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Sylhet Titans registered a comfortable six-wicket victory over Noakhali Express on Monday in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), powered by a stunning five-wicket haul from left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Monday. Winning the toss, Noakhali Express opted to bat, with newly arrived Soumya Sarkar and Habibur Rahman Sohan opening the innings. However, their batting line-up ...

The government has ordered television channels to suspend airing the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, scheduled to start on March 26. The decision was made after India forced Mustafizur Rahman to quit the IPL. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued the directive in official letters to television channels on Monday. The letter contained, the decision follows the Board of ...

Cutter master Mustafizur Rahman delivered a clinical death-bowling performance to guide Rangpur Riders to a thrilling five-run victory over Dhaka Capitals at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, helping his side climb to second place on BPL points table. Defending a modest total of 155, Mustafizur turned the match on its head in the closing stages. He conceded just two ...

Litton Das will lead Bangladesh at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, 2026 in India and Sri Lanka in February-March with the Tigers having named a formidable squad. Bangladesh have featured in each of the T20 World Cups so far but have never managed to qualify for the semi-finals or beyond. Litton Das (C), Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif ...

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Friday announced a 15-member squad for the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, scheduled to take place from 15 January to 6 February and co-hosted by Zimbabwe and Namibia. The young Tigers will depart from Dhaka on Sunday night to begin their campaign at the global tournament. Bangladesh, champions of the 2020 edition, have once ...

Chattogram Royals delivered a commanding performance in first match of the day in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), thrashing Dhaka Capitals by 10 wickets with 44 balls to spare, thanks to brilliant unbeaten half-centuries from openers Adam Rushington and Mohammad Naim Sheikh. Put in to bat first at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Capitals were bundled out for a modest 122 ...

Shamim Hossain’s sensational counterattacking innings lit up the contest, but it was not enough to carry Dhaka Capitals over the line as they suffered a narrow defeat to Sylhet Titans in a tense and dramatic finish on home soil at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Despite Shamim’s valiant effort, Sylhet held their nerve in the closing moments to seal ...

The two matches of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 matches scheduled for Tuesday and subsequently cancelled have been rescheduled to January 4 in Sylhet, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed on Tuesday. No BPL matches will be held today (Wednesday) in line with the general holiday declared by the Government of Bangladesh on the first of three days of ...

The BCB has called off both Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) matches scheduled for Tuesday (December 30) after Khaleda Zia, the country’s former prime minister, died in the morning. The announcement came not long after the news of Khaleda Zia’s death and just a couple of hours before the toss at the first match of the day, between Sylhet Titans and ...

England pace spearhead Gus Atkinson was Monday ruled out of the fifth and final Ashes Test against Australia with a hamstring injury, their third fast bowler to head home early during the series. The Surrey right-armer hobbled off early on day two of the fourth Test in Melbourne clutching his left leg and took no further part. “Gus Atkinson has ...