The 2019 World Cup is underway and the hosts lived up to the billing by defeating South Africa in the opening game. It is going to be a long haul for all the teams as they will have to play as many as nine matches to make it to the knockout stage. Consistency will be key for them even as

Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has predicted that Bangladesh will win just a single match in the World Cup in England.

Bangladesh’s preparations ahead of their first World Cup match against South Africa at The Oval on Sunday may have sustained a huge blow as Tamim Iqbal walked off the nets at London’s famous ground clutching his left wrist after being hit in the area with a ball during the ongoing practice session today.

It’s not about this being the first match. Even if it was the last match, we would be thinking of winning because what we arrived here for is to win, so we will play with the mentality to win. See here, to make the semifinals, we have to win. It’s not like we will get some points from elsewhere if we don’t win.

“This is may be the best day to showcase London to the world,” laughed a volunteer as rain drizzled down in aimless droplets on a grey day at The Mall, barely 500 metres to the east of the iconic Buckingham Palace. The Mall, not of the shopping variety but in the more traditional sense

The mixed media zone on Wednesday’s World Cup opening party, on the eve of yesterday’s opener between favourites England and South Africa, was a treasure trove for fans of cricket. Milling about in the enclosure at London’s iconic St. James’s Park were cricketing luminaries such as England’s Kevin Pietersen

Former Irish cricketer, Niall O’Brien was seen having a light moment with Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza during the captain’s photo-shoot in a video tweet by ICC. The ICC Digital Insider met the captains of all the World Cup participating teams in the greenroom where the Irishman Niall shared a laugh with everyone.

Cricketer Abdur Razzak and actress Jaya Ahsan star in World Cup opening ceremony.

Bangladesh batsman Liton Das says that the Tigers will be playing their World Cup opener against South Africa with the mentality to win when they face the Proteas on June 2 at the Kennington Oval in London.

Sourav Ganguly believes that the Tigers are well prepared for the World Cup. The former Indian captain backed Bangladesh to do well even after their loss to India on May 28 in their last warm-up match.

With a swing of the willow and a sweet strike of the cherry, cricket’s greatest event on the planet, the ICC Cricket World Cup, is all set to get underway today at its birthplace -- the United Kingdom. We, the 160 million people of Bangladesh, are not going to be mere spectators of the game like the FIFA World Cup

Together, the Bangladesh Cricket Board and Lifebuoy have reinforced the bridge between supporters and the Bangladesh team in many ways. In fact, Lifebuoy has brought a breath of fresh air to the national cricket scene with an array of initiatives, one of which is an appealing campaign titled ‘Khelbe Tiger, Jitbe Tiger’.

Bangladesh supporters may well be waiting for someone to pinch them in order to wake them from what has so far been a dream lead-up to the 2019 World Cup. 2019 so far has been a rollercoaster ride, and the current ascent -- after the win-less tour of New Zealand in February-March

World Cup-winning teams may have their names written in the annals of history, but World Cup-winning captains have a special place in those books. Clive Lloyd will forever be remembered for leading the West Indies to back-to-back World Cup in the first two editions of the tournament and Kapil Dev

The upcoming 2019 World Cup in the UK will be the 12th staging of the ICC Cricket World Cup, with ten teams set to face each other in a round-robin league system for the first time since the 1992 World Cup. Host England, who have been part of the World Cup opener the most of number

It is not only cricketers who follow the game passionately, but stars from all sports disciplines in Bangladesh follow cricket and have their own personal favourites when it comes to cricket teams and cricketers. They may stay busy with their own schedules, but whenever they get time these sports

Since the historic debut in the 1999 World Cup, Bangladesh have so far appeared in five editions of the biggest event in one-day cricket. There have been many memorable occasions and some not-so-memorable ones too on the way for the Tigers. But all of those who have adorned the red and green shirt

With the 10th edition of the ICC World Cup kicking off from May 30, let us look back at some of the interesting statistics from Bangladesh’s World Cup ventures.

Having bowled six overs, conceding 23 runs against India, Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza sat out most of the India innings due to a slight niggle. Shakib Al Hasan captained the side in his stead and Mashrafe did not come out to bat during the Bangladesh innings.

Hannan Sarkar shared some of his World Cup memories and more in an interview with The Daily Star’s Nabid Yeasin.