Australia have retained their No.1 spot in the MRF Tyres ICC Men's ODI Rankings after the annual update but face strong competition ahead with Pakistan and India on their toes.

Casting aside the fallout from the purported rift between national-team stalwarts Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal, Bangladesh will be hoping to continue their dominance in the 50-over format when the Tigers take on England in the first ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National in Mirpur today. The match is scheduled to start at 12:00pm.

Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim Iqbal has claimed that everything is fine within the team as he tried to brush aside president’s claims of a rift between him and Shakib Al Hasan, during a press conference on Sunday.

The Jos Buttler-led England team will play three ODIs and three T20Is against Bangladesh, starting from March 1.

The 54-year-old touched down at 10:36 pm and will start Tigers' training camp on Tuesday.

Three squads were announced on Thursday naming Irish stars like Paul Sterling, Harry Tector, Josh Little, Andy Balbirnie, and Curtis Campher. 

There were a lot of speculations about possible first-team absences for the tour of Bangladesh but England, in the end, named strong squads led by Jos Buttler for the white-ball series against Bangladesh on Thursday.

Sri Lankan Chandika Hathurusingha has left his post as assistant coach of New South Wales amidst suggestions that he will take on the head coach role of Bangladesh national team.

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan on Wednesday said his team's "lack of experience" in handling close matches made them come up short in a rain-hit thriller against India at the Twenty20 World Cup.

Having beaten the Netherlands by nine runs in their first Super 12 match, Bangladesh cricket team are preparing for their next challenge, against South Africa on Thursday.

Bangladesh’s performance in the Asia Cup was a mixed bag despite their painful exit from the tournament last night. The Tigers lost their opening fixture against Afghanistan despite putting up a fight with the ball until the last stages while the tumultuous exit against Sri Lanka saw their batting effort improve considerably but death-over nerves saw the match escape from them.

In the upcoming three-match T20I series against Bangladesh, hosts Zimbabwe will not be receiving the services of Blessing Mujarabani and Tendai Chatara, the two tried-and-tested pacers they heavily relied on against the Tigers previously.

Following a bittersweet tour of the West Indies, Bangladesh national cricket team turn their focus on the white-ball away series against Zimbabwe, starting from July 31.  

It has long been understood that Bangladesh find it easier to meet the challenges of the ODI format.

Eid brings joy and happiness and teaches everyone to make sacrifices. Due to professional commitments, cricketers often have to miss out on the company of near ones on special days such as Eid.

Bangladesh national cricket team players celebrated their Eid ul Azha in Guyana on Saturday, the day before the first of three one-day internationals takes place at The Providence.

Bangladesh national cricket team currently touring the West Indies wished everyone back home on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha in Guyana on Saturday.  

Bangladesh reached the elusive three-figure mark in Test defeats when they succumbed to a 10-wicket defeat on Day Four of their second Test against the West Indies at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Saint Lucia on Monday.  

Shakib Al Hasan and Bangladesh team would be pleased to have scalped two wickets before bad weather stopped proceedings in the morning session on day three of the second and series-deciding Test in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia today.

The Bangladesh cricket team touring the Caribbean may be ten thousand miles away from where history has been made today, but that didn’t prevent the Tigers from celebrating the inauguration of the Padma Bridge from their end.