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On Monday 22nd January 2024 the Bangladesh Sports Network UK was launched in Tower Hamlets.  This new organisation announced three new events for 2024.

Bangla Mirror Desk: The Bangladesh Upazilla Cricket Championship, which will take place in May 2024 at Seven Kings Park, Ilford, Essex.  Md Sayfur Rahman is the coordinator of the cricket event and confirmed 16 Upazilla’s will take part in the event from across Bangladesh including, Osmani Nagar, Jagannathpur, Moulvibazar Sadar, Chattragram Sadar, Khulna Sadar, Nobiganj, Chattak, Golapgonj and more. The ...

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Women’s Tri-nation Series: Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets

Hosts Bangladesh made a flying start in the Tri-nation U-19 Women’ s T20 Series, also involving Pakistan, beating Sri Lanka by five wickets at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday. Sent in to bat first, Sri Lanka scored 95 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the stipulated 20 overs with Rsshmi Nethranjali scoring ...

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Sylhet to bat against Rangpur

Rangpur Riders captain Nurul Hasan has won the toss and asked Sylhet Strikers to bat first in the seventh match of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) -2024 at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Tuesday. The both teams made one changes in their playing XI’s as Dushan Hemantha replaced Harry Tector for Rangpur Riders and Babar came into the Sylhet ...

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Bangladesh seal 6-wicket win over Ireland

A collective batting performance provided Bangladesh to seal a triumph by six wickets over Ireland in the eighth game of the ICC Under-19 World Cup. The young Tigers easily chased down the mediocre 236-run target keeping 19 balls in hand at the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein on Monday. In reply to 235, the men in red and green got a ...

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Pakistan beat New Zealand by 42 runs in fifth T20I

Pakistan’s spinners ran through New Zealand to pick up a consolation 42-run win in the fifth and final Twenty20 international on Sunday and avoid a series clean sweep. The tourists lost the five-match series 4-1 but it ended on a positive note as they dismissed the Black Caps for a paltry 92 in defence of 134-8, AFP reports. Part-time offspinner ...

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Bangladesh start WC with big defeat to India

Bangladesh have started their Under-19 World Cup journey tasting a big 84-run defeat to India in the third game of the tournament despite the five-wicket haul smashed by pacer Maruf Mridha. Maruf who returned figures of 5-43, jolted India early in their innings but the mighty sub-continent rivals recovered from the shaky start to post a challenging 251-7. Bangladesh however ...

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Shahadat, Zadran power Chattogram to seal 7-wicket win over Sylhet

Shahadat Hossain Dipu and Najibullah Zadran propelled Chattogram Challengers to a seven-wicket victory over Sylhet Strikers in the second game of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Both batters smashed fifties while making a titanic 121-run unbeaten stand as the overtook the target keeping nine balls in hand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur in Friday. In reply to ...

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Chattogram opt to bowl against Sylhet

Chattogram Challengers have won the toss and elected to bowl against Sylhet Strikers in the second game of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The match will kick off at 7:30 pm local time and will be aired on T Sports. Playing XIs Sylhet Strikers: Najmul Hossain Shanto, Yasir Ali, Harry Tector, Mohammad Mithun(w), Ben Cutting, Zakir Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza(c), Benny ...

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Atletico defeat Real Madrid, Barca scrape past third-tier rivals in Copa

Antoine Griezmann and Rodrigo Riquelme’s extra-time strikes earned Atletico Madrid a 4-2 win over rivals Real Madrid and passage to the Copa del Rey quarter-finals on Thursday. Earlier Barcelona secured an unconvincing 3-1 win at third-tier Unionistas de Salamanca to scrape through their last 16 tie, AFP reports. Atletico edged an entertaining battle at the Rojiblancos’ Metropolitano stadium, the second ...

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Stuttering Journey of BPL: From Global Ambition to Local Reality

Despite the ambition of becoming one of the best cricket leagues in the world, Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the lone franchise-based T20 league of Bangladesh, became just another domestic competition. The 10th season of BPL is just around the corner, and with only two days to go, it has announced its title sponsor, proving how tough it was for the ...

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