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Due to persistent rains, Bangladesh's second warm-up ahead of the Super 12s stage of the T20 World Cup against South Africa was abandoned on Wednesday in Brisbane. In the first warm-up match, Bangladesh lost to Afghanistan. So the match against South Africa was Bangladesh's last chance to finalize their plan ahead of their main event. This year, Bangladesh are going to take part in the Super 12s stage of the biggest T20 event directly-- where they will take on South Africa, India and Pakistan and two teams from the first round. Bangladesh are having a tough time with their opening pair. In recent times, they have tried so many pairs but none came out to perform well. Minhajul Abedin, the chief selector of Bangladesh national team, said it is the players who have to play well to break the bad chain of the bad times. "We have prepared well, now the time has come to do well in the field," Minhajul told the media on Tuesday. "We can advise them to play well, but it is them who have to play well." END/UNB/SHT/FH

As the first franchise of this year's Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), Sylhet Strikers named their icon players and some important foreign recruits. Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, the former captain of Bangladesh national team, is the icon of Sylhet Strikers. They also roped in Pakistan pace-bowling star Mohammad Amir along with Sri Lankan stars Thisara Perera, Kamindu Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva. They have announced it in their logo unveiling ceremony on Wednesday in a Dhaka hotel. Read: BPL: From “world’s second-best” to “best domestic” league Sylhet have also named Rajin Saleh, the former national team captain, as their assistant coach and Nafis Iqbal as their team manager respectively. A total of seven teams will participate in this year's BPL which will begin in early January 2023.

Bangladesh will start their Super 12 Round with a match against the second-placed team in Group A in Hobart. They also have fixtures in Sydney, Brisbane, and Adelaide. Getting to know the venues and their records is important in order to make a doable strategy for the match. Let’s take a look at Bangladesh's T20 World Cup 2022 match venues and their key stats. The venues where Bangladesh will play at the Twenty20 World Cup 2022 The majority of Bangladeshi players don’t have experience playing in Australia. Therefore, playing in Australia’s famous cricket stadiums will be an intriguing experience for the players. Tigers will play at some of Australia's well-known grounds. Read: T20 World Cup: Bangladesh to take on South Africa Wednesday in warm-up match Their first match will be at the Bellerive Oval Cricket Ground in Hobart on October 24 (Tuesday), where they will face the Group A runner-up from the first round. Two days later, on October 27, Bangladesh will meet South Africa at the famous Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney. They will take on the Group B winner of the first round on October 30 at the Gabba in Brisbane. The Bangladesh team then travels to Adelaide to play their final two fixtures of the Super 12 Round at the Adelaide Oval. They will play India on November 2, followed by Pakistan on November 6 at the same venue. Key Stats of Bangladesh’s 2022 Twenty20 World Cup Venues Australian cricket grounds are usually larger than those in other parts of the world. The wickets usually prefer the faster bowlers to have extra bounce and swing. Spinners, on the other hand, don’t get any additional advantages in these conditions. Australia usually makes sporting pitches where both batters and bowlers can thrive. Bangladesh will have to adjust quickly to the Aussie weather and the bouncy wickets in order to have better outings during the T20 World Cup 2022. Let’s have a look at the important stats of the stadiums Bangladesh will play in the Super 12 round. Read: T20 warm-up: Bangladesh suffer a heavy defeat to Afghanistan Bellerive Oval Cricket Ground in Hobart The Bellerive Oval Cricket Ground is located in Hobart, the state capital of Tasmania, an Australian island. The playing field is 175m by 135m in size, which is a little bit longer but also a little bit narrower than the MCG. Only five T20I games have been played here thus yet. This venue will host a game involving Bangladesh.Key Stats Bat first won: 4 Bat second won: 1Highest Team Innings: 213/4Lowest Team Innings: 118Highest Run Chased: 161/5Highest Individual Innings: 103*Best Bowling Figures: 4/30 Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney The renowned Sydney Cricket Ground is situated in Sydney, New South Wales's capital city. The playing surface of the SCG is 156m x 154m. There have already been eleven T20I games held here. At this venue, the Bangladeshi team will face South Africa in a Super 12 round match. Key Stats Bat first won: 4 Bat second won: 5Highest Team Innings: 221/5Lowest Team Innings: No completed innings Highest Run Chased: 200/3Highest Individual Innings: 124*Best Bowling Figures: 4/12 The Gabba, Brisbane The Gabba Cricket Ground is situated in Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland. The dimensions of the Gabba’s playing surface are 170.6m x 149.9m. So far, six T20I matches have been played at this Australian stadium. The Bangladesh side will have a Super 12 phase match at this ground.Key Stats Bat first won: 4 Bat second won: 2Highest Team Innings: 209/3Lowest Team Innings: 114Highest Run Chased: 161/4Highest Individual Innings: 96Best Bowling Figures: 4/20 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia, is home to the Adelaide Oval Cricket Ground. The playing surface in Adelaide is 190.2m x 126.2m, which is a fairly long distance. There have only been five matches held here thus far. In the Super 12 round, the national men's T20 cricket team of Bangladesh will play its two neighbours, India and Pakistan, there. Key Stats Bat first won: 3Bat second won: 2Highest Team Innings: 233/2Lowest Team Innings: 146 Highest Run Chased: 158/9Highest Individual Innings: 100*Best Bowling Figures: 4/15 Read: ICC T20 World Cup: Only Shakib and Rohit have competed in all events to date Bottom Line Bangladesh will play at four different venues in the Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup 2022. The Tigers will play at either the Sydney or Adelaide stadiums if they advance to the semifinals. Bangladesh have no scheduled matches at the MCG, where the final game will be played. Some cricket fields in Australia have small widths and large lengths. The Bangladesh team management should concentrate on developing game plans based on stats and stadium dimensions.

