Tuesday, 07 May, 2024

Sports

Mashrafe Wisden India’s best cricketer

DHAKA: Following the glorious year 2015 for Bangladesh cricket, Wisden India honored tigers ODI & T20I skipper Mashrafe Mortaza as one of the six Cricketers of the Year for their terrific performances in 2014-15.According to the list of best cricketers of the year, published by Wisden

Who Championed Breaking Winning Momentum?

We know T20 is not the forte of Bangladesh cricket though they proved an unbeatable team in ODI at home in 2015. Yet they were expected to white wash Zimbabwe in the recently concluded 4 matches T20 series. Bangladesh cruised to 2-0 lead after two matches with minimum hiccups. Team must

More technological securities for U-19 World Cup

DHAKA: The technological issues will be given priority to ensure security during U-19 ICC Cricket World Cup 2016.The event is scheduled to start from January 27 at eight venues in four districts of Bangladesh.Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) director general (DG) Benazir Ahmed came up with

Chanderpaul retires from all cricket

DHAKA: Shivnarine Chanderpaul, one of West Indies' finest batsmen, has retired after 22 years and 164 Test matches. This means Chanderpaul remains the second-highest West Indian Test run-maker until now, 86 runs short of Brian Lara: Lara got 11,953 (11,912 for West Indies and the rest for

Where Is Bangladesh Football Heading?

Bangladesh Football losing its way has reached such a rock bottom stage that it cannot even compete strongly at SAARC level. The situation is so miserable that even Nepal, Maldives are proving difficult opposition for Bangladesh. This writer has experienced Bangladesh competing neck to

Nepal win Bangbandhu Gold Cup 2016

DHAKA: Nepal won first international title in 23 years, beating nine-man Bahrain U23 team 3-0 in the final of Bangabandu Gold Cup 2016 in Dhaka on Friday.Bimal Gharti Magar, Bishal Rai and Nawayug Shrestha scored one each to guide Nepal to the spectacular victory at the Bangabandhu

Zimbabwe level series

DHAKA: Visiting Zimbabwe leveled the Walton T20 Cricket series by winning the fourth and final T20 match by 18-run against host Bangladesh at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Friday.While chasing a mammoth 181-run target, hosts managed to score 162-run losing 10 wickets in

Tigers need 181-run to win series

DHAKA: Bangladesh need 181-run from 20-over to win the fourth and final T20 match as well as the Walton T20 Cricket series against visiting Zimbabwe at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Friday.Earlier in the day, visitors’ captain E Chigumbura won the toss and elected to bat first

Zimbabwe facing Tigers bowling

DHAKA: Zimbabwe are facing the Tiger bowlers in the fourth and final T20 match in the Walton T20 Cricket series at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Friday.Mashrafe Mortaza opened the bowling and already took one wicket in the first over of Zimbabwe’s innings. V Sibanda returned to

Zimbabwe choose to bat

DHAKA: Zimbabwe have won the toss and have chosen to bat the fourth and final T20 international against Bangladesh at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Friday.The match scheduled to begin at 15:00 local time (09:00 GMT) Three changes for Bangladesh. Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed and

Wounded Tigers Are Expected Bouncing Back

The four-match T20 Series has not yet been won by Bangladesh. Zimbabwe shocking a self-depleted Bangladesh by 31 runs in the third match will leave nothing unturned to finish the series on a high. Bangladesh may bring back Tamim on the top and give Taskin and Arafat Sunny a match today.

Real Madrid richest club for 11-yr

DHAKA: Real Madrid have topped the league table of the world's 20 richest football clubs for the 11th year in a row, according to Deloitte.Its Football Money League, based on season 2014-15, also said the combined revenues of the 20 clubs had risen 8% to €6.6bn, a new record, reports

Complacent Bangladesh lost winning momentum

Zimbabwe Vs Bangladesh Third T20 International Played at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium Khulna on 20 January 2015Zimbabwe 187/6 (V Sibanda 44, M Waller 44, H Masakadaza 20, R Mutumbami 20, Shakib Al Hasan 3/32, Abu Hider 2/40) beat Bangladesh 156/6 (Sabbir Rahman 50, Nurul Hasan 30*, Soumya

Zimbabwe keep series alive

DHAKA: Visiting Zimbabwe kept the series alive by beating Bangladesh by 31-run in the third match of the ongoing four-match Walton T20 Cricket Series at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Wednesday.Bangladesh managed to score 156-run losing six wickets while chasing 188-run target set

Bangladesh need 188-run to win series

DHAKA: Bangladesh need 188-run in the third match to win the ongoing four-match Walton T20 Cricket Series after visiting Zimbabwe batsmen scored 187-run losing six wickets at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Wednesday.MN Waller was the top scorer who hit 49-run off 23-ball with the

Zimbabwe facing Bangladesh bowling

DHAKA: Zimbabwe are facing Bangladesh bowlers in the four-match T20 series against Zimbabwe at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on WednesdayV Sibanda and H Masakadza are at the crease with 6 and 4 runs respectively. The visitors won the toss and chose to bat first in the match that has

Tigers Should Make It Easy

Bangladesh an expected cruised to 2-0 lead in the four-match T20 series against Zimbabwe winning the first two matches comfortably. For further experimentation, injury and ancillary reasons Tigers may appear in a new look today. There may be at least 4 changes. Whether or not it alters

Bangladesh rely on home advantage, experience to beat Proteas

DHAKA: Bangladesh youths hope to use home advantage and an experienced squad to make a flying start in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup Bangladesh 2017 by beating defending champion South Africa in the tournament opener in Chittagong on January 27.The Group A fixture in the 16-nation

Tigers proving too strong for Zimbabweans

Second T20 Match Bangladesh Vs Zimbabwe Played At Sheikh Abu Naser Cricket Stadium, KhulnaBangladesh 167/3 ( Shabbir Rahman 43, Soumya Sarkar 43 ,Shakib Al Hasan 27* , Mushfiqur Rahim 24 , Tamim Iqbal 23) beat Zimbabwe 125 /8 ( H Masakadza 30, MN Waller 29, V Sibanda 21, Sabbir Rahman

Tigers beat Zimbabwe by 42 runs

DHAKA: Bangladesh won the consecutive second T20 match against the visiting Zimbabwe by 42 runs at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna.In response to Bangladesh-set 168-run target in the match of the four-match Twenty 20 series, Zimbabwe scored 125 for eight.Sabbir Rahman bagged 3 wickets