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Shakib’s another downfall

Shakib Al Hasan is unarguably the best cricketer that Bangladesh has ever produced. Over the years, he has been instrumental to Bangladesh’s many success in international cricketer. Even just a year ago, he was the undisputed number one all-rounder in all three formats of the game. But things are not going good for him for quite a while now. After ...

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India beats Bangladesh by 8 wickets to win Asia Cup final

Opener Shikhar Dhawan hit a career-best 60 as India won the Asia Cup for the sixth time after beating Bangladesh by eight wickets on Sunday. The home side was put into bat and posted 120-5 in a rain-hit game that was reduced from 20 to 15 overs after a two-hour delay. World T20 host India won with seven balls to ...

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Sharapova says she failed drug test; penalty unknown

Maria Sharapova’s tennis career and Olympic hopes are in jeopardy, and she claims it’s all because she failed to click on a link in an email that would have told her to stop taking meldonium. The five-time major champion says she failed a doping test at the Australian Open in January for the little-known drug, which became a banned substance ...

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Tigers worried at Dharmashala!

Bangladesh National Cricket team will play all the matches of the qualifying rounds of T20 World Cup Cricket at the Dharmashala Cricket Stadium in Himachal region of India which is almost 4000 feet high from the sea level. The tigers will face Netherlands in the first qualifying match on Wednesday. But they are worried about the height of the play ...

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Asia Cup Final- India clinches Asia Cup title

 Bangla Mirror Desk : 7 March, 2016 India finally clinched the T20 Asia Cup 2016 title beating host Bangladesh by eight wickets in a rain-hampered 15-over curtailed match at Shere Bangla National Stadium on Sunday night.   A calm chase from Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli helped India make light work of their chase of 121 as they won their ...

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Asia Cup final faces bad weather risk

Bangla Mirror  Desk : 6 March, 2016 Heavy rain and stormy weather before over an hour of starting nation’s most desired and expected Asia Cup final match between inspired Bangladesh and confident India likely to be washed out and trophy would be shared among the two finalists. Heavy rain started around 6:00pm on Sunday evening and minutes after wild wind ...

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Sourav Ganguly column: Pakistan and Sri Lanka put Asian cricket in a spin

5 March, 2016 Sourav Ganguly Before getting into any analysis of the Asia Cup final, I would like to state that the health of Asian cricket has started to concern me. There has been a massive drop in the quality of Sri Lanka and Pakistan, who were once the powerhouses in Asian and world cricket. I know that every team ...

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Five reasons why Bangladesh can be a successful T20 side

Sports desk : 5 March, 2016 Cricket has evolved significantly over years, from Tests to ODIs to T20s. The Bangladesh cricket team’s evolution over years can be compared to the evolution of cricket.   Starting off by becoming a Test-playing nation in 2000, Bangladesh have grown a lot as a side in the last 15 years to become a formidable ...

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Bangladesh, India to play Asia Cup final Sunday

5 March, 2016 Bangladesh will face mighty India in the final of the 13th Asia Cup T20I at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday. The high voltage final of the five-nation Asian tournament will start at 7:30pm (local time) amid passionate excitement of country’s cricket loving people. On the way to final, the 10th ranked Bangladesh started their ...

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Physio brushes aside any uncertainty over Shakib’s play in tomorrow’s final

World’s no-1 Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan’s injury is not so complicated and now he is out of danger, team physio confirmed. Shakib was hurt himself during batting practice on Friday and within moments the news of his injury spread a wave of panic to the cricket-lovers of the country with concern that whether he will be able to play ...

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