Bangladesh opener Parvez Hossain Emon has been ruled out of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) due to a shoulder injury, which also casts a shadow over his participation in the national team’s home T20I series against New Zealand later this month.

The newly formed four-member national selection panel today named a 15-member Bangladesh squad for the opening two ODIs of the upcoming three-match series against New Zealand, starting on April 17, opting for continuity by retaining an unchanged side from the previous Pakistan series.

Bangladesh announced an unchanged squad from the Pakistan series for the first two ODIs of their upcoming three-match home series against New Zealand today.

While it appeared that the club crisis was at an end after Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) held a meeting with councillors from the revolting clubs on Thursday, even setting a tentative date for the start of the Dhaka Premier League (DPL), it now seems like there are a few loose ends that need to be tied up.

Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi tore the Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowling to shreds on his way to equalling his own record for the fastest fifty of this season's IPL, powering unbeaten Rajasthan Royals to a fourth successive victory, by six wickets, on Friday.

The powerful right-hander blasted a bouquet of sixes in the last four overs to score 52 off his last 19 balls and leave the home team still searching for their first victory.

The first two games of the ODI series will take place in Mirpur, with the final match to be played in Chattogram.

The country’s most widely contested cricketing competition -- Prime Bank National School Cricket Tournament -- will begin its 11th edition today amidst questions over the timing of the event.

Peshawar Zalmi rode on a devastating spell from Nahid Rana to hammer Karachi Kings by 159 runs -- the biggest win ever by margin of runs in the tournament -- in their Pakistan Super League (PSL) clash in Karachi on Thursday.

The ice on the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) status quo is breaking after a fruitful meeting between clubs and the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday evening.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday announced the revised starting times for the upcoming three ODIs and three T20Is against New Zealand at home, which was changed in alignment with the government’s energy austerity measures.

The previous best was held by Bhutan’s Sonam Yeshey, who claimed eight wickets for just seven runs against Myanmar in a Men's T20I in 2025.

“Bangladesh’s biggest circus is the cricket board, and the ones around it,” former Bangladesh cricketer Aftab Ahmed said in a video posted on his official Facebook page on Wednesday.

Jos Buttler has been around long enough to know it usually takes perseverance to bring a run drought to an end and the Gujarat batter's resolve was finally rewarded with a stellar knock in the Titans' win over Delhi Capitals on Wednesday.

The Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) has applauded the decision of the ad hoc committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to increase match fees and monthly remuneration for male and female cricketers.

Japan's new cricket venue, built for this year's Asian Games, will host men's T20 internationals for the first time next month, said the International Cricket Council.

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Gujarat won by one run to bounce back from two defeats. Delhi suffered their first loss after two wins.

The latest developments surrounding Bangladesh cricket and the newly formed ad hoc committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) raise a familiar, uncomfortable question: will the dream of a politics-free sports arena ever move beyond being a hollow slogan?