The cornered Tigers are set to take on South Africa on Wednesday in their last warm-up ahead of the Super 12s of the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia. In the first warm-up match, Bangladesh suffered a heavy defeat to Afghanistan. So the match against South Africa came as the last chance for Bangladesh to finalize their plan and the playing XI ahead of the main event. Bangladesh has been going through a prolonged bad patch in T20Is for a while. They failed to do well in the Asia Cup, they also failed to do well in the last few series as well. So the team now came under immense pressure to do well. Read: ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021: Bangladesh Cricket Team’s Full Schedule Ahead of Wednesday’s clash, Minhajul Abedin, the chief selector of Bangladesh, said it’s the players who have to play well on the field. “We have done enough experiments, now the players should play well,” Minhajul said on Tuesday while talking to the media in Brisbane. “We have a few practice sessions after the warm-up match. After that, we have to play well in the World Cup.” The match will begin at 2 pm (Bangladesh time) on Wednesday.  

The Netherlands maintained all-win run in the first round Group A match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Cricket beating giant Namibia by five wickets at the GMHBA Stadium in South Geelong in Victoria, Australia on Tuesday.  With the day's feat, the Netherlands brightened their chance to reach the Super-12 stage of the World Cup securing full four points from straight two matches and will face Sri Lanka on Thursday (Oct 20) in their last group match.    Namibia, which came to the limelight upsetting Sri Lanka in the opening first round match, today (Tuesday) opted to bat first after winning the toss and scored 121 for 6 in quota 20 overs with middle order batter Jan Frylinck making the team's highest 48-ball 43 runs with one four and one six. Later, Jan Frylinck was adjudged the most valuable player of the match.  Besides, opener Michael Van Lingen (29), one down Stephan Baard (19), captain Gerhard Erasmus (16) and David Wiese (11) were the other notable scorers for Namibia reaching the double figure.  Bas De Leede grabbed two wickets for 18 runs in three overs. Chasing a target of 122 runs, the Netherlands scored the match-winner 122 runs for the loss of five wickets with three balls to spare. Two openers Max O Dowd and Vikramjit Singh made a good foundation of the Dutch innings contributing 59 runs in 8.2 overs in the opening stand.   Max scored 31-ball 39 runs hitting three fours and two sixes, Vikram made run a ball 30 with two boundaries.  Bas De Leede, who earlier bagged two wickets, scored run a ball 30 featuring two boundaries to be adjudged player of the match.  No other Dutch batter failed to score the double figure run. JJ Smit took two wickets for 24 runs in four overs.

