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Imran Tahir takes 500th T20 wicket, becomes fourth player to milestone

Imran Tahir completed 500 wickets in T20s and became just the fourth bowler to achieve the remarkable feat. With this five-wicket haul, Tahir joined the company of Dwayne Bravo, Rashid Khan and Sunil Narine to have taken 500 T20 wickets. Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan has scalped 556 wickets and West Indies mystery spinner Sunil Narine is third with 532 wickets. …

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Mystery surrounds the Pakistan Cricket Board’s decision to issue NOCs to centrally contracted as well as non-contracted players to participate in the International League T20 and the Bangladesh Premier League in January-February. The mystery stems from the fact that fast bowlers Naseem Shah, Ihsanaullah and Mohammad Hasnain along with experienced all-rounder Shadab Khan have all recently recovered from injuries and …

It is the T20 cricket season and another tournament, Bangladesh Premier League is set to commence on January 19. The 10th edition of the competition will get underway with Durdanto Dhaka and Comilla Victorians locking horns in the first game of the season. As many as seven teams - Khulna Tigers, Durdanto Dhaka, Comilla Victorians, Chattogram Challengers, Sylhet Strikers, Fortune …

Shakib Al Hasan ready to sacrifice T20 league contracts, to prioritise playing for Bangladesh

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has decided to prioritise his national team over T20 leagues in order to prolong his international career across all three formats. He is currently recovering from a finger injury sustained during the World Cup and Shakib is eyeing domestic T20 tournament to return to action and not in Indian Premier League or Pakistan Super League. …

'If they made me BPL CEO...': Shakib AL Hasan criticises Bangladesh's top T20 league

Dhaka: Two years ahead of the start of the new cricketing season, Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan sharply criticised the Bangladesh Premier League, highlighting the lack of timely player drafts and improper scheduling that leads to the clashes with other T20 leagues. “If they made me the BPL CEO, it would take me one or two months to correct everything. …

BPL 2022: Sunil Narine hits 13-ball fifty, joint 2nd-fastest in history of T20 cricket

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The Bangladesh Cricket Board has been forced to cancel this year’s Bangladesh Premier League T20 tournament in view of the raging COVID-19 pandemic. “BPL is not happening this year,” Nazmul told reporters while launching the inaugural edition of the three-team 50-over tournament at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here. The BCB chief also ruled out the possibility of shifting the tournament …

In an effort to raise the profile and rebuild the image of its revamped domestic T20 league, Bangladesh Cricket Board is planning to rope in out-of-contract Indian players to play in the cash-rich tournament in future. Match-fixing scandals and payment delay of some foreign players have shattered the image of the Bangladesh Premier League which was launched in 2011, forcing …

In an effort to raise the profile and rebuild the image of its revamped Bangladesh Premier League, Bangladesh Cricket Board is planning to rope in out-of-contract Indian players to play in the cash-rich domestic T20 league in future. Match-fixing scandals and payment delay of some foreign players have shattered the image of the BPL which was launched in 2011, forcing …

The 2019 Bangladesh Premier League witnessed a masterclass from Tamim Iqbal as his 61-ball 141*powered Comilla Victorians to lift their second BPL title in the finals against Dhaka Dynamites, winning by 17 runs. It was the second highest score in a T20 tournament final as his knock helped the Imrul Kayes led Victorians to post 199. However, with Dhaka's bowling …

Former Australia captain Steve Smith, who is currently serving a one-year ban from international cricket over the infamous ball-tampering scandal which took place last year, on Thursday pulled out of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League due to an elbow injury. Smith featured in just two matches in the BPL T20 tournament for his franchise Comilla Victorians. The former Australia skipper's …

Bangladesh lifts Steve Smith's T20 ban

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Bangladesh T20 League: Steve Smith barred, David Warner to play