Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) cricket operations chairman Nazmul Abedeen Fahim said the country’s veteran duo Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah Riyad will have to prove themselves to remain as mainstays of the national team setup. 

On Sunday, news had surfaced that Bangladesh star Liton Das had finally found a team after not reaching any negotiations during the players’ transfer window last month. Former national team player Tamim Iqbal had informed that Liton had signed for Gulshan Cricket Club. However, Liton was absent from his side’s DPL opener against Mohammedan at BKSP Ground 3 on Monday.

Dhaka Premier League (DPL), the most important tournament in the country’s domestic calendar, begins today across venues in Dhaka with very little change from previous years as questions could be raised about its competitiveness owing to political influences.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will hold the 18th board of directors meeting on Monday with one of the main agendas being the performance of the national team in the ICC Champions Trophy.

Bangladesh star Liton Das has finally signed with a DPL team, Gulshan Cricket Club for this season. Former national team star Tamim Iqbal, who is part of Gulshan’s ownership group, informed reporters about the development during a press event at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today. Meanwhile there has been no development regarding Mustafizur Rahman appearing this DPL.

Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif, regarded as one of the finest wicketkeepers of his time, has put the blame squarely on his deputy, Inzamam-ul-Haq, regarding the controversial caught-behind appeal against Bangladesh in the historic Multan Test in 2003.

The 34-year-old joins India's Sachin Tendulkar and West Indian Brian Lara as players who failed to translate their many individual triumphs into success as captains.

For any structure – a physical one like a skyscraper or an abstract one like Bangladesh cricket – the most important part is its foundation as once the foundation crumbles the structure is bound to come crashing down.

Former Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal said ensuring player payments should be the main priority in the upcoming edition of the Dhaka Premier League (DPL). 

Star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is set to take part in the upcoming Asian Legends League, which begins on March 10. Shakib will represent Asian Stars in the five-team competition.

Bangladesh’s spin-bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed is close to signing a two-year contract extension with the Tigers. The former Pakistan spin wizard left to be with his family in Lahore after Bangladesh’s final ICC Champions Trophy group-stage fixture got washed out in Rawalpindi but had a chat with The Daily Star’s Samsul Arefin Khan about Bangladesh’s disappointing campaign in the global event and some of the factors that contributed to it. The excerpts are as follows:

“All of us have our backs to the wall. Everyone’s salary [in DPL] has decreased. We discussed how we can get out of this situation. The players have already accepted it for this season,” a cricketer who was in today’s meeting told The Daily Star.

Ron Draper, who was the oldest living Test cricketer, has died in Gqeberha at the age of 98 years and 63 days, his family said Friday.

Two Bangladesh stars -- Liton Das and Mustafizur Rahman -- have not signed with any clubs for the upcoming Dhaka Premier League (DPL), and the latter may not play the league at all this season.

The 44-year-old batting great joins a team he captained in 2014 and his last IPL season as a player came two years later.

Sheltech Cricket Club maintained their winning run in the Women’s Dhaka Premier League with a 219-run win over Bangladesh Police Cricket Club at BKSP’s Ground 1 today.

Left-armer Kuhnemann was reported for a suspect bowling action after his pivotal role in the Test series win in Sri Lanka.

PCB and PCB are also discussing playing a series in the short window in July-August in Bangladesh.

Smith, who recently captained Australia to victory over England in the ongoing Champions Trophy, has signed to play for Welsh Fire, coached by former Australia batsman Mike Hussey.

Abahani Limited women’s team returned to winning ways after their defeat to Sheltech Cricket Academy on Saturday with a big-margin 161-run win over Bangladesh Ansar & VDP today in the Dhaka Premier Division Women’s Cricket League match at the ULAB Cricket Ground.