Before the new season gets underway, however, the CCDM will organise the 2025-26 Third Division Qualifying League later this month, with 70 Dhaka clubs set to take part.

Bangladesh pacer Hasan Mahmud has been nominated for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for August 2026 after a memorable tour of Australia, alongside England pacer Ollie Robinson and Sri Lanka batter Sonal Dinusha.

The latest EOI, issued on September 6, is the second such invitation from the BCB in two months.

The Bangladesh Under-19s walked away with the GD Trophy, but for head coach Hannan Sarkar, the tournament's true success was the spotlight it provided of the country's cricketing pipeline.

Bangladesh speedster Nahid Rana is drawing interest from Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL), with franchises eager to secure the pacer for the upcoming edition, sources have confirmed to The Daily Star on Monday.

Former captain Najmul Hossain Shanto has returned to Bangladesh’s T20 fold for the upcoming 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announcing a strong 15-member squad for the event on Wednesday.

The next four matches will be crucial to Bangladesh’s hopes, and chief selector Habibul Bashar said they do not want to lose momentum.

The Bangladesh Test side touched down in Dhaka on Friday, welcomed with flowers by members of the Bangladesh Cricket Board after a memorable tour of Australia.

Chief selector Habibul Bashar described the performance as “disappointing” but said Bangladesh were “not alarmed”.

India have already named a formidable squad featuring Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Abhishek Sharma, while Pakistan have picked a side including Sahibzada Farhan, Abrar Ahmed among other known faces.

In an exclusive interview with The Daily Star’s Abdullah Al Mehdi, the former Australia pacer and ex-Bangladesh fast-bowling coach breaks down the Tigers' newfound pace mettle, their push for Test consistency, and more.

Although Bangladesh endured a disappointing performance in the Mackay Test, chief selector Habibul Bashar expressed overall satisfaction with their two-match series against Australia, describing the 1-1 draw as a “huge achievement” for Bangladesh cricket.

The BPL window is fixed for December-January, and Tamim said that the franchise-based T20 tournament is not a priority for the board right now.

The victory came 23 years after Bangladesh last played a Test in Australia and was only their second win against the hosts in Test cricket.

Bangladesh did it in Darwin on Sunday, in the capital of Australia’s Northern Territory, far from the country’s traditional cricketing centres.

Under ICC rules, teams are required to bowl 15 overs per hour during a day of Test cricket, which should usually equate to 90 altogether. But the Aussies fell four short on Saturday and could face sanctions from the ICC as a result.

Australia's humiliating nine-wicket loss to Bangladesh has accelerated calls for regeneration of its ageing Test team with opener Jake Weatherald and the inconsistent Marnus Labuschagne in the firing line.

“The Bangladesh of 23 years ago and this Bangladesh are not the same.” When Najmul Hossain Shanto made that statement on the eve of the Darwin Test, many might have quietly smirked.

For a team that has spent much of its 25-year Test journey searching for consistency, Bangladesh have often produced something more valuable: moments that refuse to be forgotten.

He famously insisted that Bangladesh didn't belong in Test cricket.