On November 20, a day after Shadman Islam got his maiden call-up to the national side before the first Test against West Indies in Chattogram, Bangladesh head coach Steve Rhodes was hard at work with the youngster in an optional net session.

Bangladesh would feel that they could have been in a better position after the first day of the second and series-deciding Test against the West Indies, but a calm approach helped the hosts regain the momentum and post 259 for five at stumps at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

North Zone pacer Ebadat Hossain has made headlines once again by registering his maiden first-class 10-wicket match haul against Central Zone in their Bangladesh Cricket League second round encounter at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogura yesterday.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim became the second Bangladesh player to reach the 4,000-run milestone in Tests during the first day of the second Test against West Indies at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Shadman Islam played a handy knock for the Tigers today in his debut Test innings and the seniors of the side had some good advice for him, the cricketer informed while talking to reporters during a press-conference.

Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam, who made his debut today said that his father Shohidul Alam -- a BCB official who was close to age-level cricketers and saw the transformation of the likes of Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan, has been very supportive of his cricket career.

Bangladesh’s dependable batsman Mushfiqur Rahim reached the milestone of 4000 Test runs during the second Test against West Indies today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

Bangladesh have lined up without a single frontline seam bowler in their Test playing eleven for the first time in history since making their Test debut in 2000.

Bangladesh made it to 259 without any further loss of wickets as Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah Riyad saw out the rest of the third session on Day 1 after Mushfiqur Rahim's wicket with a 69-run sixth-wicket stand.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 15-member squad led by Quazi Nurul Hasan for the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup, which will be jointly hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka, yesterday.

It can be said that if West Indies plan to win the Dhaka Test and tie the series 1-1, they will have to deal with the Bangladesh spinners better than they did in the first Test in Chattogram, which the visitors lost by 64 runs. West Indies' struggle to handle the Tigers' spinners was evident through the way they lost all twenty wickets over the two innings of that match.

Skipper Shakib Al Hasan said that it would be better for Bangladesh to go into the second Test against West Indies with an open mind, but that advice could very well relate to the fans' expectations. West Indies and Bangladesh are two of the most unpredictable sides in world cricket and nothing should be taken for granted when they square off.

A green wicket is a fast bowler's paradise -- a common knowledge in cricket. However, only a cricket expert may possess enough wisdom to realise that even on a green-top, a bowler needs to know which areas to hit and have the skill to exploit it.

A series won through the defensive route with a drawn second Test will not satisfy Bangladesh. Skipper Shakib Al Hasan and his troop are instead planning for more all-out attack to sweep the two-match Test series by winning the second Test against West Indies starting at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

Following a maiden win on home soil against the West Indies in the first Test in Chattogram, Bangladesh will be eying their first ever home series win against the Caribbean side and their second since 2009 when the teams lock horns in the second and series-deciding encounter at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

Following his exclusion from the ongoing Bangladesh Cricket League, Mohammad Ashraful definitely has the urge to prove himself.

Bangladesh went with a spin-focused bowling attack for the first Test in a spin-friendly surface with Mustafizur Rahman left as nothing but a peripheral figure at Chattogram against the West Indies.

Bangladesh Test skipper Shakib Al Hasan would like to replicate the 2009 away Test series sweep against West Indies by winning the second Test at Mirpur.

Bangladesh are looking to sweep the series against the West Indies by winning the second Test and skipper Shakib Al Hasan said that the Tigers should be looking to play their natural game in the second Test.

Bangladesh batsman Liton Das has been included in the squad as backup for Mushfiqur Rahim for the second Test against West Indies which is to be played tomorrow, skipper Shakib Al Hasan informed today.