"The 2023 ODI World Cup is a big opportunity for us. There are a lot of senior stars in the team with many matches under their belt. The junior stars are performing regularly and the bowling line up is very good, especially pacers. In the Asia Cup, I am not thinking hard. I am expecting more from the World Cup," said Mominul

Hathurusingha has done well since taking up the Bangladesh job in January, winning a T20I series against England at home following a 2-1 loss in the ODI series

“We expect these young cricketers to come in, and suddenly be world-beaters just like that. It is not possible. He (Towhid) has a lot of potential and a desire to learn. He has a high work ethic. I am excited for what he can do,” said Pothas.

Mahmudullah had applied for a vacation from June 22nd till July 5, cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus told the media yesterday. "He will join the camp after Hajj," Jalal informed. Given the circumstances, that possibility remains unlikely

"We have a good idea of how the surface in Mirpur will behave and the wicket will be prepared according to our needs," Bashar added

"I worked a lot on mental aspects and also on strength training in the gym. My eating habits were not proper so I tried to maintain a disciplined life and follow a process overall. I won't say I did it a hundred per cent but I am trying to maintain that standard which is required if I really want to compete at the top-level, by which I mean international cricket. When you can properly maintain these aspects, there are greater chances of success," said Naim

The Tigers do not have happy memories of hosting Afghanistan in lone Tests. Afghanistan had won by a mammoth 224 runs the maiden Test between the two countries in Chattogram as Bangladesh’s plans backfired.

"I'm still not an all-rounder but Tamim probably now believes I can bowl," Shanto, who was adjudged man-of-the-series, said during a post-match presentation.

“If I tell you we had the belief we'd win, I'd be lying. But cricket is a funny game, wickets fall and scoreboard pressure is bad to have. When the Fizz got two wickets, we thought we had a chance,” skipper Tamim Iqbal conceded at post-match ceremony and that is how close it was.

The Bangladesh captain had last scored an international ODI fifty in August last year, against Zimbabwe, and went nine innings without scoring a fifty during a slightly rough patch

Following a brilliant three-wicket win in the second ODI against Ireland, Bangladesh will be looking to seal the series when they take on the hosts in the third and final game in Chelmsford today..There were a lot of positives to take from the second game, with Najmul Hossain Shanto hittin

Shanto's maiden ton, Towhid Hridoy’s vital 68 and Mushfiqur Rahim's sensible finish helped Bangladesh pull off their second-highest chase in the fifty-over format

Although the first of the three-match ODI series against Ireland was abandoned due to rain, a common feature of Bangladesh’s stint in Chelmsford,

It wasn't quite the obvious reason – the players—but the conditions in England-- a neutral venue for Ireland's home series against Bangladesh—that bothered the Sri Lankan coach as his plans for preparation were somewhat hampered due to rain.

“I don’t want to use the word favourites a lot,” Bangladesh ODI captain Tamim told reporters at the Cambridge University’s Fenner’s ground yesterday.

In less than a month after facing Ireland at home for a full series, Bangladesh team are expected to be in England by tonight as the Irish side await to lock horns with the Tigers in a three-match ODI series, part of the ICC Men’s World Cup Super League.

Bangladesh have a few series ahead of the 2023 ODI World Cup and the team management is still in the process of building towards that event in India with an eye on increasing the player pool and managing the workload of players.

Bangladesh announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming ODI series against Ireland, part of ICC ODI Super League, and the biggest change coming in was uncapped paceman Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, in for Taskin Ahmed who is recuperating from an injury.

Bangladesh have named a 15-member squad for the ODI series against Ireland away to England with uncapped pacer Mrittunjoy Chowdhury in the lineup.

Bangladesh’s long stretch of assignments since the Asia Cup last year will pause briefly after the lone Test against Ireland, starting from Tuesday, and resume with an away ODI series against the same opponents in May. The Tigers geared up for the longer version yesterday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur but were without skipper Shakib Al Hasan, who himself had a far busier schedule off the field than rest of his teammates.