Bangladesh’s wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim will play for Chittagong Vikings in the upcoming season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim will be up for grabs at the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) players' draft, which will be held at the Radisson Blu Water Garden today.

Bangladesh outclassed Zimbabwe in the three-match ODI series to continue their success in their favoured 50-over format under inspirational leader Mashrafe Bin Mortaza despite the absence of two key players --

With the three-match ODI series done and dusted, all eyes will now turn to the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, where the first of the two-match Test series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe will get underway on November 3.

Neither Imrul Kayes nor Soumya Sarkar are strangers to last-minute plans -- both were flown to the UAE midway through last month's Asia Cup, with the former hitting a fifty less than 20 hours after landing.

It was a series where Bangladesh had a lot to prove as they were playing without two of their most experienced players in Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan.

The best news for Bangladesh from the three ODIs against Zimbabwe came in the last match yesterday in the form of an explosive return

Bangladesh Under-19 succumbed to a 74-run loss in the second and final four-day match against their Sri Lankan counterparts on the fourth day in Katunayake yesterday. The home side's win levels the two-match series at 1-1 after the young Tigers won the first game.

Retired South African batsman AB de Villiers poured cold water on all the rumours of his comeback into the South African side for the 2019 World Cup.

Australia's David Warner, who got embroiled in a ball-tampering row and is currently serving a one-year ban from international cricket, has signed for Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) outfit Sylhet Sixers.

In the 13th over of Zimbabwe's innings, Brendon Taylor hit a ball firmly back at Bangladesh medium pacer Ariful Haque, and by the time he had finished the shot the batsman was well out of the crease.

The Bangladesh team management opted for five seamers in the eleven for the third and final ODI against Zimbabwe yesterday. Ariful Haque and Soumya Sarkar were the batting all-rounders coming in to supplement the usual group of three pacers -- a move to gauge the bench strength in pace bowling.

Imrul Kayes has gone past Tamim Iqbal’s record of most runs scored in three-match series for Bangladesh to set a new record. The opener has been in fine touch in this series, hitting 144 in the first ODI before following it up with a 90-run innings in the second ODI.

With the foreign-player-per-team quota shrinking to four from five for BPL 2019, Khulna Titans head coach Mahela Jayawardene says that the focus will shift to finding talented local players in Sunday's draft.

Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced the squad for the Test series against Zimbabwe, scheduled to begin on November 3 and Mohammad Mithun has been included in the squad after good showing in the ODIs.

Yesterday was a day of relaxation for the Bangladesh team, having sealed the three-ODI series against Zimbabwe with a game in hand on Wednesday. Apart from Ariful Haque, Abu Hider, Rubel Hossain, Nazmul Hossain and Soumya Sarkar, all the members of the team opted to rest in the team hotel in Chattogram.

After a dull third round which saw all four matches end in draws, the National Cricket League roared to life in the fourth round, which ended yesterday with two thrilling finishes and two more results. Rangpur Division defeated Barishal Division by five runs, while Sylhet Division ran it even closer, besting Dhaka Metro by just three runs.

With the three-match ODI series already sealed with a game in hand, Bangladesh will be looking to experiment with the team combination in the third and final game against Zimbabwe at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium in Chattogram today.

Fazle Rabbi, who was included in the squad for the ODI series after ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was forced out through injury, has not been able to make a mark so far, falling without scoring a run in both matches against Zimbabwe.

Bangladesh lost Tamim Iqbal in the opening match of the Asia Cup against Sri Lanka. Tigers struggled with their opening partnership in the Asia Cup as Nazmul Hossain and Soumya Sarkar were tried alongside Liton Das before Mehedi Miraz was tried in the final.