England's Jofra Archer has said the team are strong enough to step up at the Twenty20 World Cup even without him and Ben Stokes and hoped their opponents would lose sleep over facing Eoin Morgan's side.

A batting collapse while chasing a commendable total saw Bangladesh suffer a comprehensive 33-run defeat against Ireland in their second and final official T20 World Cup warm-up game at the Tolerance Oval in Abu Dhabi today.

Ireland batter Gareth Delany smashed an unbeaten 88 to help his side to a challenging 177 for three against Bangladesh in their second and final official T20 World Cup warm-up game at the Tolerance Oval in Abu Dhabi today.

Ireland have won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh in the Tigers' second and final official warm-up game at the Tolerance Oval in Abu Dhabi today.

Following a four-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka in the first official practise game on Tuesday, Bangladesh will be looking to rectify their mistakes and get into the groove when they take on Ireland in the second and final warm-up game today ahead of the qualifier round of the ICC World T20.

India added pace bowler Shardul Thakur to their Twenty20 World Cup squad while all-rounder Axar Patel dropped out of the 15-man side and into a list of stand-by players, the country's cricket board (BCCI) said in a statement on Wednesday.

West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle said that he had "no respect" for Curtly Ambrose after the former legendary fast bowler said that the batter shouldn't be an automatic pick in the starting XI for the team in the upcoming T20 World Cup, which begins on Sunday.

Five years after losing a heart-stopping T20 World Cup final to the West Indies, Eoin Morgan's England start as narrow favourites in their bid to become double world champions despite the absence of Ben Stokes.

Bangladesh lost their opening official warm-up fixture -- part of their preparations for the upcoming T20 World Cup -- against Sri Lanka by four wickets thanks to Avishka Fernando's powerful unbeaten knock of 62.

Bangladesh have won the toss and elected to bat in their first official warm-up game for the T20 World Cup against Sri Lanka at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 2 ground, in Abu Dhabi today.

Bangladesh cricket team players will be wearing recyclable jerseys in the upcoming T20 World Cup in Oman and the UAE. 

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the prize money for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Dubai with the winners taking away $1.6 million while the runners-up will bag $800,000.

The Decision Review System (DRS) will make its debut in the men's T20 World Cup to be held in Oman and UAE starting this month, after the ICC approved its usage in the tournament.

The chairman of Oman's cricket board told Reuters he would have had to wave "Goodbye" to the Twenty20 World Cup had a deadly storm that ripped through the Gulf state on Sunday taken a slightly different path.

Bangladesh team undertook their first practice session at Muscat, Oman today following one-day in quarantine.

England will be well prepared for the Twenty20 World Cup because half of the squad are getting used to conditions in the United Arab Emirates by playing in the Indian Premier League, bowler Tymal Mills said.

Stadiums in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will operate at 70% of capacity for the Twenty20 World Cup, the organisers said, though conditions in Oman, where preliminary rounds are due to be played, have still to be fully assessed following a cyclone.

Before the team’s scheduled departure for Oman today, Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah Riyad said that his team’s aim would be to win as many matches as possible in the upcoming T20 World Cup.

The Daily Star (DS): You have been having the time of your life as captain. Do you believe there is a good balance of youth and experience heading into your maiden T20 World Cup as a captain?

The Daily Star (DS): Bangladesh won the series against Australia and New Zealand comfortably but the batsmen struggled to score runs.  Do you think there are concerns in the batting department going into the T20 World Cup?