With three directors resigning on the same day, the number of departures from the current elected board has now risen to six since the October 6 elections last year.

The fourth board of directors meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) was held yesterday in Mirpur. Extension of the captaincy tenures of its existing leadership groups in ODIs and T20Is, and the appointment of former cricketer Mohammad Rafique as a specialised BCB coach were the biggest outcomes from the meeting. Notably, BCB director Faiazur Rahman also resigned from his position after the meeting, becoming the fourth director of the current board to do so.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director Faiazur Rahman resigned from his position following Saturday’s board of directors meeting, citing personal reasons.

Rizvi smacked seven sixes and as many fours in his 51-ball blitz which consigned Mumbai to their first defeat of the season.

A beautifully crafted half-century by skipper Shreyas Iyer took Punjab Kings to a second successive victory, by five wickets against Chennai Super Kings, and to the top of the Indian Premier League table on Friday.

The new national selection panel led by former captain Habibul Bashar have been entrusted to build a team for the 2027 ICC ODI World Cup, and one of the first challenges they will have to tackle to make it happen is to create a solid batting order.

Starc, Australia's third-highest wicket-taker with 759 wickets across all formats, retired from T20 internationals in September last year.

Fakhar will miss Lahore's matches against Multan Sultans on Friday and Islamabad United on April 9.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is set for a board meeting on Saturday on the backdrop of another director stepping down on Thursday -- the third such resignation in less than six months of the current board.

Explosive knocks by openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma led Sunrisers Hyderabad to their first win of the IPL season with a 65-run thrashing of Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday.

Arun Dhumal, chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL), termed the highly controversial omission of Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman from Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as “unfortunate.”

BCB director Yasir Mohammad Foysal Ashiq has tendered his resignation, citing personal reasons, becoming the third member of the elected board to step down.

Rassie van der Dussen has announced his retirement from international cricket, across all formats of the game, the right-hander confirmed today, taking to his social media to share a heartfelt message reflecting on his journey in international cricket.

England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson said he "hated every minute" of his brief stint in The Hundred last summer and that he planned to be on holiday when the competition takes place this year.

England white-ball captain Harry Brook and team-mate Jacob Bethell have been warned about their future conduct after a nightclub incident on the pre-Ashes tour of New Zealand last year.

The 22-year-old Rizvi, who was named player of the match, raised his fifty with a four off part-time spinner Aiden Markram and later hit the winning six.

Bashar informed that his panel will now focus on team selection for the upcoming New Zealand ODIs.

State Minister for Youth and Sports Aminul Haque inspected the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium (SICS) and the Sylhet District Stadium today as part of the lead-up to the nationwide launch of the Notun Kuri Sports programme, scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on April 30.

Cricket Scotland has recently announced the schedule for a Women’s T20 tri-series involving Bangladesh and the Netherlands, set to begin on May 28 in Edinburgh.

The independent inquiry committee which was formed by the National Sports Council (NSC) to look into irregularities in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) election last year, is hopeful of completing their inquiry within the given time frame.