The complete schedule for the highly anticipated T20 World Cup 2024, set to take place in the USA and West Indies from June 1, has been officially released by the ICC. This mega event marks a historic first with 20 participating teams, divided into five groups, competing in a total of 55 matches across nine cities in the two countries over 29 days.
The dhoom of twenty overs begins in Dharakka cricket. The tenth season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will be played from January 19. There will be a total of 46 matches in three venues. BPL will start next Friday with the match between new team Durdanta Dhaka and Comilla Victorians. Before that, let's see how the teams have made squads in the title fight. The strongest team on paper is the reigning champions Comilla.
Mohammad Saifuddin was not in discussion before the start of the recently concluded BPL. Fortune joins Barisal fully fit from injury. He came into the discussion with a great ball in the last over of the innings in the final. That overtie plays a big role in winning the title. But despite such a great performance, why he did not get a chance in the national team, the question has now created a storm on social media.
Nahida Akhter's slightly overhanging delivery tries to play out of the crease and is beaten by Ashley Gardner on the turn. Nigar Sultana broke the stumps with the ball in his gloves in the second attempt. Nahida made a name for himself with this wicket. Nahida topped Salma Khatun with 2 wickets for 27 runs in the first match of the ODI series against Australia on Thursday. The 24-year-old left-arm spinner now has the most wickets for Bangladesh in women's ODIs.
Starting with the Nidahas Trophy in 2018, followed by Mathews' timed out controversy at the World Cup—all in all, the Bangladesh-Sri Lanka duel has taken on a different dimension over time. In the recent ODI and T20I series, the cricketers of the two teams exchanged celebrations that made this fight even more intense. Now it's time for the test. Two teams are entering the field on Friday in a red ball fight in white clothes in Sylhet. The game starts at 10 am Bangladesh time.
Sylhet's wicket is pace friendly. The pacers of Bangladesh have done their job well. Pacers have taken seven of Sri Lanka's 10 wickets. He tied the visitors in the first innings by a few runs. However, Bangladesh suffered a shock at the beginning of the batting. Batting in the last afternoon, they ended the day losing three wickets for just 32 runs. The success of the bright day is therefore much dimmed in the floodlit evening. The hosts will start the second day of the first innings tomorrow Saturday (March 23) trailing Sri Lanka by 248 runs.
Nahid Rana got the first ball in the ninth over of the day. He bowled the first ball at a speed of 146 kilometers per hour. Throughout the day this pace was seen to be regular. While giving extra speed, he suffered a lot with the line-length, which has scratched the bowling figure. However, he got the break throw which is the specialty of such bowlers in the last session. He became the hero to break the big pair of Sri Lanka and bring Bangladesh back into the game.
