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Bangladesh showed dominating characters both in bat and bowl as they convincingly defeated Zimbabwe by eight wickets in the first game of the five-match T20 series. Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Towhid Hridoy played entertaining innings while chasing 125 runs at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Friday, overtaking the target keeping 28 balls in hand. The rain arrived twice ...

Bangladeshi bowlers came up with devastating spells to bowl Zimbabwe out for a meager score of 124 runs in the opening game of the five-match T20 series. The trio – Taskin Ahmed, Mohammad Saifuddin and Mahedi Hasan – tightly bowled, forcing the visitors to lose all of their wickets at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Friday. Being asked ...

Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto said that they won’t make any experiment in the five-match series against Zimbabwe but want to win the series. Apart from these five matches, Bangladesh will play three more T20 Internationals against hosts USA later this month. After that, they will play in the T20 World Cup to be held in West Indies and USA ...

Bangladesh are set to face Zimbabwe in the five-match T20 series, with the first game starting from May 3 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram. The Tigers are looking forward to regaining momentum and confidence in this series after losing against Sri Lanka. On the other hand, Zimbabwe are taking this series as an ideal preparation for the T20 World ...

Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior scored a double, including an 83rd-minute equalising penalty, to snatch a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich on Tuesday that puts the Spanish side in the driving seat for the return leg of the Champions League semi-final. Vinicius gave Real the lead after 24 minutes of the first leg but Bayern scored twice in four second-half ...

New Zealand Cricket said Tuesday it will go ahead with a Test match against Afghanistan in September, a month after Australia scrapped a Twenty20 series against the same opponents. Cricket Australia postponed a three-match series due to take place in August at a neutral venue, saying the situation for women in the Taliban-ruled country was deteriorating. It was the third ...

An all-female referee team took charge of a Serie A game for the first time on Sunday with the landmark occasion coming as newly-crowned champions Inter Milan defeated Torino 2-0 at the San Siro. Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi was assisted by Tiziana Trasciatti and Francesca Di Monte and she was kept busy, reports AFP. Ferrieri Caputi sent off Torino’s Adrien ...

New Zealand have become the first team to unveil their squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, scheduled for June 2024. Led by the experienced batter Kane Williamson, the Black Caps have opted for a squad brimming with familiar faces. Spearheading the bowling attack will be the potent duo of Tim Southee and Trent Boult, their pace a ...

Former Former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas has been elected president of Portuguese football giants FC Porto, ending the 42-year reign of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa. Villas-Boas, 46, obtained 21,489 votes, to just 5,224 for his 86-year-old rival, who had won his previous 15 successive elections to head ‘The Dragons’. “What a historic night… our club is ...

Bangladesh women’s cricket team will take on India in a the first game of the five-match T20 series on Sunday at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium with an aim to make a good start. Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty and her Indian counterpart Harmanpreet Kaur unveiled the five-match T20i series trophy in front of the historic Ali Amjad’s Clock on the ...