“Comparing the way associate teams like the USA, Canada, Papua New Guinea have played, I feel that Bangladesh have regressed in T20s,” Ashraful told The Daily Star.

Scotland openers George Munsey and Michael Jones gave England a fright in their T20 World Cup opener in Barbados on Tuesday before rain spared the defending champions a potentially tough chase.

It has been another instance of injury troubles for Bangladesh’s pace battery in a major event.

The last time the West Indies hosted a T20 World Cup, England had emerged champions.

Afghanistan's statement win in their opening group match against Uganda showed they have the goods to make a deep impact in the ninth edition of the showpiece event. 

"Pretty special moment for us, hearing our national anthem and seeing our flag at the World Cup," Masaba said.

The Argentina football team led by Lionel Messi took part in their first formal training session at the Inter Miami Club Training Center in Miami in their build-up to the Copa America 2024 starting on June 21.

"That's the beauty of what I've been exposed to in the last few years," Green told reporters in Barbados in the lead-up to Australia's opener against Oman.

“Not sure this is the best introduction to cricket in a new land,” Bhogle wrote on X.

Sri Lanka started their World Cup campaign on Monday with a six-wicket defeat to South Africa in New York and were in a rush after the game to get to Dallas, where they will face Bangladesh on June 8.

Salt will spearhead the nation’s top-order, leveraging Caribbean experience that only team-mates Chris Jordan and Jofra Archer can relate to

The 31-year-old played every IPL match, took 18 wickets and guided Sunrisers Hyderabad to the final, leaving the fast bowler feeling extremely assured with how his short-form game is placed.  

Uganda skipper Masaba took positives from his team's T20 World Cup debut, despite the heavy defeat. "Pretty special moment for us, hearing our national anthem and seeing our flag at the World Cup," Masaba said.

Seven runs is also the fewest ever conceded by a South African man in a full allocation of four overs in a T20I.

At a press conference ahead of India's first game against Ireland in New York, Dravid stated he will not reapply for the role, with the BCCI advertising the role from last month.

"India vs. Pakistan is like the Super Bowl on steroids. We had no idea how huge it was," Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said. "We want to put our best foot forward."

When you are out of form, not much assistance from outside can help you along if you cannot figure out the nature of the problem. Lack of runs in their natural flow has not helped Bangladesh batters’ cause heading into the T20 World Cup in USA and West Indies. Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto had spoken of knowing their abilities, but did they show enough faith in it themselves?

South Africa beat Sri Lanka by a comfortable six-wicket margin in the teams’ opening Group D match of the T20 World Cup in New York yesterday.

Sri Lanka recorded their lowest total in all T20 cricket.

The ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 winners will receive the highest amount in the tournament's history.