Sakeb Subhan

A common theme running through most analyses of Bangladesh's sharp reversal in performance to outplay West Indies in Sunday's first ODI in Guyana has been the change in format from Tests to ODIs, which the Tigers are much more comfortable with.

Talk of golden generations may be quite familiar for sport followers in July of 2018. Belgium's golden generation lost a golden opportunity to win a World Cup in Russia recently. Much closer to home, as the football frenzy fades, cricket fans are faced with what must now be seen as the irreversible decline of Bangladesh cricket's golden generation.

Such was the scale of the debacle of the Bangladesh team's capitulating to 43 all out in the first session of the first Test against West Indies on Wednesday that the World Cup fever took a back seat for a day and cricket dominated headlines for all the wrong reasons.

On the face of it a 3-0 whitewash to the babes of international cricket, Afghanistan, may spell catastrophe for the Bangladesh cricket team, but it was hardly a surprise because a look at the ICC world T20I rankings reveals that Bangladesh are two places below Afghanistan.

It may seem repetitive to keep uttering the name Mashrafe Bin Mortaza when talking of this year's Dhaka Premier League, but there

When Mahmudullah Riyad, in his inimitable manner, flicked Thisara Perera for a massive six over square leg he not only won the

It was not really a novel development when Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan said on Monday that 'I will be there in Sri Lanka to look after everything, and I will be with them [the team] at all times'.

Among the grievances that the public and players may have against former national coach Chandika Hathurusingha, the Sri Lankan

Soon after the post-match press conferences after Bangladesh's capitulation for 123 brought an early end to the second Test against

Bangladesh letting the momentum slip has been the theme of the year so far. In the ODI tri-series in January the Tigers shot out of the

Not many among Bangladesh's fans, or indeed the media, will have the name Mominul Haque on the tips of their tongues when talking about the country's best batsmen.

A continued focus on Chandika Hathurusingha's presence in the Sri Lanka camp may discomfit those who want to leave his time with

It is to Bangladesh's credit that they worked themselves into a position in the ongoing tri-series from where they can afford to lose a

Leading up to what has virtually become a grudge match in the eyes of many home fans, chiefly because of the presence of former

The quality of the match was befitting of an occasion that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) failed to commemorate to the satisfaction

Chandika Hathurusingha did not submit a coach's report, a standard practice, after the tour of South Africa. That is one of two things

The world seemed to be careening towards apocalypse at the end of 2017, at a time when keeping up with the news is a depressing endeavour.

Mehedi woke up in a cold sweat. Was he ready? Could he possibly be the man to outdo Rohit Kohli, that too in his first match? Would anyone buy that? Seriously, he thought, it was asking too much... he wouldn't have believed it.

One of the things missing from this year's Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) was the emergence of a new local cricketer who against all

Rajshahi Kings’ wicketkeeper-batsman and Bangladesh Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim is under an injury cloud after hurting his left index finger during the 33-run win over Chittagong Vikings in the Bangladesh Premier League match at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.