The former India opener also highlighted that Bangladesh boast "promising new players" capable of making a significant impact, warning that no side can afford to be complacent against the Tigers.

“Alhamdulillah, by the grace of Almighty Allah, I am excited to share that I've officially qualified as an ICC Level 3 coach,” Ashraful wrote on Facebook.

“I genuinely believe this is the best Test team I have seen from them [Bangladesh] for a very, very long time,” Bhogle said in a video posted on his Youtube channel today.

When a defeat of 208 runs is the best ever result for a cricket team against another in away conditions, the difference in strength of the sides hardly needs any further explanation.

The three-match series finished level at 1-1 after Liam Livingstone's 87 helped England win the second T20 in Cardiff on Friday following Australia's commanding 28-run success in Wednesday's opener in Southampton.

Former India batter Ajay Jadeja said that India would be a handful for Bangladesh in the upcoming two-match Test series starting later this week. 

Thirty-four-year-old wicketkeeper-batter Buttler also missed the ongoing three-match Twenty20 series against Australia due to the same injury. That series is tied at 1-1 with the decider to be played later on Sunday.

Bangladesh cricket team arrived in Chennai on Sunday evening ahead of their first Test of the two-match Test series against India at the Chidambaram Stadium. 

The visitors have continued to field a starting eleven totally resembling their national team, treating the series as a tune-up for next month’s T20 World Cup -- scheduled to begin on October 3 in the UAE.

Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto has told the media that his side would look to win both Test matches against India as the team left for Chennai this afternoon.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Faruque Ahmed has clarified that former skipper Tamim Iqbal's recent visit to the BCB office was just a casual visit and that Tamim had gone there as a player and not in any other capacity.

Expectations for the Tigers have risen significantly, with people hoping for a repeat of similar performances on Indian soil, which has traditionally been a challenging venue, particularly in the longer format.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Faruque Ahmed said he was thrilled by Bangladesh’s current pace attack in an impromptu press conference after the winning bonus handing over ceremony for the national team at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel today, going against the board’s own directive that there would be no media interaction at the event.

Morkel oversaw India’s practice session in Chennai before their opening game against Bangladesh on 19 September. The 39-year-old praised India’s background setup which benefitted from the presence of responsible senior players.

Come September 19, Bangladesh could be greeted on a red-soil pitch in their first of the two-Test series against hosts India in Chennai, according to reports from The Indian Express -- an English-language Indian daily.

Bangladesh will go into the India Tests carrying over confidence from their recent away series win against Pakistan. However, the first Test in Chennai against the Asian giants is likely to serve up challenges that would test Bangladesh’s batting which showed signs of frailty even during the 2-0 sweep in Rawalpindi.

Bangladesh cricket team head coach Chandika Hathurusingha is set to arrive in Dhaka tonight at 11:30 PM ahead of the team’s upcoming tour of India.

Liam Livingstone said he is thriving on extra responsibility up the order after his 87 levelled England's T20 international series with Australia at 1-1 on Friday with one match to play.

Bangladesh batting coach David Hemp said that premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan had told him during the Pakistan series this month that the eye issue that has been of concern to the cricketer as of late is no longer ‘a problem at the moment’.

Opener Shathi Rani scored a fifty before leggie Rabeya Khan claimed a four-fer as Bangladesh women’s ‘A’ team crushed their Sri Lankan counterparts by 104 runs in the second T20 contest of the ongoing five-match series in Colombo today.