Karthik Meiyappan made history against Sri Lanka when he became the first player to claim a hat-trick for the UAE in T20Is. It was also the first hat-trick of the T20 World Cup 2022. But his glorious feat went in vain as the UAE lost to Sri Lanka by a big margin of 79 runs on Tuesday in Geelong. Sri Lanka displayed the strength of their bowling and wrapped up the UAE only for 73 and pulled off a big win. This win will surely help Sri Lanka to come out of the frustration that they got after the first defeat to Namibia. Pathum Nissanka guided Sri Lanka to 152 for eight when they batted first. Pathum hit 74 off 60 runs while Dhananjaya de Silva posted 33 off 21 deliveries. Kusal Mendis was the only other Sri Lankan batter to reach a double-digit total. He made 18 of 13. During the 15th over of Sri Lanka’s innings, Meiyappan removed Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka and captain Dasun Shanaka in three consecutive balls to complete the first hat-trick of the tournament. In reply to Sri Lanka’s 152, the UAE tumbled for 73 in 17.1 overs. None of their batters was able to offer some resistance to Sri Lanka’s bowling line. Dushmantha Chameera and Wanindu Hasaranga bagged three wickets each conceding 15 and eight runs respectively. Sri Lanka XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Pramod Madushan, Maheesh Theekshana. UAE XI: Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Kashif Daud, Vriitya Aravind, Aryan Lakra, Basil Hameed, Chundangapoyil Rizwan(c), Aayan Afzal Khan, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan.  

Former Indian all-rounder Roger Binny on Tuesday replaced Sourav Ganguly as the head of the country's all-powerful cricket control board. "The 67-year-old was elected president unopposed at the annual meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in Mumbai," vice-president Rajeev Shukla told the media. With a net worth of USD 2 billion, the BCCI is the world's richest cricketing body that weilds significant influence in the global cricket arena. Binny, who was the highest wicket taker in  the historic 1983 World Cup that India won, played a total of 27 Tests and 72 one-day internationals in his cricketing career. He was regarded as an astute all-rounder. Considered one of Indian cricket's best skippers, 50-year-old Ganguly, on the other hand, is now tipped to contest for the top job in the Cricket Association of Bengal. Ganguly, who became the BCCI president, quit international cricket way back in 2008 but continued playing in the multi-billion-dollar cricketing tournament, Indian Premier League, for a few more years.  He scored more than 18,500 runs in Tests and one-day internationals. Media reports in India speculate that Ganguly didn't get a second three-year term as the BCCI chief as he had refused to join India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

Batting woes continue for Bangladesh with a few days to go before their battle in the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup. On Monday, Bangladesh suffered a humiliating 62-run defeat to Afghanistan in their first of the two warm-up matches ahead of the main event. Bangladesh top-order- Najmul Hossain Shanto, Soumya Sarkar, and Shakib Al Hasan - failed to come up with the required batting intention when they needed in a chase for 161 runs for victory. Afif Hossain, who has been playing well in T20Is for a while, suffered the first-ball duck too. Mehidy Hasan Miraz was the ‘best’ batter for Bangladesh scoring 16 off 31 balls. In pursuit of 161 runs, Bangladesh were bundled for only 98 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs. For Afghanistan, pace-bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi bagged three wickets. He once again proved that he is too good for Bangladeshi batters. Earlier, Ibrahim Zadran and Mohammad Nabi scored 46 and 41 respectively to propel Afghanistan to 160. Read: ICC T20 World Cup: Only Shakib and Rohit have competed in all events to date Right-arm pacer Taskin Ahmed did well taking three wickets. Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat first in Brisbane. Hazrat Zazai and Rahmanullah Gurbaz added only 19 runs in the opening stand. But the number three Ibrahim came up with a steady innings and Nabi also did well to post a big total. For Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed bagged three wickets while Shakib Al Hasan and Hasan Mahmud scalped two wickets each. As the days go by, Afghanistan are strengthening their position as an unbeatable opponent for Bangladesh in the T20 format. While Bangladesh are an ever-struggling side in this format, Afghanistan are, in contrast, a new force to offer a challenge to any country. Bangladesh will take on South Africa in their second warm-up match on October 19.

