Hard-hitting Ross getting no favours from Cutting

Australian cricketer Alex Ross has just come to the BPL after playing the Big Bash League with Sydney Thunder. While he played alongside David Warner and Alex Hales in the Big Bash on January 14, franchise cricket's demand brought him to Bangladesh for the first time yesterday, and he will have to quickly adjust to new conditions and gel with new teammates.

Afridi relieved after avoiding whitewash

Pakistan captain Shaheen Shah Afridi said it was "very important" his team avoided a whitewash series loss to New Zealand after winning the fifth and final Twenty20 International by 42 runs on Sunday.

Nahidul helps set up first win for Khulna

Off-spinner Nahidul Islam starred with four wickets to help set up his side’s first victory of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League 2024 with a four-wicket win over Chattogram Challengers in Mirpur on Saturday. 

Sleepless for two nights, Najibullah wins it for Chattogram

“I didn’t sleep for last two days,” Najibullah said in the post-match presentation ceremony

Australia keep faith in Smith as opener

Smith made 12 and 11 not out as an opener in the first Test against West Indies, which Australia won inside seven sessions

Shoriful ‘never thought of a hattrick’

From 6,6 to W,W,W -- the way things unfolded in the final over of the first innings between Durdanto Dhaka and defending champions Comilla Victorians yesterday was as surprising to the protagonist, Shoriful Islam, as it was to the fans who had flocked in on a holiday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to witness the 10th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League kick off.

In pictures: Barishal, Rangpur begin their BPL 2024 campaign

Here are some moments captured from the match by The Daily Star’s photographer, Firoz Ahmed.

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'Did not talk' to Shakib, says Tamim

Shakib Al Hasan made two runs with the bat for Rangpur and picked up the wickets of Ibrahim Zadran and Mushfiqur Rahim

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Khaled takes four as Shakib's Rangpur hobble to 134-9

Mohammad Imran Junior set the tone of the innings in the very first ball, when he rattled the stumps of Brandon King with an in-swinging yorker.

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'Newly-wed' Shoaib Malik in action for Barishal

Malik announced his wedding with Sana amidst the rumours of his separation with Indian tennis star Sania Mirza.

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Young Tigers send India to bat in U19 World Cup

The last time Bangladesh and India faced off in a Youth ODI in South Africa was in the final of the 2020 ICC U19 World Cup

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Tamim’s Barishal send Shakib’s Rangpur to bat

This is the first time Shakib and Tamim will be facing off on the cricket field since their public falling out before last year’s ICC ODI World Cup.

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Dipu, Zadran power Chattogram to seven-wicket win over Sylhet 

Chattogram Challengers batters Shahadat Hossain Dipu and Najibullah Zadran smashed fifties to power their side to a seven-wicket win over last edition’s finalists Sylhet Strikers in their opening Bangladesh Premier League 2024 fixture at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday. 

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Channel I win BSJA Media Cup Cricket Tournament 2024

Channel I clinched the BSJA Media Cup Cricket Tournament 2024, powered by Bashundhara Kings, with a four-wicket win over T Sports in the six-a-side final at Paltan Ground on Friday.

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Dhaka’s Shoriful, Naim help down Comilla in BPL opener

Durdanto Dhaka got their Bangladesh Premier League 2024 campaign off to a winning start, courtesy of Shoriful Islam and Mohammad Naim, who helped down defending champions Comilla Victorians by five wickets in the tournament’s opener at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Friday. 

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NZ chase down Pakistan to win fourth T20I

Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips combined to steer New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over Pakistan in the fourth Twenty20 international in Christchurch on Friday, placing them on the verge of a series clean sweep.

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