Bangladesh cricket is currently going through a phase where it seems like every day is bright and sunny, with all the glamour and attention on the national team and everyone in the country yearning to be a part of the Tigers' set-up.

Soumya Sarkar is key as BCB XI's chase of 332 against West Indies nears the business end.

The two-and-a-half month wait for star Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal to bat in a competitive match becomes three and a half hours longer as West Indies win the toss and choose to bat in their warm-up match against BCB XI at the BKSP in Savar.

Bangladesh U-23 team will face UAE at the Southend Club Ground, Karachi today in one of the opening matches of the Emerging Teams Asia Cup. In the other match hosts Pakistan U-23 will take on Hong Kong at the National Stadium.

While there has been plenty of noise about whether the national team management's ploy of employing an all-out spin attack in Tests is discouraging pacers in the country, the green top at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogura has provided some good news for them.

After the Test series played in the daylight of Chattogram and Mirpur, the three ODIs between Bangladesh and West Indies starting from December 9 in Mirpur will be day-night affairs, and the difference between the level of competition could well be like night and day.

The official line in the aftermath of the pacers being largely ignored in the Tests against West Indies has been one of adherence to the team's needs. However, it speaks of the healthy competition between Bangladesh pacers and spinners that even though he was not

Rovman Powell has been named as the surprise choice to lead West Indies in their three-match One-Day International (ODI) series against Bangladesh, with Twenty20 skipper Carlos Brathwaite returning to the 15-man squad, The Jamaica Gleaner reported.

For the first time in their history, Bangladesh went into a Test match without a frontline pacer in the lineup when they played West Indies in the second Test at Dhaka. Bangladesh pacer Rubel Hossain said that as a pace bowler it was a bit disappointing to see it happen.

There have been some suggestions that the Bangladesh pacers do not want to play home Tests. Pacer Rubel rubbished such noises and said it’s a complete lie.

Not many sport stars are known for entering politics while they are still enjoying their day out in the field. Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, who is set to participate in the upcoming general elections suggested that he always harboured the willingness to work for people and that brought him to politics.

After Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza decicded to take part in the general election, everyone had accepted it as fact that the captain will not continue with his cricket career after the general elections. The cricketer himself today reiterated that his target is to play till the World Cup, scheduled for May next year.

Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza said that his political career will not hinder his duties with the Bangladesh national team.

The very next day after whitewashing West Indies in the two-match Test series, one of the architects behind Bangladesh's success,

The Tigers' success in the two-Test series against West Indies is being celebrated with gusto but one cannot blame the pace bowlers in the squad if their celebration has a bittersweet tinge to it.

Bangladesh bowling coach Courtney Walsh said he was happy while talking to reporters the day after Bangladesh completed a series whitewash over the Windies

West Indies cricket star Chris Gayle Monday won a Aus$300,000 (US$221,000) payout from an Australian media group which claimed he exposed his genitals to a massage therapist.

Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who is very popular amongst the young people of the country has asked the youths of Bangladesh to help PM Sheikh Hasina in battle for making the country win.

A 16-member squad featuring opener Tamim Iqbal was announced yesterday for the upcoming three-match ODI series against West Indies, scheduled to start from December 9 in Mirpur.

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