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
A half-cooked vintage ODI show
The ongoing three-match series between Bangladesh and Afghanistan has so far felt like looking inside a time capsule and finding a 50-over series at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium from the 90s in all its glory.
9 November 2024, 19:00 PM
Trying to turn BPL into a brand, again
"The more things change, the more they stay the same," a quote from French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr from the mid-1800s, comes to mind hearing the pre-tournament talks ahead of the 11th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), set to begin on December 30.
6 November 2024, 01:05 AM
What next for Bangladesh’s golden girls?
As they say, it’s better to try and fail than to never try at all. This is the time for Bangladesh to try and climb up the ladder in women’s football globally.
2 November 2024, 01:30 AM
Time to promote Miraz up the order?
In Test cricket, Bangladesh have always blazed their own trail, usually down the wrong path, and followed processes that would beget blank stares and stunned looks in most other teams.
26 October 2024, 03:28 AM
The fallacy of Five Pillars and their fractured legacy
The masses had turned these five cricketers into icons, placed them above every other Bangladesh cricketer and showered them with all the love they could muster. But why?
19 October 2024, 02:00 AM
Shakib-less home Tests: A not so new reality
When it comes to Shakib Al Hasan, nothing is ever that straightforward.
19 October 2024, 01:00 AM
Hathurusingha came, saw and messed up, again
In his first tenure, Hathurusingha in a way made up for his rigid attitude with bold tactics. But this time, the boldness was missing. The once sharp tactician had turned into a meek coach, trying to do the bare minimum to safeguard his job.
16 October 2024, 02:00 AM
Strike rate weighing Tigers down in T20Is
Low strike rates and an inability to clear the ropes more frequently have long been Bangladesh’s stumbling blocks in the shortest format.
11 October 2024, 04:00 AM
Same story, different day: Tigers’ T20 woes re-exposed
In the last six years, captains have come and gone, players have been swapped and changed, multiple coaches have had a crack, but Bangladesh’s fate in T20Is has more or less remained the same.
7 October 2024, 18:49 PM
Women’s cricket poised to match the hype
A huge mark-up in cash rewards has already turned the ninth edition of the tournament into a landmark event in women’s sports in general.
2 October 2024, 02:00 AM
An all-rounder like no other in T20Is
Shakib Al Hasan, a name that has been synonymous with the Bangladesh cricket team in all three formats for almost 18 years, called time on his T20I career yesterday at a press conference in Kanpur ahead of today’s second and final Test against hosts India, pulling down the curtain on an illustrious international career in the shortest format.
27 September 2024, 02:00 AM
Bowlers weighed down by batters’ deadweight
Claiming that the second day of the Chennai Test between Bangladesh and India yesterday was almost evenly matched may seem absurd, but this notion is not totally out of place, at least in one department.
21 September 2024, 01:30 AM
A Test of optimism against the Indian Goliath
India are unbeaten in home Test series since 2013, having won 17 straight Test series at home -- a world record -- drawing seven Tests, losing four and winning a staggering 40 home Tests in this period.
18 September 2024, 02:00 AM
Miraz stepping out of Shakib's shadow
The recent Pakistan series could prove to be the juncture that cricket historians later point to as the moment when Miraz eclipsed Shakib in the race, at least in the red-ball format.
7 September 2024, 13:20 PM
Bangladesh’s Tiger-like hunt in Pindi
On Sunday at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, the Najmul Hossain Shanto-led Bangladesh side presented one such spectacle when they defeated Pakistan in a Test match for the very first time.
26 August 2024, 01:30 AM
Mushfiqur scales Asian summit
Mushfiqur yesterday reached another such mountaintop in the first of two Tests against hosts Pakistan, becoming the first Bangladesh player to score a Test century in Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka -- hence conquering the Asian summit.
25 August 2024, 01:00 AM
A triumph soaked in tears
The sight of South African cricketers lying on the ground, distraught, with their eyelids struggling to hold back tears after they failed to cross the final hurdle before the final once again, had become an enduring image of Protea cricket.
28 June 2024, 01:30 AM
Slowly shedding the 'Chokers' tag?
The stage was set for another classic South African choke in an ICC event when they took on West Indies in a virtual knockout fixture in the Super Eight stage of the ICC T20 World Cup yesterday in Antigua.
25 June 2024, 01:00 AM
Another day to forget for Shakib and Tigers
Bangladesh were the inferior side on display throughout the match and unsurprisingly suffered a 50-run drubbing.
23 June 2024, 03:32 AM
Clock’s ticking away on bowler Shakib
Considering Shakib’s age, 37, his decline in bowling shouldn’t be that much of a surprise. But as the all-rounder has expressed his desire to feature for Bangladesh in the next T20 World Cup as well, this dip is a worrying sign.
23 June 2024, 01:00 AM