Ispahani Group was declared as title sponsors of the upcoming Bangladesh v Afghanistan series during a press briefing at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday.

Habibul Bashar stated that the selectors were desperately searching for an opener like Munim Shahriar who can utilise the first six overs for Bangladesh in the T20Is while also explaining the reason behind the backing of an out-of-form Naim Sheikh.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday announced a 14-member squad for the upcoming T20I series against Afghanistan, calling up batsman Munim Shahriar for the first time and recalling uncapped batsman Yasir Ali Rabbi.

“I was actually surprised…,” was pacer Ebadot Hossain’s immediate reaction over his maiden call-up to the Bangladesh ODI squad for the upcoming three-match series against Afghanistan.

Second-half goals from substitutes Fred and Anthony Elanga earned Manchester United a 4-2 victory over Leeds United in a thriller at Elland Road in the Premier League on Sunday.

Tickets for the upcoming bilateral three-match ODI series between hosts Bangladesh and Afghanistan will go on sale from February 22 at a designated booth at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Kazi Salahuddin expressed his dissatisfaction over some decisions the referees made while conducting the matches in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has been trying to convince the concerned authorities to get a permit for at least fifty per cent capacity in the stadium during the upcoming Bangladesh-Afghanistan series, starting with the ODI series from February 23 in Chattogram.

Bangladesh national team batting coach Jamie Siddons again tested positive in his latest round of Covid-19 test but the Australian could join the team in Chattogram ahead of their first of three ODIs against Afghanistan, slated for February 23 in Chattogram. 

Indian pundits and players on Sunday hailed Rohit Sharma as the new all-format skipper after he replaced Virat Kohli in one of world cricket's biggest jobs.

Former Australian cricketer Stuart Law has been named as the interim head coach of the Afghanistan cricket team, ahead of their white-ball series against hosts Bangladesh, scheduled to begin in Chattogram on February 23.

Bangladesh national team head coach Russell Domingo arrived in the country today morning ahead of the Tigers' upcoming bilateral three-match ODI and two-match T20I series against Afghanistan.

Fortune Barishal were handed a show-cause notice by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) after their skipper Shakib Al Hasan on Thursday skipped the official pre-final photoshoot that usually requires captains of the two finalists to be framed with the tournament trophy a day before the final.

Comilla Victorians grabbed the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League trophy as they beat Fortune Barishal by a single run in a thrilling final of the franchise-based T20 tournament played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur tonight.

An aggressive 71-run stand from Josh Inglis and Glenn Maxwell powered Australia to a six-wicket win and their fourth straight Twenty20 victory over Sri Lanka at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.

Yesterday, when Fortune Barishal captain Shakib Al Hasan did not show up at the photo session event, which featured the two captains of the Bangladesh Premier League finalists, eyebrows were raised at first and confusions further amplified when two different versions behind Shakib's absence were relayed to the media.

Former India and East Bengal winger Surajit Sengupta, who was a key architect of the golden era of the Kolkata’s club football club in 1970s, died today after losing a 23-day battle with Covid-19.

Manchester United and Real Madrid showed interest in jointly working with Bashundhara Kings football academy, said Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan during the inauguration of the Bashundhara Kings arena this afternoon.

“Playing in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup is a long-awaited dream come true for all of us,” wrote Nigar Sultana Joty, Bangladesh women’s team’s ODI captain, in a column for the International Cricket Council (ICC) ahead of their maiden ODI world cup campaign.

When Steven Knox first took charge of the German national cricket team in 2014, the idea that they could have qualified for a World Cup would have been absurd.