Mehidy Hasan Miraz named new Bangladesh ODI skipper
As Bangladesh completes 20 years in Test cricket, Norma Astrid Godinho picks nuggets about a cricket-passionate nation who no team can take lightly anymore.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated Atletico de Kolkata for winning the maiden Indian Super League.
East Bengal's winless streak got extended after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Hyderabad FC in an Indian Super League match, in Bambolim, Goa, on Thursday. The draw enabled the Nizams to rise to second place on the points table and extend their unbeaten run to six matches.
Rajneesh Gupta highlights important numbers for the Bangladesh team from World Cups.
Six current national players are among 14 Bangladeshi cricketers who will form a new team, named Dhaka Warriors, in this year's 'rebel' Indian Cricket League, media reports in Dhaka said.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has offered 17 players a contract including six for the first time, the BCB said at a news conference on Saturday.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has offered 17 players a contract including six for the first time, the BCB said at a news conference on Saturday. Mahmudullah Riayd, Nazmul Hossain, Naeem Islam, Mahbubul Alam, Imrul Kayes and Rubel Hossain will join 11 cricketers already contracted with the BCB.
Militants kidnapped three constables of the CRPF, who were on intelligence gathering mission, from Keller and Paddar forest area on Tuesday. While one of the constables managed to escape from the clutches of the kidnappers, the other two -- Mohammad Rafique and Asif Ali -- were killed by their captors, the sources said.
The members of the victorious inaugural Indian Super League Football Championship Atletico de Kolkata (ATK) were felicitated by West Bengal government.
One person was killed and at least three others injured on Tuesday when two Express trains, on the same track, collided near Sahibabad, about 12 km from Ghaziabad.The incident took place at around 6.20 am when New Delhi-bound Padmawat Express hit Kalindi Express, which was stationary on the same track, near Brij Vihar railway station near Sahibabad. One passenger identified as Mohammad Rafique, a resident of Ganjdundhuara in Kashiram Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, was killed.
Bangladesh have axed spinner Mohammad Rafique and opening batsman Shahriar Nafees to make room for three uncapped players in their 15-man Twenty20 squad for next month's world championship in South Africa.
Bangladesh's most successful spinner Mohammad Rafique will quit international cricket after the second and final Test against South Africa starting in Chittagong on Friday.
Ponting and Gilchrist, who hit centuries in the first Test against Bangladesh, today joined a select club of batsmen.
Sri Lanka need 137 runs to win the first Test against Bangladesh.
Uncapped pace bowler Nazmul Hossain has been added to the Bangladesh squad for the second and final Test against India, starting on Friday in the port city of Chittagong.
New Zealand reached 207 for 5 after James Franklin's hat-trick restricted Bangladesh to 177 on the second day of the first Test match.
Captain Daniel Vettori took three for 25 on Sunday to help New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 83 runs in the final ODI.
Muttiah Muralitharan took six for 18 as Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by an innings and 96 runs on the third day of the first Test
Stubborn rearguard action enabled Bangladesh end the first day of the second Test on 264 for nine.
Bangladesh crushed Zimbabwe by eight wickets in their fifth one-day international to win their first ODI series 3-2.
Bangladesh squared the one-day series 2-2 against Zimbabwe with a 58-run victory in the fourth match.
Mohammad Rafique and Manjural Islam Rana grabbed four wickets each to bowl Bangladesh to a 58-run victory in the fourth ODI international against Zimbabwe on Saturday.
New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 83 runs in the third and final ODI to wrap up the series 3-0.
Mashrafe Mortaza and Mohammad Rafique took three wickets each as England were dismissed for 295 on the third day of the first Test. \n\n
Bangladesh were 163 for three in their second innings after bowling Pakistan out for 346 the third day of the first Test.
Bangladesh posted their highest Test total before being dismissed for 416 on the day three of the first Test against WI in St Lucia.
Bangladesh moved to an impressive 406 for nine wickets at the close of play on the rain-affected second day of the first Test against West Indies.
West Indies, chasing a modest 145 for victory, collapsed from 81 for two to 133 for nine before winning by one wicket in the first ODI.
They bowled out Pakistan for 175, but lost quick wickets in their second innings in the third Test.
The Bangladesh spinner bagged six wickets as South Africa were dismissed for 330 on the second day of the second Test.
The left-arm Bangladesh spinner took 4 for 59 on day 1 of the second Test.
New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 138 runs in the first one-day international on Tuesday.
East Bengal rode on a Ranty Martins strike to pip debutants DSK Shivajians by a solitary goal in the I-League football tournament at the Vidyasagar Krirangan in Barasat in West Bengal on Tuesday.
Atletico de Kolkata's super sub Mohammed Rafique, who scored the winning goal in the inaugural Indian Super League said he will cherish his 20 minutes on the field for the rest of his life.
East Bengal rode on defender Bello Rasaq's header to defeat Salgaocar 2-1 and jump to second place in the I-League football tournament in Barasat on Sunday.
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