Bangladesh dismissed Zimbabwe for just 44 runs before easing to a six-wicket victory and an unassailable 3-1 lead in their five-match one-day international series on Tuesday.
Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan pipped Indian opener Gautam Gambhir and South African captain Graeme Smith to become Wisden Cricketer's World Test Player of the Year on Thursday.
India captain KL Rahul admitted that his team was made to really work hard by Bangladesh to register a comprehensive 188-run win in the first Test of the two-match series in Chattogram on Sunday.
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Shakib Al Hassan became the second bowler to take 100 T20 wickets, after Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga, as Bangladesh defended 112-8 by bowling Australia out for 62 in 13.4 overs, the tourists lowest Twenty20 score.
Images form the World Twenty20 match between Austalia and Bangladesh played at Bridgetown on Wednesday.
West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach and his team were dealt misery on top of their one-day series loss to Bangladesh after being fined for breach of the International Cricket Council code of conduct.
Bangladesh followed up their Test series victory over West Indies with a convincing triumph in the opening one-day international on Sunday.
Bangladesh claimed their first overseas Test series win when Shakib Al Hasan's fine all-round performance guided them to a four-wicket victory over West Indies in Grenada on Monday. Al Hasan, acting skipper in the Test, struck a majestic unbeaten 96 from 97 balls and Bangladesh, after an early scare, comfortably surpassed the target of 215 with a day to spare.
England seem poised to win the series 2-0 after reducing Bangladesh to 172 for six on the fourth day of the second and final Test on Tuesday.
Shane Watson scored a quick fifty and Mitchell Johnson claimed three wickets as Australia beat Bangladesh by 38 runs in an ICC World Twenty20 warm-up game in Nottingham on Monday.
Rohit Sharma carried his bat, scoring 83 not out, while putting on two good partnerships. He first stitched a 61-run partnership with Dhawan at the top of the order and then joined hands with Dhoni to see India through.
A charged up Sunrisers Hyderabad will have revenge on their minds when they face an in-form Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League, in Hyderabad, on Thursday.
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan on Wednesday said dropping guard after a good first hour was one of the reasons behind their crushing 10-wicket defeat in the second Test against India apart from the brilliance of paceman Zaheer Khan.
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim and all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan hailed the South Asian team's new-found aggression, believing that beaten Australia will have far more respect for them in the second and final Test at Chittagong next week.
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan said maintaining a stifling line and length did the trick for his bowlers on the opening day of the first Test in Chittagong on Sunday.
Images from Day 1 of the first Test between Bangladesh and India, in Chittagong, on Sunday.
The start of the first Test between India and Bangladesh at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium, in Chittagong, has been delayed due to fog and dew. Umpires Billy Bowden and Marais Erasmus will carry out an inspection at 0900 IST to decide when the toss will be held.
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Injured pacer Mashrafe Mortaza was left out of the 14-member Bangladesh squad for the two-match Test series against India starting from January 17 in Chittagong.
On a roll after back-to-back wins, the vintage Chennai Super Kings would look to extend their winning run when they clash with struggling Kolkata Knight Riders in their next IPL match in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Rajasthan's campaign started on a controversial note when Jos Buttler became the first cricketer in the IPL to be 'Mankaded', the practice of running out non-strikers, who back up early, by bowlers on their delivery stride.
Debutant teenager Rubel Hossain claimed four wickets and Shakib Al Hasan scored an unbeaten 92 to send Bangladesh into the tri-series ODI tournament final with a surprise five-wicket defeat of Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
Shakib Al Hasan led Bangladesh to a seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the second One-day International with a blistering knock of 105 off 69 balls on Thursday.
Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan claimed three wickets as Bangladesh left Sri Lanka stuttering at 172 for six before bad light stopped play early on the opening day of the first Test on Friday.
The job is only partially done and Bangladesh have no choice but keep winning to stay in the hunt for a berth in the quarter-finals of the World Cup, said skipper Shakib Al Hasan, after his team beat the Netherlands in Chittagong on Monday.
Images from Sunday's IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, in Chennai.
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Former champions Kolkata Knight Riders will look to strike a perfect balance under the astute leadership of Eoin Morgan when they open their IPL campaign against a consistent Sunrisers Hyderabad in Chennai on Sunday.
Fast bowler Dale Steyn claimed four wickets for 16 runs in eight overs to help steer South Africa to victory by 61 runs in the first one-day international against Bangladesh on Friday.
Senior opener Tamim Iqbal opted out of Bangladesh's upcoming tour of India as his wife is due with the couple's second child.
The makeshift West Indies side struggled against Bangladeshi spin again on a rain-affected third day of the second Test as the Caribbean side reached 192 for eight in their second innings at St George's in Grenada. Shakib Al Hasan took four for 62 after the West Indies, who had a five-run first-innings lead, struggled to make a score that would give them a chance of levelling the series.
Bangladesh spinner Shakib Al Hasan and fast bowler Shahadat Hossain have been fined 10 per cent and five per cent of their match fee while opener Imrul Kayes has received a reprimand for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials during the first Test against West Indies at St Vincent.
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India's off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has managed to retain his second spot in the latest ICC player rankings for Test bowlers issued on Sunday.
On a high after Rinku Singh's phenomenal knock, Kolkata Knight Riders will be gunning for a hat-trick of victories when they face a resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by six wickets in the final one-day international to win the three-match series 2-1 on Friday. Mashrafe Mortaza of Bangladesh was named man-of-the-match, while Shakib Al Hasan, also of Bangladesh, was adjudged man-of-the-series.
Elton Chigumbura smashed his eighth one-day half-century before taking a key wicket to help Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 38 runs in the opening match of the tri-series tournament on Saturday.
Skipper Mohammad Ashraful hit an unbeaten half-century as Bangladesh batted defiantly in pursuit of a massive victory target in the first test against Sri Lanka at Mirpur on Tuesday.
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