iPay, the first digital wallet service in Bangladesh has signed on June 26 for the Title Sponsorship of the Bangladesh's tour of West Indies 2018. Earlier, Bangladesh national cricket team left Dhaka on Saturday to receive West Indian hospitality for a complete series comprising of two Tests, three ODIs and similar number of T20i matches. The series thus will be called 'iPay West Indies-Bangladesh Cricket series', which will kick off on July 4 by the first Test of the series at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Kingston, Jamaica. Whereas, Sabina Park of Jamaica will be hosting the visitors in the second Test from July 12. After that both the sides will move to Guyana for the first ODI at Guyana National Stadium on July 22. The second ODI will also be played at the same venue on July 25 while the third and final ODI will take place at Warner Park in St. Kitts on July 28. Warner Park also will host the first of the three T20i on July 31. The final two matches of the three-match T20 series, on the other hand, are scheduled to be played under the lights at the Central Broward Regional Park (CBRP) in Lauderhill, Florida, USA on August 4 and 5 respectively.
Bangladesh cricket team reached Antigua in the Caribbean early Sunday morning following a two-day travel from Dhaka. The Tigers had transit in Dubai and New York on their way to the West Indies.
The Bangladesh cricketers were scheduled to have their first training session Monday afternoon at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium. Test and T20I captain Shakib al Hasan, who was on holiday in the USA, was scheduled to join the team Monday evening.
All-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz, who had a delayed departure from Dhaka due to visa complication, is scheduled to join the squad Tuesday. However, Bangladesh team manager for the West Indies tour, Sabbir Khan, is still in Dhaka, waiting for visa approval.
In their first tour of the Carribbean since 2014, the Tigers will play two Test matches, three ODIs and as many T20Is against the home side. The visiting side will also play two practice games against local opposition.
The Tigers will be looking to give a good account of themselves after a dreadful time in their last West Indies tour where they lost the three-match ODI series. The lone T20I of that series was abandoned due to rain.
Bangladesh will kick off the tour with a two-day practice game, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. The tourist will lock horns with the host in the first Test, starting July 4. The second and final Test will begin on July 12.
The three-match ODI series will begin on July 22 while the second and third ODIs will be held on July 25 and 28 respectively. The two teams will then face each other in the three-game T20I series.
History-making Bangladesh women’s national team will be given a gala reception when they will return home today after being crowed as champions in the ACC Women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Bangladesh women’s team created a new history on Sunday when they defeated six-time champions India by three wickets in a thrilling final to lift the Asia Cup title for the first time. The win against India in the final could not be recognised as fluke as Bangladesh defeated the World Cup finalists also in the league stage and won five matches at a stretch to become the Asian champions. The triumphant side, who became the first Bangladeshi team to lift a continental title, is scheduled to arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5:50pm today. They will be taken straight to a city hotel, where they will be given a gala reception. The BCB is also expected to announce a cash reward for women’s team after the historic success, which may come as a perfect boost for the team ahead of World Twenty20 qualifiers, scheduled in the Netherlands from July 7-14. ‘This is a great achievement in women’s cricket,’ BCB chief executive officer Nizamuddin Chowdhury told reporters in Mirpur in his instant reaction. ‘The win will inspire the side to achieve more glories in future. We have been working for the women’s team for quite a long time but were not able to get success. I think this will be a huge inspiration for the women’s team for the future,’ he added. BCB women’s wing chairman Shafiul Alam Chowdhury also expressed his delight after the success of women’s team in Asia Cup. ‘As you know that the women’s team were suffering through many problems but our Prime Minister [Sheikh Hasina] told our board president to take extra care of them. Since then, we have been doing extra camps and are trying to increase the number of matches,’ Shafiul told New Age. As Jahanara Alam came down the wicket to hit Harmanpreet Kaur to deep midwicket region to take the needed two runs in the final ball of the match, thousands of cricket fans, who watched the game in TV erupted in joy. The spectators include Bangladesh men’s cricket team, who took their time off in training at Mirpur to watch the historic win in their dressing room. Opener Tamim Iqbal posted a video of Tigers sharing the winning moment of women’s team in his Instagram account, which had gone viral almost immediately. Until 9:00pm, over 23,000 fans shared the video in Facebook, which saw the Tigers putting their recent disappointments of losing 0-3 to Afghanistan to burst into celebration once the winning runs were scored. Wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim also shared a video of winning moment while congratulatory messages poured in from many corners. President Md Abdul Hamid, prime minister Sheikh Hasina and speaker of the parliament Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury also congratulated the women’s team in separate messages.
The three-match Twenty20 international series against Afghanistan might have ended for Bangladesh in defeat but skipper Sakib al Hasan would remember the series for a personal milestone that he achieved along the way.
Dehradun, June 8 : Afghanistan whitewashed Bangladesh 3-0 in the T20I series as they pipped their opponents by one run in the third and final match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium here on Thursday.
