to the 8th slot from 6th with 236 rating points.
Bangladesh advanced to the 6th place in the previous ICC T20 ranking after winning the T20 home series against Australia and New Zealand and started their campaign T20 World Cup 2021 with a high hope of reaching the semifinal, but their dream was almost shattered after conceding two successive defeats against Sri Lanka and mighty England at the Super 12 stage.
Read: ICC T20 World Cup 2021: Group Stage Scenario of Super 12 Round
Bangladesh made a frustrating start in the World Cup losing to Scotland by six runs in the qualifier, conceded five wickets defeat against Sri Lanka and an eight-wicket defeat against top seed England in the Super 12 stage after beating Oman and Papua New Guinea by 26 and 84 runs respectively in the qualifiers.
Afghanistan moved up to the 7th place securing the same rating of 236 while Australia advanced to the 6th slot with 242 rating points.
West Indies and Sri Lanka, now ranked 9th and 10th respectively, followed the Bangladesh neck and neck bagging 233 rating points each.
Read: T20 World Cup: Bangladesh capitulate to England
Bangladesh may go down further in the ranking if they lost their remaining three Super 12 matches of the ongoing T20 World Cup against West Indies,
South Africa, Australia and England remained on the top slot securing 279 rating points, followed by India and Pakistan with 264 rating points each, New Zealand with 255 and South Africa with 249 rating points.
T20 World Cup: Bangladesh opt to bat first vs England, Shoriful recalled
Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first against England in their second match in the Super 12s of the T20 World Cup on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi.
Shoriful Islam has been recalled to the playing XI to replace Mohammad Saifuddin who was ruled out due to a back injury. It will be marked as Shoriful’s T20 World Cup debut.
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Bangladesh lost the first Super 12s match to Sri Lanka while England beat West Indies in their first match.
A team should win at least three matches to advance to the Semi-finals.
Bangladesh (Playing XI): Mohammad Naim, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah(c), Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan(w), Mahedi Hasan, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed
England (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(w), Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan(c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills
T20 World Cup: Tigers face Sri Lanka today in Super 12s clash
Bangladesh are all set to take on Sri Lanka at 4pm on Sunday in their first Super 12s clash in the ongoing T20 World Cup in Sharjah, UAE.
Bangladesh are playing in Group 1 of the Super 12s stage, where they will take on England, West Indies, South Africa, and Australia as well on October 27, 29 and November 2 and 4.
Read:T20 World Cup: England crush West Indies
Before the World Cup began, Bangladesh lost a warm-up match against Sri Lanka, but the Tigers’ coach Russell Domingo said they are not worried about what happened before. He rather said they are focusing on this game only.
Bangladesh beat the hosts Oman, and Papua New Guinea in Round 1 to advance to Super 12s.
The match will be kicked off at 4pm (Bangladesh time), and will be telecast live through T Sports, Gtv, and OTT platforms Rabbitholebd and Bioscope.
Read:T20 World Cup: Australia make a flying start to Super 12s
Bangladesh’s probable XI against Sri Lanka:
Mohammad Naim, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Afiff Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman.