The tour of Sri Lanka has saved Bangladesh's weakest format for last.

Sri Lanka clinched the title of the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup beating Pakistan by five wickets in a lopsided final at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong today.

Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews will miss the remaining fixtures of Bangladesh's tour after being ruled out of the Twenty20 matches starting in Colombo on Tuesday.

Indian Cricket Board‘s (BCCI) move to stall the proposed constitutional and financial reforms in the ICC may suffer a roadblock if BCCI tries to send N Srinivasan as its representative at the world body’s Board Meeting.

Speaking with the shady benefit of hindsight may not be the most honest thing to do, but it will be even more disingenuous to deny that the status of Bangladesh's ODI progress hinged to a large extent on the result of the third ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo, which they lost by 70 runs on Saturday.

Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody Sunday said that Bangladesh's left-arm pace sensation Mustafizur Rahaman is expected to join the franchise on April 7 after playing the final match of the limited overs series against Sri Lanka.

Dinesh Chandimal may count himself very unlucky to have his innings cut short at 21 in the 26th over. In an attempt to take a single, Chandimal had comfortably beaten a good throw from Taskin Ahmed from deep point.

The Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, the most coveted 50-over competition in the country, will start from April 12 instead of the earlier announced date of April 7.

Mohammad Saifuddin was the fresh inclusion in the national side as the uncapped pace bowling all-rounder was included in the 16-member squad for the two-match T20I series against Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan told reporters at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo yesterday that Mustafizur Rahman would be able to play in the Indian Premier League 'if he wants to' but that it will only be after 10 days' rest at home after the tour of Sri Lanka ends.

Pakistan booked their place in the final of Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2017 on April 3 against Sri Lanka after they overwhelmed Afghanistan by 124 runs in the second semi-final at the MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong today.

Sri Lanka thumped Bangladesh by eight wickets as they reached 180 for 2 after 38.5 overs during the first semifinal of the Emerging Teams Asia Cup against Sri Lanka at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong today.

Admirers of the elegant excellence of Kumar Sangakkara and fans of cricketing scandal will be bitterly disappointed to learn that a story that ran on the website of Sri Lanka’s reputed Island newspaper proclaiming the return of Sangakkara for today’s third ODI against Bangladesh was nothing more than a an April Fool’s joke.

The three-match ODI series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka ends in a draw after the hosts win the third and final game by 70 runs.

Chairman of Selectors Sanath Jayasuirya has convinced former captain Kumar Sangakkara to come out of retirement with the national cricket team in dire straits.

Ahead of the third and series-deciding ODI at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground tomorrow and on the cusp of a win that will continue the history-making theme on the tour of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza wanted to see the two qualities in his team that have made him such an attractive and inspirational cricketer.

Indian online media is currently agog with the news that Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman will likely not participate in the 2017 edition of the Indian Premier League after Sportstar quoted the left-armer as saying ‘I don’t think I will be able to make it for the tournament this time around’, in a piece published online on March 30.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has turned down the Pakistan Cricket Board’s proposal to send its national team to Pakistan for two T20 internationals after the ICC Champions Trophy in June this year.

There are interesting tidbits you can catch during a Bangladesh practice session, especially when the team are in the run of form they are currently in on the tour of Sri Lanka.

Ever since his debut, when he took the world by storm by bowling Bangladesh to a series win over India, Mustafizur Rahman has been a precious commodity in Bangladesh cricket.