The selectors have added all-rounder Shamim Hossain to the Bangladesh squad for their third and final T20I against Ireland at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram on Tuesday.

During the 11th over of Bangladesh's chase of 171 in the second T20I against Ireland in Chattogram on Saturday, Litton Das attempted to hit a six, only to be brilliantly caught at deep mid-wicket by Gareth Delany.

A defeat in the first T20I against Ireland has disrupted the pre-series calculations of the Bangladesh selectors as thoughts of T20 World Cup preparation have now been set aside and the focus has shifted towards winning the series.

Bangladesh’s 39-run defeat to Ireland in the first T20I in Chattogram raised fresh questions about the team’s form, but Tawhid Hridoy’s post-match remarks drew just as much attention as his unbeaten 82 off 50 balls.

A little while after Bangladesh lost the first T20I against Ireland in Chattogram, Tawhid Hridoy slowly walked into the press conference. He had just played the best T20I innings of his career, but it had no impact on the team’s fate.

Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bowl first in the first of three T20Is against Ireland in Chattogram today.

As Bangladesh take on Ireland in the first of three T20Is in Chattogram today -- their final international assignment before next year's ICC T20 World Cup -- a dispute between skipper Litton Das and chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu over the omission of Shamim Hossain has overshadowed the game and taken centre-stage.

"I'm still not an all-rounder but Tamim probably now believes I can bowl," Shanto, who was adjudged man-of-the-series, said during a post-match presentation.

“If I tell you we had the belief we'd win, I'd be lying. But cricket is a funny game, wickets fall and scoreboard pressure is bad to have. When the Fizz got two wickets, we thought we had a chance,” skipper Tamim Iqbal conceded at post-match ceremony and that is how close it was.

The Bangladesh captain had last scored an international ODI fifty in August last year, against Zimbabwe, and went nine innings without scoring a fifty during a slightly rough patch

Following a brilliant three-wicket win in the second ODI against Ireland, Bangladesh will be looking to seal the series when they take on the hosts in the third and final game in Chelmsford today..There were a lot of positives to take from the second game, with Najmul Hossain Shanto hittin

National Team physio Bayjedul Islam Khan said: “Shakib hurt the tip of his right index finger while attempting a catch yesterday (Friday) in the second ODI

With six tiers of seating and one double-tiered stand, the stadium can host up to 6,500 people

Ireland had to win all three matches in a series against Bangladesh taking place at Chelmsford, the headquarters of English county Essex, if they were to move up from 11th place in the points table

It wasn't quite the obvious reason – the players—but the conditions in England-- a neutral venue for Ireland's home series against Bangladesh—that bothered the Sri Lankan coach as his plans for preparation were somewhat hampered due to rain.

“I don’t want to use the word favourites a lot,” Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim told reporters at the Cambridge University’s Fenner’s ground yesterday.

In less than a month after facing Ireland at home for a full series, Bangladesh team are expected to be in England by tonight as the Irish side await to lock horns with the Tigers in a three-match ODI series, part of the ICC Men’s World Cup Super League.

Bangladesh announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming ODI series against Ireland, part of ICC ODI Super League, and the biggest change coming in was uncapped paceman Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, in for Taskin Ahmed who is recuperating from an injury.

Bangladesh have named a 15-member squad for the ODI series against Ireland away to England with uncapped pacer Mrittunjoy Chowdhury in the lineup.

“It has been the greatest day in Ireland’s Test history,” international commentator Andrew Leonard told this reporter when talking about what transpired on the third day of the one-off Test, which saw Ireland take a 131-run lead against hosts Bangladesh