Naimul Karim

Who says bowlers should have all the fun? Ask Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal, and they will tell you that that opening period of the second innings, when they literally demolished one of the best bowling attacks in the world, was the highlight of the series against South Africa. Ask the fans who braved the rains at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium and they will probably be taunting the spectators in Dhaka, for they managed to witness something that the capital could not; a total annihilation orchestrated by Bangladesh's batsmen.

It was in a BKSP camp in Narail where Shakib Al Hasan first met Mashrafe Bin Mortaza. Back then Shakib was a mere member of the 20-player group selected from the division, while Mashrafe, who had gone there to see the players train, was already considered as the next big thing.

MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Shahid Afridi, Suresh Raina, Quinton de Kock and JP Duminy; these are names of just some of the players who have been outfoxed

Chandika Hathurusingha dropped his crutches on the ground, cautiously stretched his right foot forward and, with an imaginary bat in his hands, kept playing straight drives in front of Tamim Iqbal just as the left-hander was about to begin his batting session in Chittagong yesterday.

Comeback tales aren't that common in Bangladesh's cricketing folklore. The Tigers have, in general, found life difficult whenever they have made a losing start to a series.

Mashrafe Mortaza’s men have never beaten South Africa in a series. They have also never successfully won an ODI series, against a top-eight side, after losing the first match.

Prior to yesterday, Soumya Sarkar had been dismissed on nine occasions between the scores of 20 and 40. When a batsman depicts that kind of a statistic after playing just 15 matches, questions regarding his ability to play match-winning knocks naturally come to the fore.

When Farhaan Behardien was caught at deep mid-wicket in the last ball of the 46th over Bangladesh managed to overcome a mini-obstacle of sorts. It was the first time that the Tigers bundled out the South Africans at home.

On the field Kagiso Rabada was a menace. His sharp line and length, combined with the odd bouncers and lethal yorkers, almost

From the moment Arafat Sunny fired one of his loopy turners against AB de Villiers in the first over there were chants of ooh and ah in the press box. The

For the third time this year, Bangladesh will feature in a series against a side that has an overwhelming record against them. And for the third time this year,

Bangladesh T20I skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza urges his players not to think about the side’s previous records against South Africa and play fearless cricket in the upcoming series.

At the end of the day, both the team management and the fans will readily acclaim the 2-1 series victory. After all, none of the players had spoken of a series-win prior to the start of the tour.

The Indian cricket contingent may not have kidnapped Mustafizur Rahman, as per Ravichandran Ashwin's suggestion in the pre-match

"Can you give me Taskin Ahmed?" an Indian journalist had politely asked Rabeed Imam, BCB's media manager, during Bangladesh's training at Mirpur prior to the second

Mustafizur's magic kept Bangladesh's target to a nominal 200 and the hosts buoyed by a responsible half-century from the ever dependable Shakib Al Hasan romped to a win with 9 overs remaining.

Mustafizur Rahman might have stolen the show with a gentle twist of his wrist; the left-hander's off-cutters have already been deemed 'legendary' amongst Bangladesh's cricket fans, but spare a thought for Nasir Hossain, whose tidy off-spinners and flawless catching pegged back India in the first 35 overs of the match at Mirpur yesterday.

It wasn't too long ago when winning a match seemed to be a near-impossible task for Bangladesh. No matter what the situation of the game was or what position the Tigers

Mustafizur Rahman is not sitting on his laurels, but wants to become a regular member of Bangladesh national team in all 3 formats of cricket.

At no point of the match yesterday did Mustafizur Rahman let the batsmen dominate him. When Rohit Sharma pulled him for a six in the early stages of the match, he came back with his off-cutter to produce an edge in the very next ball.