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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
11 February 2024, 01:00 AM
Ebadot's fury
The challenge to overcome the whitewash in the ODIs and stage a turnaround in the three-match Test series against New Zealand in difficult conditions will not be an easy task for the Tigers.
22 February 2019, 18:00 PM
'Wasn't as serious as it looked'
There was a lot of confusion after an apparent argument between Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim in the dressing room was captured by cameras and projected on the big screen after the wicketkeeper-batsman was dismissed against New Zealand in the third and final ODI, which the Tigers lost by 88 runs.
21 February 2019, 18:00 PM
The Shafiul predicament
When was the last time Bangladesh pacer Shafiul Islam played an ODI away from home? It would be quite hard to recall, so patchy has been the nature of his appearances since making his ODI debut back in 2010.
19 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Happily interviewing
How often would you see a wife taking an interview of her husband during a live telecast just after he scored a hundred in an international game? It is indeed a rare occurrence but Laura McGoldrick, the Sky Sports presenter, who is married to New Zealand opener Martin Guptill had done it not just once but twice -- after each of the right-hander's back-to-back hundreds against Bangladesh during the Kiwis' wins in the first two ODIs of the three-match series.
17 February 2019, 18:00 PM
A Bengali-speaking Kiwi policewoman
Whenever the month of February comes around, the whole of Bangladesh observes the month in honour of the martyrs of the language movement that took place on February 21, 1952.
16 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Mental barrier still biggest hurdle
Even before Bangladesh arrived in New Zealand there was talk that adapting to the tough conditions would be the main challenge for the visitors and since then the word 'conditions' has been ingrained into the minds of the Tigers.
16 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Speed Bangladesh's biggest challenge
When it comes to adapting to seaming conditions the first aspect is the pace of the pitch, which generates more speed when the ball hits the deck and coupled with the movement, it makes life difficult for the batsman.
15 February 2019, 18:00 PM
'I felt what actual pace is'
It was the first time experiencing New Zealand for Bangladesh players Liton Das, Mohammad Saifuddin and Mohammad Mithun when they played the first ODI on Wednesday. And although the visitors lost the game by a comprehensive eight wickets, Saifuddin and Mithun had relatively good outings in their maiden appearance in the testing conditions.
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Poor batsmanship costs Tigers
"Mushy [Mushfiqur Rahim] I know you are able to get boundaries with this stroke but what you need to realise is that here in New
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Loving cricket with all other senses
In the middle of the Bangladesh team's training session at Nelson Park in Napier yesterday, two locals came up and sat just outside the fence to observe the players.
12 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Confidence Mash's magic mantra
“I'm telling you, we are going to win tomorrow [Wednesday],” a confident Tigers skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza told reporters while relaxing after a training session at McLean Park in Napier on the eve of the first match of the three-ODI series against New Zealand yesterday.
12 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Mash, Tamim take Scenic route
Bangladesh ODI skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Tamim Iqbal were the last two members of the squad to reach the Scenic Hotel in Napier to join the team after a car journey of over six hours from Auckland yesterday.
11 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Rivalries missing, but passion still there
The school cricket, named after Prime Bank School Cricket Tournament, is going on all over the country and in terms of number of participating schools it is the biggest cricketing carnival for young schoolgoing children. But many former cricketers will tell you that the halcyon days are past because the tournament has lost its main component -- the rivalries among participating schools.
31 January 2019, 18:00 PM
'No point in playing like this'
There has been a lot of criticism of allegedly biased umpiring and corruption in the first and third division of the country's domestic cricket, leading to Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan announcing recently that the board would take strict action.
20 January 2019, 18:00 PM
'We can go right to the top'
2018 has been a magnificent year in all formats for Mushfiqur Rahim. His match-winning contributions have emerged as the highlight of Mushfiqur's performance throughout the year, and he was an obvious choice to be declared The Daily Star's Sportsperson of the Year.
31 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Competitive but shady
Although followers of Bangladesh's domestic cricket are fewer in number than fans of the Bangladesh team in the international circuit,
28 December 2018, 18:00 PM
The cross-format master
Cricket has remained the dominant sport in Bangladesh and once again, a cricketer emerged as The Daily Star's Sportsman of the Year 2018.
27 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Now it's time to overcome away challenge
2018 has been a better year for Bangladesh cricket when compared to 2017, especially in the ODI format where the Tigers finished as
23 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Mahmudullah's guile in vain
It seemed like a tornado blew across the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur in the third and series deciding T20I yesterday as Evin Lewis launched a brutal attack on the Bangladesh bowlers before Mahmudullah Riyad brought calm to the proceedings with some sensible and clever bowling, much to the rescue of the Tigers.
22 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Still Shakib stands tall
As Bangladesh take on the West Indies in the series deciding third T20I today, bringing an end to an action-packed calendar year, the one man that stands out in the Tigers' ranks in terms of performance across all formats is Shakib Al Hasan.
21 December 2018, 18:00 PM