Four Bangladeshi cricketers –Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah Riyad and Al Amin Hossain – have been included in the best eleven of the just concluded Asia Cup T20I tournament, announced by ESPNcricinfo. Indian captain MS Dhoni named as the captain of the best eleven of Asia Cup. Three more Indian cricketers–Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah, two Pakistani players ...
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Bongo launches cricket website & android app
Bongo, an online content-on-demand platform launched a website and an android mobile application which will allow viewers to watch ICC WorldTwenty20 live. It has exclusive contracts with the ICC. The website is www.bongocricket.com and the mobile application is called Bongo Loaded. The mobile application will be available on Google play store and will also be available on the iOS platform ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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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