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

Still have a lot to improve on: Riyad

The T20I tri-series featuring Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, came to a disappointing end at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday. Following incessant rain in Mirpur, the match was eventually called off and the finalists -- Bangladesh and Afghanistan -- were declared joint champions with Bangladesh all-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad saying that he felt sorry for the young kids who came to watch some cricket in the pouring rain.

24 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Tactical gamble pays off

The Bangladesh team management made a tactical change against Afghanistan in what was a dress rehearsal for the tri-nation T20I series final at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.

21 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Shakib powers Tigers to win

Skipper Shakib Al Hasan led from the front and remained unbeaten on a match-winning 70 as Bangladesh finally managed to break the Afghanistan hoodoo, registering a four-wicket win in the tri-nation T20I series in Chattogram yesterday.

21 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Chance to fine-tune before title clash

Ahead of the T20I tri-series final on September 23, both Bangladesh and Afghanistan will have one more chance to tinker with and work on their game plans as the two teams face off today in what will be a dress rehearsal of the final in the last round-robin game at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium in Chattogram.

20 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Faith needed for the next step

Leg-spin has always been one of the toughest arts in cricket and unfortunately for young Bangladesh cricketers, there has been no great role model to look up to and be inspired to take up and master the craft.

19 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Want to continue dominating: Mahmudullah

After the restlessness in the entire thinking process from the Tigers’ team management which had a negative impact on game plans and led to a string of disappointments in the recent past, Bangladesh’s decision to come out with rather conventional cricket paid

18 September 2019, 19:28 PM

Tigers tick the right boxes

Due to a series of disappointments going back to an underwhelming World Cup campaign, Bangladesh’s game planning has been marked by a sense of restlessness recently.

18 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Tough ask for Aminul

Donning the Bangladesh jersey for the first time, a young and slight figure walked out nervously from the dressing room and out onto the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium turf yesterday.

17 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Nabi’s experience shines through

It was a perfect start from Bangladesh in the third game of the T20I tri-series series when pacer Mohammad Saifuddin started with a gem of a delivery and bowled the Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gulbaz with the first ball of the match.

15 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Burl crashes Tigers’ party

There was a rain delay and a power failure which forced the floodlights at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur to go out for about five minutes as T20I cricket returned after ten months in the opening game of the tri-nation T20I series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe yesterday.

13 September 2019, 18:00 PM

‘Have a few new deliveries up my sleeve’

I am still working hard in the nets and trying to invent new deliveries. At the moment, I have two or three new deliveries up my sleeve but have not tried in the match yet as I do not have enough control on that. But I have plans to bring them in soon in the longer format.

12 September 2019, 18:00 PM

We need better players: Shakib

Unlike the previous two occasions that Shakib Al Hasan had attended the press conference during the one-off Test against Afghanistan, there was no smile on the Bangladesh captain’s face yesterday following a humiliating 224-run defeat at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

9 September 2019, 18:00 PM

‘We played with a lot of fear’

For the second time in four days of the one-off Test match against Afghanistan, Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan came to the press conference to negotiate questions from the media.

8 September 2019, 18:00 PM

‘It’s not like we have never won a Test’

The media were made to wait quite some time for a Bangladeshi cricketer to show up to the mandatory post-day press conference following yet another disappointing showing on the third day of the one-off Test against Afghanistan yesterday.

7 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Rashid stars as Afghans take control

Bangladesh fell into their own trap of undoing the opposition with spin as Afghanistan, playing just their third Test, moved into the driver’s seat on the second day of the one-off Test at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.

6 September 2019, 18:00 PM

‘Pitch was opposite of what we wanted’

Bangladesh Test skipper Shakib Al Hasan is not often enthused about going to press conferences and usually limits his appearances to press meets before and after matches. It was therefore a surprise to see him in the press area after Bangladesh had been dominated by Test rookies Afghanistan on the second day of the ongoing one-off Test in Chattogram yesterday.

6 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Tigers’ spin ploy yet to bear fruit

It was anticipated that the one-off Test between Bangladesh and Afghanistan would be a battle between the spinners of both sides and that seemed to be what was in store when Tigers’ skipper Shakib Al Hasan opted for an all-spin attack.

5 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Tigers seek new beginning

Bangladesh cricket has not been in the best of states both on and off the field since a disappointing exit from the ICC World Cup in England, which was followed by a humiliating one-day series defeat in Sri Lanka. The Tigers will however try to put all those forlorn

4 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Objectives vary for Shakib and Rashid

Reluctant to reveal his plans for the opposition, Shakib did hint that the Tigers were looking to exploit Afghanistan’s weakness, which has remained the batting department, partly due to their aggressive style of play that is more attuned to limited-overs cricket. The