Mustafizur Rahman came up with his most economic spell ever in T20Is in his return to the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, setting the stage for a seven-wicket win for Bangladesh over Pakistan in the first of three T20Is. However, after the game, varying opinions on the pitch grabbed more attention.

Bangladesh won the first of their three T20Is against Pakistan in convincing fashion, clinching a seven-wicket win with 27 balls to spare on Sunday, and it was the contrasting views regarding the surface at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium that drew the most attention at the post-match press conference.

Bangladesh captain Litton Das admitted that his side's knowledge and familiarity with the wicket at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur played a key factor in their commanding seven-wicket win over Pakistan in the first T20I of the three-match series on Sunday.

A packet of snacks in one hand, a bottle of water in the other -- at the gates of Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today ahead of Bangladesh’s first T20I against Pakistan, the scene felt less like a new change and more like the return of a beloved old memory.

Emon's notched up his second half-century in the format, an unbeaten 39-ball 56, featuring five sixes and three fours to guide his side to victory with 27 balls to spare. 

Bangladesh are set to take on Pakistan in a three-match T20I series, starting with the first game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday at 6pm.

The Bangladesh squad arrived in the country on Thursday following their 2-1 T20I series triumph against Sri Lanka on Wednesday. The Tigers, however, have little time to adjust to home conditions, with Pakistan already having arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday to play a three-match T20I series.

Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) cricket operations chairman Najmul Abedeen Fahim said that the team will be looking for more stability in the squad ahead of the Asia Cup in September in India and through to the T20 World Cup in February next year, slated to be played in India and Sri Lanka.

As anticipation built among fans hoping to secure tickets for the upcoming three-match T20I series between Bangladesh and Pakistan, many were met with frustration and confusion as the designated ticketing website failed to load.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) revealed the ticket prices, ranging from Tk 400 to Tk 3500, for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Pakistan, starting on July 20 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.

Open bidding for the worldwide media rights for the Bangladesh national cricket team’s upcoming three-match home T20I series against Pakistan will take place at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur tomorrow.

Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad Hossain needs to go back to the training ground and rethink how he wants to win games for the Tigers. Because what he has been dishing out in Bangladesh’s consecutive T20I tours of the UAE and Pakistan has been nothing short of ordinary.

Bangladesh skipper Litton Das lost the toss and was asked to bat first in the third and final T20I of the three-match series against Pakistan at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Sunday.

Bangladesh pacer Shoriful Islam will not be available for tomorrow’s third and final T20I against Pakistan and will be out of action for at least two weeks due to a muscle injury, a Bangladesh Cricket Board press release confirmed today. 

A Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official on Thursday said that they have received clearance from the government regarding the Tigers' upcoming tour of Pakistan later this month.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury said that the board is unaware of Mustafizur Rahman’s call-up to the Indian Premier League. 

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will seek government clearance before finalising their upcoming tour of Pakistan, which includes five T20Is scheduled for later this month.

Bangladesh’s newly appointed T20I captain, Liton Das, stated that the national team would have no objections to touring Pakistan later this month if the conditions are deemed favourable by the authorities.

Reporters present during the Bangladesh squad announcement in Mirpur yesterday, ahead of the upcoming T20I series against the UAE and Pakistan, may have felt a strong sense of deja vu.

Bangladesh and Pakistan cricket boards have decided to remove ODIs completely from the upcoming bilateral series between the sides in May and July, respectively, Pakistan Cricket Board’s media and communications director Sami Ul Hasan confirmed to The Daily Star on Sunday.