Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan said yesterday that the board knew that Mashrafe Bin Mortaza would step down from the captaincy of the T20I side, but not that he would retire from the format altogether.

As successful as this tour of Sri Lanka by the Bangladesh cricket team has been, it has also been one marred by off-field controversies and more than a little cloak-and-dagger.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan says today that the board knew that Mashrafe Bin Mortaza would step down from the captaincy of the T20I side, but not that he would retire from the format altogether.

Most other players would have thought that speaking on their retirement once in the day was enough.

The first T20I against Sri Lanka yesterday was overshadowed by Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza's announcement at the toss

Three stats dominate the discussion before Bangladesh and Sri Lanka lock horns in the first of two T20Is at the R Premadasa International Stadium in Colombo tonight at 7:30pm (Bangladesh time).

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) made it clear yesterday that they will not accept any proposal of changing the format for Australia's cricket team's scheduled tour to Bangladesh this year.

Before the ODI series against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka had a winless 2017 to look back uneasily upon.

The tour of Sri Lanka has saved Bangladesh's weakest format for last.

Sri Lanka clinched the title of the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup beating Pakistan by five wickets in a lopsided final at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong today.

Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews will miss the remaining fixtures of Bangladesh's tour after being ruled out of the Twenty20 matches starting in Colombo on Tuesday.

Indian Cricket Board‘s (BCCI) move to stall the proposed constitutional and financial reforms in the ICC may suffer a roadblock if BCCI tries to send N Srinivasan as its representative at the world body’s Board Meeting.

Speaking with the shady benefit of hindsight may not be the most honest thing to do, but it will be even more disingenuous to deny that the status of Bangladesh's ODI progress hinged to a large extent on the result of the third ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo, which they lost by 70 runs on Saturday.

Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody Sunday said that Bangladesh's left-arm pace sensation Mustafizur Rahaman is expected to join the franchise on April 7 after playing the final match of the limited overs series against Sri Lanka.

The Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, the most coveted 50-over competition in the country, will start from April 12 instead of the earlier announced date of April 7.

Mohammad Saifuddin was the fresh inclusion in the national side as the uncapped pace bowling all-rounder was included in the 16-member squad for the two-match T20I series against Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan told reporters at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo yesterday that Mustafizur Rahman would be able to play in the Indian Premier League 'if he wants to' but that it will only be after 10 days' rest at home after the tour of Sri Lanka ends.

Dinesh Chandimal may count himself very unlucky to have his innings cut short at 21 in the 26th over. In an attempt to take a single, Chandimal had comfortably beaten a good throw from Taskin Ahmed from deep point.

Pakistan booked their place in the final of Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2017 on April 3 against Sri Lanka after they overwhelmed Afghanistan by 124 runs in the second semi-final at the MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong today.

Sri Lanka thumped Bangladesh by eight wickets as they reached 180 for 2 after 38.5 overs during the first semifinal of the Emerging Teams Asia Cup against Sri Lanka at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong today.