A notable number of players who took part in the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup announced their retirement after the 2021 edition in the UAE. Only Shakib Al Hasan and Rohit Sharma, who have captained their respective countries this year, participated in the 2007 tournament. Let’s take a look at both the cricketers' records in the Twenty20 format World Cup. Shakib Al Hasan and Rohit Sharma’s records in the ICC T20 World Cup events 15 years ago, in September 2007, the inaugural ICC World T20 took place in South Africa. The ongoing T20 World Cup 2022 is the eighth edition of the competition. The veteran Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and India’s top-order batter Rohit Sharma have taken part in every event of the competition. Interestingly, both the players have captained their respective sides in this year’s event. Here are their records in the ICC Twenty20 World Cup. Read: T20 World Cup 2022: Bangladesh may play Sri Lanka, West Indies in Super 12s Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh’s T20I captain, Shakib Al Hasan, was a newbie when he took part in his first Twenty20 World Cup in 2007. The left-hander made 67 runs and picked up 6 wickets in 5 matches in that tournament. Shakib was initially regarded as a bowling all-rounder. He has gradually improved his batting and become a genuine all-round cricketer, which reflects his performances in later World Cup events. Overall, Shakib Al Hasan has made 31 appearances in T20 World Cup events. He has 698 runs with an average of 26.84 and a strike rate of 124.64, which is eighth highest overall. Shakib has scalped 41 wickets, which is the highest in T20 World Cup history. He has a 17.29 average and a 6.43 economy rate with the ball. Read: Bangladesh T20 World Cup 2022 Squad: Who’s in, who’s out? Rohit Sharma Rohit Sharma played four matches in the 2007 Twenty20 World Cup and won the tournament with India. The present India’s captain made 88 runs in 3 innings with a stunning 144.26 strike rate, including a half century. Over the years, Rohit has evolved as a player and is now one of the leading run scorers in the Twenty20 internationals. Rohit’s record in the T20 World Cup tournaments has been impressive as well. He is the tournament’s 4th highest run scorer with 847. Rohit’s average in the tournament is 38.50 and he has a strike rate of 131.52. Aftermath Shakib Al Hasan and Rohit Sharma have come a long way since making their international debuts in the mid-2000s. They have elevated their status by consistently putting up strong performances year after year. The ongoing competition is most likely the last ICC T20 World Cup event for both players. They will therefore be even more driven to succeed in the competition. Read: T20 World Cup 2022: Where to watch live in Bangladesh via TV, OTT, and apps

Ibrahim Zadran and Mohammad Nabi scored 46 and 41 respectively to propel Afghanistan to 160 against Bangladesh in the warm-up match. Right-arm pacer Taskin Ahmed did well taking three wickets. Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat first in Brisbane. Hazrat Zazai and Rahmanullah Gurbaz added only 19 runs in the opening stand. But the number three Ibrahim came up with a steady innings and Nabi also did well to post a big total. For Bangladesh, Taskin Ahmed bagged three wickets while Shakib Al Hasan and Hasan Mahmud scalped two wickets each. After this match, Bangladesh will play their second warm-up match against South Africa on October 19 at the same venue.