Expectations were heightened after the day game between Rajshahi and Fortune Barishal produced a high-scoring affair but Gemcon Khulna’s batsmen could not quite capitalize on the energy of the earlier game, managing 157 for nine against Gazi Group Chattogram after being sent in to bat.

Fortune Barishal are lingering at the bottom of the Bangabandhu T20 Cup table with just a solitary win from five matches so far. And for the Tamim Iqbal-led side, it would now require a win in the rest of their three games to give them any chance of progressing to the playoffs.

While life inside a bio-secure bubble has been difficult for some cricketers, including England all-rounder Sam Curran who on Monday opted to sit out Australia's Big Bash citing strains over protocols, there appeared to be enough fun to go around for everyone concerned in Bangladesh cricketers' bio-bubble for the Bangabandhu T20 Cup.

Gemcon Khulna picked up their fourth win of the tournament with a five-wicket win over Rajshahi in today's evening game of the Bangabandhu T20 Cup at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today.

Before the start of the Bangabandhu T20 Cup, Fortune Barishal skipper Tamim Iqbal expressed disappointment over the team combination, saying his side had made a few mistakes during the players’ draft.

Beximco Dhaka’s three Alis -- Yasir, Akbar and Muktar -- ran the show today as they helped their side seal a 25-run victory over Minister Group Rajshahi under lights at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

The 57-run opening partnership between Tamim Iqbal and Parvez Hossain looked promising as Fortune Barishal came in to chase down Gemcon Khulna's 173. However, a batting slump saw the chase fall away as Khulna defeated Barishal by 48 runs to pick up their third win of the tournament.

Bangladesh’s former ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza had been out of cricket for a long while. The pacer, who stepped down from captaincy during Zimbabwe’s tour of Bangladesh, had played his last match in any format in March this year.

Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan returned to cricket through the Bangabandhu T20 Cup following the end of his one-year ban. There had been suggestions that Shakib would get into his groove right away --expectations based on his tremendous form with the bat in the World Cup in England -- but that has not yet been the case.

Despite a blistering start and a thrilling final over, Minister Group Rajshahi suffered a 1-run defeat as Gazi Group Chattogram extended their unbeaten run in the ongoing Bangabandhu T20 Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today. With this win, Chattogram made it four wins out of four in the tournament.

As part of an assessment for the West Indies' scheduled tour of Bangladesh in January next year, Windies delegates inspected the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium (SBNS) in Mirpur today and the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZACS) in Chattogram yesterday. After the assessment, the delegates mentioned that they were satisfied with the Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) arrangements made for the potential tour.

Bangladesh’s Tamim Iqbal became the first batsman in the country to reach 6000-run landmark in T20 cricket during his side Fortune Barishal’s match against Beximco Dhaka at the Bangabandhu T20 Cup today.

Mushfiqur Rahim’s Beximco Dhaka celebrated their first win of the Bangabandhu T20 tournament, defeating Tamim Iqbal’s Fortune Barishal by seven wickets at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

A delegate from Cricket West Indies today visited the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur to assess the conditions for West Indies’ scheduled tour of Bangladesh in January next year.

Beximco Dhaka succumbed to their third defeat of the Bangabandhu T20 Cup as they lost to Mahmudullah Riyad’s Gemcon Khulna by 37 runs in the evening game at Mirpur today.

Gemcon Khulna’s batting lineup once again failed to ignite properly as they were restricted to 146 for eight by Mushfiqur Rahim’s Beximco Dhaka in the day’s second game at Mirpur today.

Tamim Iqbal’s Fortune Barishal succumbed to their second defeat of the tournament as they fell short of Gazi Group Chattogram’s 151/7 by 10 runs. Tamim said that the experienced players could have taken more responsibility in this game while the batting could have been smarter.

Two left-arm pacers Mustafizur Rahman and Shoriful Islam ran riot as they helped Gazi Group Chattogram beat an inexperienced Fortune Barishal by 10 runs in the seventh match of the ongoing Bangabandhu T20 Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today. With that win, Chattogram made it three wins out of three in the five-team competition.

Premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan reached 5000 runs in T20s while playing for Gemcon Khulna against Gazi Group Chattogram in the ongoing Bangabandhu T20 Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

Ali Arman, the reserve umpire for today’s two games in the Bangabandhu T20 Cup, has tested positive for coronavirus and already left the bio-secure hotel, confirmed BCB Chief physician Debashish Chowdhury today.