Bangladesh A clinched their first win in the five-match one-day series against Afghanistan A with a comfortable seven-wicket victory in the third match of the series at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan informed during a press conference today that the board will be arranging two T20I matches between Asia All Star and Rest of the World to celebrate the 100th birthday of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman next year at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

BCB XI saw themselves reach a strong position by the end of the second day of their four-day match against KSCA Secretarys XI in the ongoing Dr (Capt) K. Thimmappiah Memorial tournament at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in India yesterday.

Through a media release the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday informed that pacer Shafiul Islam has been added to the squad for the Sri Lanka tour and that the right-armer is expected to join the Tigers in Colombo today.

Bangladesh registered a comfortable five-wicket win over the Sri Lanka Board President’s XI in the practice game ahead of the three-match ODI series at the P Sara Oval in Colombo yesterday.

There was good news for Bangladesh fans during the Tigers’ practice game against the Sri Lankan Board President XI yesterday as Mahmudullah Riyad bowled for the first time since sustaining a shoulder injury during the tour of New Zealand earlier this year.

The concern regarding how to fill the gap when the team’s best player misses out on a tour or series is a perennial one. Bangladesh have travelled to Sri Lanka to play a three-match ODI series against the hosts sans star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who was granted a break by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)

Through a media release the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) today informed that pacer Shafiul Islam has been added to the squad for the Sri Lanka tour and that the right-armer is expected to join the Tigers in Colombo tomorrow.

For both Bangladesh and hosts Sri Lanka, the importance of winning the upcoming three-match ODI series between the sides was made clear during the grand pre-series press conference at the Taj Samudra Hotel in Colombo yesterday.

Right-arm medium pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib’s four for 29 helped Bangladesh Under-19s restrict hosts England Under-19s to 200 for seven during their encounter in a tri-nation series -- featuring Under-19 teams from Bangladesh, England and India -- at the County

Shohidul Islam picked up a fifer to help BCB XI end the first day of their four-day match against KSCA Secretarys XI in the Dr (Capt) K. Thimmappiah Memorial tournament on a high note at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in India yesterday.

Life in Sri Lanka was not the same as it was during my last trip to the island nation just last year as the seemingly laidback and warm nature of the locals had turned into a rather suspicious one with steely glares being shot about every now and then.

Bangladesh were comfortable with the high level of security as they became the first foreign team to visit Sri Lanka since the Easter bombings, skipper Tamim Iqbal said Monday.

Bangladesh will be the first team to play a series in Sri Lanka after the unfortunate Easter Sunday bombings that killed 257 people and wounded nearly 500 in April of this year. And Tigers’ captain for the tour, Tamim Iqbal ensures that the team have been looked after really well in Sri Lanka and also mentions that all the teams need to come forward to help each other to restore normalcy and help get cricket back in a country when this types of incidents happen.

Bangladesh opener and stand-in captain Tamim Iqbal talked to reporters during a press conference today and gave his views on the recently concluded World Cup campaign and the team’s objectives for the series. The skipper said that while the team is missing some senior players, the players are focused on winning the upcoming series in Sri Lanka.

The Bangladesh A team, featuring a number of players selected for the Tigers’ three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, succumbed to a four-wicket defeat against their Afghan counterparts in the second of five one-dayers at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium yesterday.

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC), which has been suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC), has announced that the national team will not travel to Bangladesh for the triangular series that also included Afghanistan.

Bangladesh team, who had left the capital from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 12:45 pm, reach Colombo at around 5:20 pm Bangladesh time. Bangladesh will be playing a three-match ODI series with hosts Sri Lanka, starting from July 26.

Tamim Iqbal, who was named as Bangladesh's captain for the Sri Lanka tour after Mashrafe Bin Mortaza was ruled out of the squad, talks to the reporters in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport before departing for Sri Lanka to play a three match ODI series against the Lankans. Tamim hopes to do well in the series despite missing a few senior players in the squad.

Bangladesh team leave the capital to play a three-match ODI series against hosts Sri Lanka from Hazrat Shahjalal Iniernational Airport at 12:45 pm today.