The Bangladesh women's cricket team achieved a better score than their ignominious performance in the previous match but it was not good enough to avert a series defeat against their Pakistan counterparts at the Sheikh Kamal International Stadium in Cox's Bazar yesterday.

With an aim to be prepared for the next ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa in 2020, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) banked on a fresh batch of cricketers in the Under-19 Asia Cup at home in a campaign that ended in a nerve-wracking two-run defeat against India in the semifinal on Thursday.

I tried my best, but we could not finish it. We are a new team; in that sense we did well. I cannot express the pain in words.

Teenager Prithvi Shaw became the youngest Indian to score a century on Test debut as the hosts took opening day honours in the first match against the West Indies on Thursday.

The exciting first round of the 20th National Cricket League ended with contrasting outcomes for Tier-1 and Tier-2 teams. In Tier-2, Dhaka Metro posted a huge innings-and-41 run victory against hosts Sylhet Division while Dhaka Division secured a comfortable 241-run win against Chattogram Division at Fatullah.

Bangladesh batman Soumya Sarkar, who featured for the Tigers in the recently concluded Asia Cup, was back among the runs as he raced to a stormy hundred on the last day of the National Cricket League Tier 1 match, playing for Khulna against Rajshahi division.

Within the span of five months Bangladesh have the chance to appear in their third Asia Cup final, this time with the youths eyeing their maiden ACC Under-19 Asia Cup final appearance when they take on India in the first semifinal at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

There are some good news and some bad news in the long list of injured cricketers in the Bangladesh camp. To make things worse, the list now contains four among the five seniors of the Bangladesh team, with Mahmudullah Riyad being the only exception.

The Bangladesh women's cricket team hit their lowest score in Twenty20 Internationals to suffer a 58-run defeat against their Pakistani counterparts in the second game of the four-match series at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox's Bazar yesterday.

It was an action-packed third day of the first round of the 20th National Cricket League with four hundreds, a double hundred and a seven-wicket haul being registered yesterday.

Rony Talukdar carried on from 100 not out yesterday to strike a double hundred for Dhaka Division against Chattogram in the National Cricket League match at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah today.

The bowlers continued their fine form as Bangladesh posted a comfortable five-wicket victory against Hong Kong and reached the semifinal of the Under-19 Asia Cup yesterday. However, the victory at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium was not a good enough reason for the hosts to start celebrating, they had to wait for Sri Lanka to beat Pakistan at the MA Aziz Stadium.

Less than 24 hours after Ariful Haque returned from the UAE, where he warmed the bench for Bangladesh in the Asia Cup, the right-hander smashed a hundred for Rangpur on the opening day of the National Cricket League and went on to complete his maiden double century in the Tier-1 encounter against Barishal at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogura yesterday.

The first of the four-match T20I series between Bangladesh and Pakistan women's team was abandoned yesterday due to a wet outfield because of overnight rain in Cox's Bazar.

Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) franchise Rajshahi Kings released Mushfiqur Rahim for the upcoming edition of the tournament while retaining Mominul Haque, Mustafizur Rahman, Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Zakir Hossain yesterday.

Ariful Haque remained an unused substitute during the Tigers’ Asia Cup campaign where fine margins saw them lose yet another final on the last ball of the match. The right-hander has however struck a magnificent double hundred today for Rangpur, carrying on from his unbeaten 117 yesterday.

Shamim Hossain and Prantik Nawroz Nabil hit half centuries after a fine bowling effort to help Bangladesh bounce back from defeat in their Under-19 Asia Cup opener with a three-wicket win against Pakistan at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram yesterday.

The opening day of the 20th National Cricket League was a mixed bag as both batsmen and bowlers were greatly rewarded for their efforts with three centuries being scored and two five-wicket hauls taken yesterday.

Bangladesh women's cricket team take on the visiting Pakistan team in the first of the four-match T20I series at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox's Bazar today.

While the Tigers were battling it out for a much-awaited trophy against India in the final of the Asia Cup, their most assured batsman, Tamim Iqbal, was receiving treatment on his right hand's injured index finger knuckle from a doctor in England.