Needing six runs off the final over with five wickets in hand and Towhid Hridoy on 47 off 32 at the non-strikers’ end, it seemed an easy task for Bangladesh to win the first T20I against Afghanistan in Sylhet yesterday until Karim Janat’s hattrick suddenly changed the complexion of the game.

Bangladesh have come up with a different strategy in the game's shortest format this year, and it worked again to some extent against Afghanistan in the first of the two-match T20I series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium yesterday.

Youngsters Towhid Hridoy and Shamim Hossain, arguably two of the most inexperienced ones in the line-up, helped Bangladesh seal a tricky chase against a formidable Afghanistan bowling attack in a tight two-wicket win in front of a jam-packed Sylhet International Stadium yesterday.

With just five away from victory, Bangladesh almost made a meal out of their chase, conceding a hattrick to Afghanistan pacer Karim Janat in the final over of the innings while chasing 154 in the first of the two-match T20I series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday.

Bangladesh batters Towhid Hridoy and Shamim Hossain came of age as they guided Bangladesh to a tight two-wicket win over Afghanistan in the first T20I of the two-match series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday.

Left-arm spinner Rafiuzzaman Rafi registered a five-wicket haul as Bangladesh U-19s won by four wickets against their South African counterparts in the penultimate fixture of the five-match one-day series at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi yesterday.

Bangladesh T20I skipper Shakib Al Hasan failed to capitalise on his start as he departed for a 17-ball 19 to leave Tigers four down for 64 in pursuit of 154 in the T20I opener against Afghanistan at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday. 

Bangladesh lost three wickets with 41 runs on the board in the eighth over against Afghanistan while chasing 154 before rain stopped play in the first of the two-match T20I series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday.  

Bangladesh opener Rony Talukdar failed to keep away a regulation delivery by fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi as he departed in the very first over of the innings while chasing 154 against Afghanistan in the T20I opener at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday.

Afghanistan all-rounders Mohammad Nabi and Azmatullah Omarzai staged a remarkable comeback for their side as they powered the visitors to 154 for seven after a dismal start in the first of the two-match T20I series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday.

Shakib Al Hasan dismissed Afghanistan all-rounder Karim Janat to leave the visitors four down for 72 runs after the end of the 12th over in the first of the two-match T20I series at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday.

Bangladesh bowlers turned up the heat, taking three wickets within the Powerplay in the first of the two-match T20I series against Afghanistan at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday. 

Shaheen was on 99 Test wickets when he was injured landing awkwardly at the boundary line trying to stop the ball, and it will be his first outing in the long form of the game since then.

Bangladesh have won the toss and decided to field first in the first of the two-match T20I series against Afghanistan at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday.

Inclement weather in Sylhet poses a bit of a concern among the fans as the first of the two-match T20I series between Bangladesh and Afghanistan is scheduled to begin at 6:00pm today.

Major League Cricket got underway in Texas on Thursday, and the most serious attempt yet to establish a domestic competition in the United States provided all the ingredients of a modern Twenty20 league.

Bangladesh women's cricket team saw their wish to play at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium fulfilled, hosting India for a three-match T20I series at the 'home of cricket'.

Bangladesh desperately needed a change in mindset and body language since Tamim Iqbal's retirement saga in the middle of the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan which the hosts conceded with a game in hand before managing to avoid a whitewash.

Sedate in the morning period, Jaiswal and Sharma were more positive in mid-afternoon as the West Indies wilted in the blistering heat.

With the format moving to the shortest one, the challenge for Bangladesh gets even more intense as the home side take on Afghanistan in the first of the two-match T20I series at the picturesque Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today, scheduled to begin at 6pm local time.