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
'People now want selfies with me'
It was a different sort of homecoming to Sylhet for pacer Khaled Ahmed after he learned that he was included in the Bangladesh Test squad for the two-match series against Zimbabwe.
28 October 2018, 18:00 PM
'My bags are always packed'
Neither Imrul Kayes nor Soumya Sarkar are strangers to last-minute plans -- both were flown to the UAE midway through last month's Asia Cup, with the former hitting a fifty less than 20 hours after landing.
26 October 2018, 20:11 PM
Soumya, Imrul seal whitewash
It was a series where Bangladesh had a lot to prove as they were playing without two of their most experienced players in Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan.
26 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Tigers unearth pace options
The Bangladesh team management opted for five seamers in the eleven for the third and final ODI against Zimbabwe yesterday. Ariful Haque and Soumya Sarkar were the batting all-rounders coming in to supplement the usual group of three pacers -- a move to gauge the bench strength in pace bowling.
26 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Soumya can slot in at 3 or 7
Yesterday was a day of relaxation for the Bangladesh team, having sealed the three-ODI series against Zimbabwe with a game in hand on Wednesday. Apart from Ariful Haque, Abu Hider, Rubel Hossain, Nazmul Hossain and Soumya Sarkar, all the members of the team opted to rest in the team hotel in Chattogram.
25 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Tinkering on the cards in dead rubber
With the three-match ODI series already sealed with a game in hand, Bangladesh will be looking to experiment with the team combination in the third and final game against Zimbabwe at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium in Chattogram today.
25 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Ariful and Khaled included in Test squad
All-rounder Ariful Haque and pacer Khaled Ahmed are likely to be included in the Test Squad for the upcoming Test series against Zimbabwe, it was learned.
25 October 2018, 08:52 AM
Clinical Tigers seal series
The mantra of putting a collective approach ahead of individual heroics paid dividends as a clinical Bangladesh clinched the three-match ODI series with a game to spare, handing Zimbabwe a comprehensive seven-wicket defeat at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium in Chattogram yesterday.
24 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Potential turns to promise?
With next summer's World Cup on England's seaming pitches in mind, where a seamer who can also be handy with the bat is crucial to a flexible team combination, the Bangladesh team management have desperately been looking for a pace-bowling all-rounder.
24 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Experiment, but not at cost of clinicality
Bangladesh cricket has reached a stage where only winning a game or series against Zimbabwe would serve little purpose. Now, the Tigers must also exercise the luxury of experimenting with a few fresh faces along the way.
23 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Upbeat hosts look to seal series
Bangladesh will not only eye their tenth series win over their once archrivals coming into a potentially series-deciding second of the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe today, they will also want to become a more consistent side at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.
23 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Imrul makes the difference
Bangladesh justified their 'favourites' tag coming into the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe by winning the first match by 28 runs under the floodlights at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. It however needed Imrul Kayes to strike a career-best 144 to rescue the home side from a precarious position in the afternoon.
21 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Youngsters need belief and intent
With two of the most experienced Bangladesh players Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal absent due to injury, the upcoming Zimbabwe series at home will be a platform for youngsters to step up and take responsibility.
15 October 2018, 18:00 PM
The two sides of experience
An elated Fazle Rabbi, who earned a maiden call-up on Thursday to Bangladesh's squad for the Zimbabwe ODIs, said that he had at one stage given up hope of getting the treasured call. That is perhaps because not so long ago players past the age of 24 or 25 were thought to have crossed the stage beyond which an international career was unlikely.
12 October 2018, 18:00 PM
'Cricket's all I have'
Fazle Rabbi was sitting in Mawa Ghat yesterday, waiting for the after-effects of cyclone Titli to abate and allow him passage to Barishal when another treasured door opened for the first time for the batsman who has been plying his trade in domestic cricket for the last 14 years.
11 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Shakib's 2019 WC in jeopardy
A left little finger injury that just a month ago seemed to be a minor one has now worsened to the point that ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan's participation in the 2019 ICC World Cup, set to begin on May 30 in England, is currently in jeopardy.
7 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Domestic games can unlock potential
With an aim to be prepared for the next ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa in 2020, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) banked on a fresh batch of cricketers in the Under-19 Asia Cup at home in a campaign that ended in a nerve-wracking two-run defeat against India in the semifinal on Thursday.
5 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Double anxiety in the doctor's room
While the Tigers were battling it out for a much-awaited trophy against India in the final of the Asia Cup, their most assured batsman, Tamim Iqbal, was receiving treatment on his right hand's injured index finger knuckle from a doctor in England.
30 September 2018, 18:00 PM
Father's son, mother's pride
As Tamim Iqbal walked onto the field in Dubai on Saturday to bat with a fractured wrist against Sri Lanka, a mother sat praying in front of a television set thousands of miles away.
16 September 2018, 18:00 PM
'I am 20-30% fit right now'
Shakib Al Hasan has been the one name in Bangladesh cricket that has always remained the centre of discussion when it comes to planning for upcoming series.
4 September 2018, 18:00 PM