Naimul Karim

Despite recurring batting issues Bangladesh raced to a thumping 42-run win over Zimbabwe in the second T20I at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna yesterday, taking a 2-0 lead in the four-match series. In the end Bangladesh's traditional weapon, their spin attack, turned out to be too much for the visitors to handle as they were restricted to 125 for eight in their chase of 167.

"Watch!" a terrified Nasir screamed as a ball smashed onto the side-screen in front of which close to three-dozen

In front of a highly enthusiastic crowd at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, which rarely gets to see the Tigers in town, Bangladesh coasted to a four-wicket win in the first of the four T20I series against Zimbabwe yesterday. It might have been a comfortable finish in the end with Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and co ambling past their target of 163 with four wickets and eight balls remaining, but the cracks in Bangladesh's T20 approach were on display yet again.

You needed something special to defeat the likes of India and South Africa, and that, for Bangladesh, came in the form of Mustafizur Rahman -- a freak of a bowler, who absolutely changed the entire balance of the Bangladesh team.

Compare the years 2014 and 2015 and one will find a series of contradictions. 2014 with all its 'cricketing'

Chittagong Vikings' journey at home ended in the worst possible manner as they suffered an agonizing five-wicket defeat to the Comilla Victorians yesterday.

Chittagong's spectators finally got the treat they had been waiting for ever since the start of this week, as the home team romped to a ten-wicket win over the Sylhet Superstars at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium yesterday. This was only the second time that a team managed to complete a ten-wicket win in the Bangladesh Premier League.

In a matter of 20 minutes, the Chittagong Vikings went from dominating the game to being flayed to all corners of the park. The floodgates had been opened after the 13th over of the match and the hosts were drowning.

Bad pitch? Low Bounce? These factors tend to go down the drains when

Another low-scoring match, another intense finish and yet another teasing defeat for the Sylhet Superstars; the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), so far, hasn't been too kind to Mushfiqur Rahim and co.

The one thing that has been absolutely obvious in the third season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is that the wicket at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur tends to wear down a bit during the evening matches.

As cool as a cucumber and as sharp as a knife, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza showed his more established batsmen how it's done. Never mind

Chittagong Vikings skipper Tamim Iqbal yesterday accused Sylhet Superstars owners of insulting his family prior to the start of their fixture as the BPL's second day descended into chaos.

Following the end of Chittagong Vikings’ BPL game against Sylhet Superstars, Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal launches a scathing attack against a ‘franchisee official’ whom he accused of insulting his parents prior to the game.

Drama unfolds right before the start of the BPL’s day fixture between the Sylhet Superstars and the Chittagong Vikings in Mirpur.

Prior to the tournament, Misbahul Haq who was a late buy for the Rangpur Riders said that he had decided to take part in the Bangladesh Premier League in order to 'stay motivated' for his future matches.

One can't say that it wasn't on the cards. While Bangladesh did manage to escape a defeat despite poor batting in the first T20I, their bad run got to them in the second.

The difference between Bangladesh's confidence in the ODI and T20I formats was evident in Mirpur yesterday. While the hosts managed to scramble past Zimbabwe's total of 131 at the end of the first T20I, it was their lack of planning in the batting department that seemed to garner more attention.

With one eye on the ICC World Twenty20, both Bangladesh and Zimbabwe will take the field in Mirpur today to play the first of the two-match T20I series. Truth be told, neither of the teams boast a good record in this format of the game. While the Tigers have won 12 out of their 44 matches so far, Zimbabwe have won 7 out of 40. And though the two teams have regularly faced each other in Tests and ODIs, they have played each other just thrice in the T20 format, with Bangladesh winning two of those encounters. Interestingly, the teams began their journey in this format by playing against each other in Khulna back in 2006.

It was a sight to behold when Mustafizur Rahman bowled an in-swinging delivery first-up and uprooted Chamu