Mazhar Uddin

Interview / ‘Cricket in Bangladesh shouldn’t be Dhaka-centric’

Raja shared his views on the state of BPL, Bangladesh cricket, and more, in an interview with The Daily Star.

27 February 2024, 01:41 AM

Tanzid Hasan Tamim Interview / ‘I don’t want to confine myself to one format’

'I have the desire to represent Bangladesh across all three formats as I don’t want to confine myself to a particular format'

25 February 2024, 03:00 AM

Ingenuity behind Shoriful blooming

The 22-year-old left-arm pacer spoke about his game among other things with Mazhar Uddin of The Daily Star during an interview.

20 February 2024, 01:30 AM

Shoriful hopes to carry over BPL form into T20 World Cup

Shoriful is leading the wicket-takers list in this year’s BPL, having taken 22 wickets in 12 matches at an average of just 15.86.

19 February 2024, 06:04 AM

‘I have no complaints, nor am I disappointed in myself’

Jaker Ali Anik came to the fore when he smashed three consecutive hundreds in the 2022-23 Bangladesh Cricket League, ending up as the leading run-getter of the tournament. The 25-year-old is one of the handful of local cricketers who have been able to show glimpses in the ongoing and the previous Bangladesh Premier League season for Comilla Victorians. Anik, whose exclusion from the Bangladesh T20 squad for the upcoming Sri Lanka series led to Comilla head coach Mohammad Salahuddin criticising the selection process, spoke about how playing for Bangladesh 'A' team and High-Performance team had helped his game and the way Pakistan’s star wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan had an influence on him along with a few other topics during an interview with Mazhar Uddin of The Daily Star. The...

18 February 2024, 01:00 AM

Aliss’ rocky ride to national team

Aliss Al Islam talked about his journey and experience during an interview with Mazhar Uddin of The Daily Star. The excerpts of the interview are as follows:

15 February 2024, 01:00 AM

Shanto’s dream comes true

“One of my dreams came true,” said Najmul Hossain Shanto as he expressed his initial reaction after Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) declared him as the all-format captain yesterday.

12 February 2024, 18:00 PM

‘Good players on good wickets will lead to good cricket’

'When you put good players on good wickets you will get to see some good T20 cricket.'

11 February 2024, 01:00 AM

Promise turns to despair

At the start of 2019, there was much hope and positivity surrounding Bangladesh cricket but disappointments kept building throughout the past 12 months and the year turned out to be one of the more disappointing ones both on and off the field.

30 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Problems aplenty for bealeaguered Sylhet

From the start of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL), Sylhet Thunder have been beset by problems on and off the pitch.

24 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Mahedi stars with bat and ball

Despite a flying start courtesy of Mahedi Hasan’s all-round effort, Dhaka Platoon turned a rather easy chase into a difficult one before registering a five-wicket win over Cumilla Warriors and returning to winning ways in the day’s first game of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) at the Zahur Ahmed Chwodhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.

23 December 2019, 18:00 PM

‘The last thing you want to do is what you did five years ago’

The Daily Star (TDS): You are playing franchise cricket all over the world and also for England. Are you happy with the way things are going?

22 December 2019, 18:00 PM

‘It takes two games to go from 360 to 0 degrees’

Despite being absent for the post-match press conferences after three straight wins, Khulna Tigers skipper Mushfiqur Rahim was keen to face the media after his team suffered their first defeat in the BBPL against Sylhet Thunder.

21 December 2019, 18:00 PM

A shaky pace establishment

The ongoing special edition of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) has provided some of the lesser known young pacers a platform to showcase their talent, but when it comes to established and proven fast bowlers, it has been a disappointing show so far.

20 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Malan aces a stiff chase

The special edition of the Bangabandgu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) was considered a platform for local cricketers to strut their wares and there have been quite a few instances that will have caught the selectors’ eyes.

18 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Mashrafe missing in more ways than one

Where is Mashrafe Bin Mortaza? Inquisitive eyes were searching for the inspirational Bangladesh ODI skipper when his team, Dhaka Platoon, were practising at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chattogram yesterday on the eve of their BBPL match against Chattogram Challengers.

17 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Launchpad in Chattogram?

The sporting and batting-friendly wicket at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur for the Dhaka leg of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) came as a pleasant surprise for those who had complained about difficult pitches of BPLs past.

16 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Packaging there, cricket not quite

The first Dhaka leg of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) ended on Saturday after four days of double-headers at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur and the show moves to Chattogram from tomorrow. The cricket in the Dhaka phase was distinctly underwhelming and of a standard lower than that seen in previous editions, but there was a positive in that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) did manage to raise broadcasting standards.

15 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League 2019

Strap in for a wild ride

When the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) decided as late as August this year that they would overhaul the Bangladesh Premier League and hold the seventh edition without the involvement of franchises -- with whom the BCB failed to resolve a disagreement -- there was a possibility that events surrounding the tournament would be interesting.

10 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Royal players, coach to face sanctions

The coach, captain and a player of Dhaka Royal Cricketers are likely to be punished for misbehaving with umpires in the just-concluded third division cricket league.

2 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Why players are excited by the BPL

The dismal performance in the recent Test series in India has caused a lot of criticism of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the cricketers, who were unable to display the requisite mental and technical skills against a high-quality opposition.

29 November 2019, 18:00 PM

A painful transformation

Over 13 years, the world has probably seen an emotionally distraught Shakib Al Hasan just once – when the ace all-rounder cried his heart out with his teammates after a heart-breaking defeat to Pakistan in the final of the 2012 Asia Cup.

29 October 2019, 18:00 PM

BCB sparks another fire

While teams around the world begin preparing months in advance of touring India, who have emerged as the undisputed powerhouses of Test cricket on their home soil, Bangladesh will be playing their first full-fledged series with less than a week of preparations due to off-field issues.

26 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Players call off strike

The impasse between the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and top cricketers was resolved when the BCB agreed to nine of the original 11 demands during a meeting between the two parties in Mirpur late last night.

23 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Waiting game on both sides

Bangladesh cricket was rocked after the players, led by national team stalwarts, suddenly chose to boycott all cricketing activities on Monday unless an 11-point list of demands was met by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

22 October 2019, 18:00 PM

A movement long in the making

Many may wonder why around 50 Bangladeshi cricketers -- including the likes of Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah Riyad -- have suddenly chosen to boycott cricketing activities yesterday unless an 11-point list of demands was not met by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

21 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Cricket rocked by players’ strike

In one of the most dramatic scenes in Bangladesh cricket history, around 50 of the country’s top cricketers convened in Mirpur announced yesterday that they would boycott all cricketing activities unless the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) met their 11-point demand put forward by the cricketers.