Australia crushed England by 36 runs in Barbados on Saturday to leave the defending champions' T20 World Cup hopes in the balance.

Quite a few aspects like planning, execution, and process – things that Bangladesh players resort to while stating their expectations ahead of a game -- came through in their thrilling two-wicket win over Sri Lanka at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas yesterday. 

South Africa survived an early scare before David Miller guided them to a nervy four-wicket victory over the Netherlands in the Twenty20 World Cup in Long Island, New York on Saturday.

Thousands of Bangladesh supporters flocked to the Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Dallas, Texas to enjoy the Tigers’ opening match of the T20 World Cup against Sri Lanka today.

Bangladesh batter Towhid Hridoy believes anything is possible if someone really works really hard to achieve it.

“Someone sent me these photos. It’s midnight here right now, but I can’t get these photos out of my mind. I feel terrible thinking someone had to bleed because of me,” Hridoy wrote on social media.

On Saturday, 16 years, eight months and 27 days later after that win over the Caribbeans, Bangladesh have finally registered a win over a higher-ranked team, that too a former champions, in the mega event.

If there was one department of the game where the Bangladesh team hoped to shine in the showpiece event, it was in the bowling department, and the Tigers bowlers gave every evidence of their potential.

"It is one of the greatest performances for us in T20’s against a big team like New Zealand," Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan said

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina extended her congratulations to the Bangladesh cricket team for their victory against Sri Lanka in their first T20 World Cup match

Leg-spinner Rishad Hossain ended with 3-22 and Taskin Ahmed (2-25) chipped in with a pair of wickets as Sri Lanka were restricted to 124-9 and then Towhid Hridoy smashed four sixes in his 40 from 20 balls as Bangladesh reached the target with an over to spare.

Rampant Afghanistan mauled a lethargic New Zealand by 84 runs to grab top spot in Group C at the T20 World Cup with a shock victory at the Guyana National Stadium on Friday.

South Africa will look to build on their dominant victory against Sri Lanka in the T20 World Cup on Monday but face a tricky opposition in the Netherlands against whom the Proteas suffered a memorable upset in the 2022 edition of the tournament.

Two of cricket's greatest rivals, England and Australia, are set to produce a high-octane encounter in today’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup fixture at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. 

After Rishad Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman claimed three wickets each to restrict Sri Lanka to 124 for nine, Hridoy smashed a 20-ball 40 and Liton Das played a sensible 38-ball 36-run knock

Canada won their first match at any Twenty20 World Cup when they defeated Ireland by 12 runs in a Group A game in New York on Friday.

It will all be music to the ears of ICC, who chose to popularise the T20 format in the USA.

Bangladesh are following on the example set by star man Shakib Al Hasan since the superstar made his debut for the Tigers back in 2006. The all-rounder is Tigers’ key player in this ninth edition of the T20 World Cup and is one of only two players along with India skipper Rohit Sharma to have played in all T20 World Cups till date.

"It's hurtful and shameful, and there must be a thorough investigation of this defeat."

Sri Lanka's sports ministry has dispatched an officer to the United States to look into the welfare of the team, Fernando added.