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Batting lessons by Sikandar Raza for the Bangladeshi batters

Batting lessons by Sikandar Raza for the Bangladeshi batters

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-08-17 17:42:32

Bangladesh will want to forget the latest Zimbabwe series quickly. The disastrous performance in both the ODIs and T20Is led to losing both series. The Tigers should move on quickly from this and loo...

The Sabbir Rahman saga that makes no sense

The Sabbir Rahman saga that makes no sense

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-08-16 18:58:25

Sabbir Rahman is back in the colours of the Bangladesh National team after 3 years. This time there’s actually a lot of hope, optimism and expectations because of his profile in T20Is along with...

Losing to Zimbabwe is a reality check, but who cares?

Losing to Zimbabwe is a reality check, but who cares?

Neel Rahman 2022-08-14 12:47:30

Bangladesh were not supposed to lose even a single One-Day International to Zimbabwe in their tour. They didn't even have any nightmares about it. But they did. They didn’t just lose one, they...

Why Afif should bat up the order

Why Afif should bat up the order

Neel Rahman 2022-08-11 15:44:28

Afif Hossain, since his debut in One-Day Internationals, has been depicted by the Bangladesh team management as a solution for number seven and thus has been denied to bat higher up the order. That i...

Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh T20 series: A comedy of a series

Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh T20 series: A comedy of a series

Neel Rahman 2022-08-04 16:19:23

Before the start of the three-match T20 International series against Zimbabwe, the Bangladesh Cricket Board director and the Tigers’ team director Khaled Mahmud had said that he would not be dis...

Stopgap Sohan waits for Shakib

Stopgap Sohan waits for Shakib

Neel Rahman 2022-07-28 13:18:52

Nurul Hasan Sohan’s appointment as the new skipper of the Bangladesh national T20I team did not come as a surprise, especially after Mahmudullah Riyad’s downhill performances for about a y...

The World Test Championship: A blessing for Test cricket

The World Test Championship: A blessing for Test cricket

Shajedul Rahin 2022-07-27 16:15:34

A new term ‘Bazball’ has recently been included in the dictionary of cricket as England has taken Test cricket to a whole new level, scoring with aggressive intent and chasing mammoth tota...

Can BCB be patient enough to stick to the change?

Can BCB be patient enough to stick to the change?

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-07-25 17:35:59

The decision of making Nurul Hasan Sohan the captain of the national T20 team has gained a lot of praise. It indicates that the team management is looking towards the future, something which they are...

A useless series win made worse

A useless series win made worse

Neel Rahman 2022-07-23 16:22:11

Bangladesh indeed managed to assert their dominance over West Indies in the ODI series, winning it 3-0 after being thumped in both Tests and T20Is. This was expected as they have a clear game plan fo...

Stokes’ retirement: A song to deaf ears

Stokes’ retirement: A song to deaf ears

Neel Rahman 2022-07-21 18:29:08

Ben Stokes, England’s hero at Lord’s in the 2019 World Cup final, has retired from One-Day Internationals. But that’s not news anymore. Rather, the discussion that ensued from it is...

Tigers heading for another T20 World Cup disaster

Tigers heading for another T20 World Cup disaster

Neel Rahman 2022-07-16 18:07:01

Bangladesh have lost yet another T20 International series, and it seems like they just can’t get out of the cycle of disasters in this format at the moment. The two defeats in the Caribbeans to...

Is Kohli a liability for India now?

Is Kohli a liability for India now?

Neel Rahman 2022-07-08 19:23:23

After their Edgbaston defeat to England, Indian cricket fans witnessed something that they must have forgotten about. The ICC ranking updates came in, and Virat Kohli was not found in the top 10 for...

Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe: ODI series to be reduced to 3 matches

Bangladesh tour of Zimbabwe: ODI series to be reduced to 3 matches

Afif Chowdhury 2022-07-07 15:32:15

Bangladesh National Cricket Team will tour Zimbabwe this August to play three ODIs and the same number of T20 internationals revealed Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) CEO Nizam Uddin Chowdhury. Initial...

Strong middle-order gives the ultimate edge in modern ODI cricket

Strong middle-order gives the ultimate edge in modern ODI cricket

Shafin Saif 2022-06-30 20:04:34

The English team crossed the landmark of 400+ runs total in ODIs 5 times since 2015. Currently, the top 3 positions of the elite dashboard of the highest innings total in ODIs are - 498/4, 481/6 and 4...

Pacers are flourishing now, but will the process sustain?

Pacers are flourishing now, but will the process sustain?

Neel Rahman 2022-06-30 17:02:59

Since their debut in the format in 2000, Bangladesh have never been a Test side with a good bowling unit for foreign pace-friendly conditions. But since the beginning of 2021, Bangladesh entered a ne...

What went wrong in West Indies?

What went wrong in West Indies?

