Mohammad Ashraful

Lankans’ loss gives Tigers ‘ray of hope’

“Comparing the way associate teams like the USA, Canada, Papua New Guinea have played, I feel that Bangladesh have regressed in T20s,” Ashraful told The Daily Star.

‘Belonging to a war-torn country, Afghans don’t fear 140-plus deliveries as we do’

It is not unknown to anyone that Bangladesh are still to come to terms with the T20 format -- a rudimentary assessment of the Tigers’ T20 calibre and a glance at how the Tigers fared in the previous editions of the T20 World Cup would be enough to realise that.

All-stars converge, rolling back the years

Three of Bangladesh’s finest cricketing talents caught up with each other at the heart of the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Tuesday, ahead of a Bangladesh Premier League fixture between Rangpur Riders and Khulna Tigers. Rangpur Riders all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was busy with his side’s bowling coach Mohammad Rafique when former captain Mohammad Ashraful, now working as a TV analyst, decided to catch up with his former national teammates. Photos: Firoz Ahmed 

Playing unfit Mashrafe is ‘belittling the tournament’, says Ashraful

“I feel that it’s belittling the tournament. This kind of tournament is watched all over the world," Ashraful said

Bangladesh cricket stuck in its old ways: Ashraful

Four matches into Bangladesh’s campaign in the ICC ODI World Cup, the pre-tournament optimism surrounding the Tigers has all but withered away.

I do not hope to return to the national team: Ashraful

Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful said that he does not harbour any hopes of returning to Bangladesh colours and said that he is planning to retire from cricket after playing for another one or two seasons.

Ashraful proud to play a charity T20 game for Lashings World XI

Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful is set to feature for the Lashings World XI alongside former international cricketers in a charity T20 game against Letchworth Garden City Cricket Club in England today.

Ashraful reminisces Eid memories

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.

Ashraful blasts ‘pathetic’ domestic pitches

Former Bangladesh skipper Mohammed Ashraful did not subscribe to the theory that Bangladesh lacked power-hitters due to physique or muscles, opining that such abilities could only be honed through a proper process.

June 5, 2024
June 5, 2024

Lankans’ loss gives Tigers ‘ray of hope’

“Comparing the way associate teams like the USA, Canada, Papua New Guinea have played, I feel that Bangladesh have regressed in T20s,” Ashraful told The Daily Star.

May 18, 2024
May 18, 2024

‘Belonging to a war-torn country, Afghans don’t fear 140-plus deliveries as we do’

It is not unknown to anyone that Bangladesh are still to come to terms with the T20 format -- a rudimentary assessment of the Tigers’ T20 calibre and a glance at how the Tigers fared in the previous editions of the T20 World Cup would be enough to realise that.

February 13, 2024
February 13, 2024

All-stars converge, rolling back the years

Three of Bangladesh’s finest cricketing talents caught up with each other at the heart of the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Tuesday, ahead of a Bangladesh Premier League fixture between Rangpur Riders and Khulna Tigers. Rangpur Riders all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was busy with his side’s bowling coach Mohammad Rafique when former captain Mohammad Ashraful, now working as a TV analyst, decided to catch up with his former national teammates. Photos: Firoz Ahmed 

January 23, 2024
January 23, 2024

Playing unfit Mashrafe is ‘belittling the tournament’, says Ashraful

“I feel that it’s belittling the tournament. This kind of tournament is watched all over the world," Ashraful said

October 21, 2023
October 21, 2023

Bangladesh cricket stuck in its old ways: Ashraful

Four matches into Bangladesh’s campaign in the ICC ODI World Cup, the pre-tournament optimism surrounding the Tigers has all but withered away.

January 22, 2023
January 22, 2023

I do not hope to return to the national team: Ashraful

Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful said that he does not harbour any hopes of returning to Bangladesh colours and said that he is planning to retire from cricket after playing for another one or two seasons.

August 19, 2022
August 19, 2022

Ashraful proud to play a charity T20 game for Lashings World XI

Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful is set to feature for the Lashings World XI alongside former international cricketers in a charity T20 game against Letchworth Garden City Cricket Club in England today.

July 10, 2022
July 10, 2022

Ashraful reminisces Eid memories

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.

July 5, 2022
July 5, 2022

Ashraful blasts ‘pathetic’ domestic pitches

Former Bangladesh skipper Mohammed Ashraful did not subscribe to the theory that Bangladesh lacked power-hitters due to physique or muscles, opining that such abilities could only be honed through a proper process.

July 4, 2022
July 4, 2022

Can’t win without ‘game-changers’, Ashraful opines

“We don’t have someone like Rovman Powell and that made the difference,” former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful said as he summed up the Tigers’ 35-run defeat in the second T20I against the West Indies in Dominica on Sunday.

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