ICC pre-seeds, surprises unfold
24 February 2026, 09:00 AM
Ahead of every major sporting event, analysts, ex-players and fans alike come up with predictions about how the tournament will pan out. Debates rage over which team will get knocked out early, who will proceed to the next phase and, eventually, who will lift the trophy.
24 February 2026, 09:00 AM
No upsets, but plenty of heart
19 February 2026, 08:30 AM
Going solely by outcomes, International Cricket Council’s (ICC’s) dream of globalising the game through T20Is has taken a hit so far in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup, with Associate nations seemingly regressing, reaching a low they have not experienced in over a decade.
19 February 2026, 08:30 AM
India-Pakistan: An illusion of a rivalry
17 February 2026, 08:30 AM
When was the last time you were ripped off? Getting ripped off is pretty much a universal human experience. Kids get tricked into buying shiny toys that break down in the first try, adults get talked into investing in a pyramid scheme and lose their savings, and the elderly get duped into buying a supposed all-curing cream from online, which ends up giving them rashes.
17 February 2026, 08:30 AM
Will politics spill onto the pitch again?
14 February 2026, 08:00 AM
After an eventful buildup, ripe with cricketing diplomacy and wider geopolitical implications, perennial enemies India and Pakistan are set to face off in Colombo in their Group A match of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup tomorrow.
14 February 2026, 08:00 AM
The price of belling the cat
7 February 2026, 07:30 AM
Politics has always been an inseparable part of cricket. It has been so since the days of the Imperial Cricket Council – the previous name of the International Cricket Council – when being a member of the Commonwealth was one of the prerequisites for becoming a Test nation.
7 February 2026, 07:30 AM
No ban, no boycott, still no World Cup
27 January 2026, 08:30 AM
If international sports can be equated as pseudo-battles between two competing nations, mega sporting events like a World Cup or the Olympics can be thought of as an all-out war with honour at stake.
27 January 2026, 08:30 AM
Three weeks, many narratives
20 January 2026, 08:00 AM
A little over three weeks into the talks between the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) regarding the former’s request to relocate Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup matches from India, where do both parties stand?
20 January 2026, 08:00 AM
A look back at 2025 / The year Hamza and football came home
31 December 2025, 01:45 AM
In 2025, Bangladesh witnessed a dramatic homecoming -- one that, even a few years back, few believed would be possible.
31 December 2025, 01:45 AM
Litton’s Sylhet run sparks hope
For the record book, Bangladesh captain Litton Das' fiifty against the Netherlands in the dead-rubber third T20I in Sylhet yesterday holds some significance. With it, the wicketkeeper-batter overtook Shakib Al Hasan for the most fifties, 14, in the format for the Tigers.
4 September 2025, 03:00 AM
Redemption, bravery and glory of Test cricket
If Test cricket is the sporting equivalent of a literary epic, the five-match Test series between England and India was its Iliad -- a battle of two groups of warriors which will go down in history as a tale of valour, heroism and sheer audacity.
5 August 2025, 02:00 AM
Proposed two-tier system a test for Bangladesh
How Test cricket can be saved is a question that has been pondered upon for over a century, and since 2016, the ICC has seemingly made up its mind on the solution: dividing the teams into two tiers.
2 August 2025, 03:00 AM
Stokes' outburst and a draw worse than defeat
“You want to get a Test hundred against Harry Brook? If you wanted to score a century, you should have batted like you wanted to get it!”
29 July 2025, 03:00 AM
Asia Cup or another India-Pakistan series in disguise?
There are three certainties in life: death, taxes, and India and Pakistan getting slotted in the same group in Asia Cup!
27 July 2025, 03:00 AM
Tigers redefining themselves in T20Is, one six at a time
After the first T20I against Pakistan on July 20, opener Parvez Hossain Emon had claimed that even the No.11 batter of the current Bangladesh team can clear the ropes.
26 July 2025, 02:30 AM
Tanzid’s six sixes and the myth of power-hitting
Till Sri Lanka's Maheesh Theekshana rolled up to bowl the second delivery of the fourth over in the third T20I last Wednesday, Bangladesh opener Tanzid Hasan Tamim was going through a six-hitting rut.
19 July 2025, 02:30 AM
Whatever happened to Bangladesh’s batting all-rounders?
In an ideal world, having five bowling options with a quota of 10 overs each should be sufficient to bowl the required 50 overs in an ODI innings.
9 July 2025, 03:00 AM
Time for BFF to match Ritu and Co’s level
If winning the SAFF Championship in 2022 and 2024 warranted the Bangladesh women’s team an open-top bus parade, what would be a proportionally appropriate celebration for the miracle they have just pulled off in Myanmar?
4 July 2025, 03:00 AM
Miraz’s moment: by vision, or vacancy?
Miraz's recent ODI record establishes him as a consistent performer, which makes him a good captaincy candidate as he could lead by example. His pedigree as a leader, however, is not as impressive.
1 July 2025, 03:30 AM
Lankans provide lessons for Bangladesh
Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto was left scratching his head throughout the day -- figuratively, for ideas, and literally, out of frustration -- as Sri Lanka bolstered their control over the Colombo Test, thanks to Pathum Nissanka and Co on the second day of the second and final Test today.
26 June 2025, 16:16 PM
Greenidge's caution still echoes
“There is no way that Bangladesh cricket, with the present system, can operate at the Test match level in less than 10 years. I give you that and I stand the challenge on that. To push forward will be suicidal as far as our cricket is concerned.”
26 June 2025, 02:00 AM
Why can’t Bijoy score runs in Tests?
Out of former Bangladesh left-arm off-spinner Enamul Haque Moni and current Bangladesh Test team opener Anamul Haque Bijoy, who do you think averages more in Tests?
21 June 2025, 13:22 PM
Perennial chokers exorcise their demons
Can the perennial chokers defeat the ultimate champions? This was the question floating around before the World Test Championship (WTC) final between South Africa and Australia.
16 June 2025, 02:00 AM
Will Bavuma’s underdog story get its fairytale ending?
When Temba Bavuma went out to bat on Day 3 of the ICC World Test Championship final against Australia on Friday, the odds were firmly against him and his side.
14 June 2025, 09:08 AM
Caught in a perfect storm, Tigers grasping at straws
Consecutive defeats on the ground, chaos at the board and regression in the rankings -- all have combined to create a perfect storm for Bangladesh cricket in the last few days, one that has left fans, and the players, grasping at straws to somehow keep their love for the game and the Bangladesh team from fading into oblivion.
1 June 2025, 03:00 AM
King Kohli’s Test tale built on grit
Interestingly, however, a Test career that ends with universal applause had begun in a very different manner, with many questioning whether Kohli even belonged in the format.
13 May 2025, 02:30 AM
Tamim’s misplaced plea and a broken system
At the launching event of the newly-formed platform Bangladesh District and Divisional Sports Organisers Association (BDDSOA) yesterday in Dhaka, former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal made a request to the councillors who will cast their votes in the next Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) election.
4 May 2025, 02:30 AM
A rivalry spiced up the Bangladesh way
Only by losing the first Test in Sylhet could Bangladesh have fans, and everyone else, turn their focus towards themselves for a series that nearly experienced a media blackout, forcing the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to get state-run BTV as the broadcast partner.
28 April 2025, 02:35 AM
Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe: A rivalry on its last legs
Bangladesh’s two-Test series against Zimbabwe is set to commence in Sylhet on Sunday at a time when fan interest on any sort of cricketing engagement between these two sides is arguably at an all-time low.
17 April 2025, 02:00 AM