Neel Rahman 2022-06-29 13:40:47

And with that deafening 10-wicket defeat, Bangladesh have finally got out of yet another horrendous Test series in West Indies. The margin reads 2-0 like the last time, only there was no innings defea...

Frequent change of ball decided the game

Frequent change of ball decided the game

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-06-28 13:27:19

A new ball brings new hope to the bowling attack. As a result, often the change of ball is interesting as it shifts the momentum somewhat. But the 2nd Test against Bangladesh vs Windies saw a bit more...

Glimpses of Lankan resurgence

Glimpses of Lankan resurgence

Shafin Saif 2022-06-26 16:40:17

Sri Lanka secured a historic series win against Australia in their home by a 3-2 margin. Against the backdrop of a failing economy and a tumultuous national scene, the Lankans finally triumphed over...

Unforeseen love for cricket in Sri Lanka

Unforeseen love for cricket in Sri Lanka

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-06-25 15:18:45

The people of the sub-continent are known for their love and passion for cricket. Although India is considered the biggest cricket-crazy nation, Sri Lankan people seem to have topped all of them. Sri...

Overusing Shoriful and Taskin: BCB cannot make the same mistake again

Overusing Shoriful and Taskin: BCB cannot make the same mistake again

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-06-24 15:18:04

Shoriful Islam has been called up for the 2nd Test against Windies. Everything indicates that he is going to be in the XI for this game. The way the pitch behaved in the first game and the assumption...

Bangladesh's top-order batting collapse in Test cricket: A numerical look

Bangladesh's top-order batting collapse in Test cricket: A numerical look

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-06-23 18:28:36

Top-order batting collapse is a serious headache for Bangladesh now. This problem is taking them out of the game before it properly starts. Despite all the efforts later, this deficit cannot be cove...

Is Bijoy the right solution to our problems?

Is Bijoy the right solution to our problems?

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-06-23 15:12:55

Bad forms of Shanto and Mominul seem to be reluctant to go away. Their forms are directly hurting Bangladesh in Tests. At this point dropping them is looking like a necessity. There are strong report...

Why is Bangladesh vs West Indies Test series not broadcasted in Bangladesh?

Why is Bangladesh vs West Indies Test series not broadcasted in Bangladesh?

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-06-22 16:18:10

Today marks 22 years of Bangladesh securing Test status. While everything has changed for Bangladesh cricket, clearly for the betterment compared to old times, an issue is in the discussion while Bang...

What Miraz's batting promotion could mean for Bangladesh?

What Miraz's batting promotion could mean for Bangladesh?

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2022-06-19 13:19:53

After seeing Tamim Iqbal walking back to the pavilion in the 2nd innings, to everyone’s surprise, Mehidy Hasan Miraz came to bat at No 3, in the place of Najmul Hasan Shanto.  It was surpr...

West Indies showing where Bangladesh made the mistake

West Indies showing where Bangladesh made the mistake

Shajedul Rahin 2022-06-17 23:48:17

On the 1st day of the 1st Test between West Indies and Bangladesh, the top order of Bangladesh collapsed again, which has been a usual scenario for Bangladesh in the recent past.  The Caribbeans...

Bangladesh vs West Indies 1st Test: Repetition of the past or a new story?

Bangladesh vs West Indies 1st Test: Repetition of the past or a new story?

Neel Rahman 2022-06-15 15:50:43

Bangladesh are in West Indies for a full tour, and the two-match Test series begins on June 16 at Antigua. For Bangladesh, this is a new chapter as Shakib Al Hasan will begin his third tenure as the...

McCullum unleashes a new brand of Test cricket in England

McCullum unleashes a new brand of Test cricket in England

Neel Rahman 2022-06-15 12:44:34

England had 71 overs to chase down 299 on a day five pitch, against the World Test Champions New Zealand -- with a batting lineup that gave them no hope of doing so, considering their recent performan...

Is Liton the best wicketkeeper-batsman in the world now?

Is Liton the best wicketkeeper-batsman in the world now?

Neel Rahman 2022-06-13 17:21:30

Liton Das was an enigma for Bangladesh fans. Since his international debut in 2015, and even before for the followers of the domestic cricket of Bangladesh, Liton was something the country’s cri...

Shakib’s coincidental hat-trick of captaincy

Shakib’s coincidental hat-trick of captaincy

Aniruddha Bhowmik 2022-06-13 14:42:06

Bangladesh’s greatest ever all-rounder is set to commence on his third stint as Bangladesh captain and as a miraculous coincidence, it's West Indies yet again against whom Shakib will be startin...

Mominul awaits his acid test, working on basics to bounce back

Mominul awaits his acid test, working on basics to bounce back

Neel Rahman 2022-06-09 16:33:19

Mominul Haque has stepped down from captaincy, and he will finally be without the burden that saw his batting form drop drastically. But this has also put him in a precarious position. Before being a...