Faruque Ahmed born in Dhaka is a former cricketer and current president of Bangladesh Cricket Board. He represented Bangladesh national cricket team from 1988 to 1999.
Shakib Al Hasan is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays Test and ODI cricket for the Bangladeshi cricket team. He is also a former member of Parliament for Magura-1. He is known for his aggressive left-handed batting style in the middle order and controlled slow left-arm orthodox bowling. He is widely regarded as the greatest Bangladeshi sportsman and one of the greatest all-rounders of all time.
Tamim Iqbal Khan,more commonly known as Tamim Iqbal,is a Bangladeshi cricketer and commentator from Chittagong who was captain of the national team in ODI matches from 2020 to 2023. Considered among one of the greatest Bangladeshi batters,he is the first Bangladeshi to score a century in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in the 2016 edition,being 103* the highest score made by a Bangladeshi at any T20 World Cup tournament.
Bhairab is a upazila of Kishoreganj District in the Division of Dhaka,Bangladesh. Olukanda was another name of Bhairab. The city centre of this upazila is Bhairab. About 118,992 people live in Bhairab municipality which makes this city the largest in Kishoreganj District and 28th largest city in Bangladesh.
Mohammed Zillur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the President from 2009 until his death in 2013. He was also a senior presidium member of the Awami League. He is the third president of Bangladesh,after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Ziaur Rahman,to die in office,while being the first to die of natural causes.
Ivy Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician. She was the Women's Affairs secretary of Awami League. She was injured and later died following the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.
Arafat Rahman,nicknamed "Koko" was a Bangladeshi cricket organizer and former chairman of the Development Committee of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. He was also the younger son of the former president of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman and former prime minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia.His elder brother is Tarique Rahman,who is the acting chairperson of BNP(Bangladesh Nationalist Party)
Dhaka Capitals is an professional franchise cricket team that plays in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). They represent Dhaka Division.The team plays its home matches at the SBNCS. Dhaka is the one of the most successful BPL franchise,having won three BPL titles in the BPL,it has appeared in a 5 finals and qualified for the playoff stages 7 times,the most amongst the BPL teams. The team competes in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and was one of the six franchises incorporated when the league was established in 2012.
Bangladesh Premier League,also known as Dutch-Bangla Bank BPL for sponsorship reasons,is a professional Twenty20 Cricket league organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). It was formed in 2011 by the BCB,after the suspension of its predecessor organisation,2009/10 National Cricket League Twenty20. The first season was held in February 2012,and the games were held across Dhaka and Chittagong. The BPL is headed by the chairman of its Governing Council.
Rangpur Riders,is a professional cricket team based in Rangpur. The Riders compete in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL),the premier cricket league in Bangladesh. This team took part in 2024 Global Super League and became the champion gaining their maiden title.
2013 (MMXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar,the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 13th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century,and the 4th year of the 2010s decade.
The English cricket team toured Bangladesh in October 2016 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs),two Test matches and three tour matches. A terrorist attack in Dhaka four months before the tour started raised concerns about team safety. This led to two members of the England team,regular one-day captain Eoin Morgan and opener Alex Hales,to withdraw from selection.
Kishoreganj-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant.
The Bangladesh Premier League 2019–20,also known as BPL Season 7 or Bangabandhu BPL Presented by AKASH DTH and Powered by TVS,was the seventh season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL),the top level professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). The season was scheduled to originally start from 6 December 2019 and end on 11 January 2020,with the opening ceremony to be held on 3 December 2019. Comilla Victorians were the defending champions. However,the tournament was delayed by five days and started on 11 December 2019 and ended on 17 January 2020,with the opening ceremony held on 8 December 2019.
The 2020–21 Bangabandhu T20 Cup was a Twenty20 cricket competition that was held in Bangladesh. It was played by five teams,during November and December 2020. In November 2020,more than 100 players began to undertake fitness tests,ahead of a players' draft for the tournament. The players' draft took place on 12 November 2020,with the tournament starting in the third week of November. Two days later,the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.
The 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League players draft took place on 17 November 2017.
The England cricket team toured Bangladesh in March 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The ODI series formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. It was the first bilateral T20I series between the two teams,and England's first tour of Bangladesh since 2016.
The 2013–14 Victory Day T20 Cup was a Twenty20 cricket competition that was held in Bangladesh. It was played by four teams,during December 2013. Four Dhaka Premier League teams took part in a lottery to determine who picked one each of the Yellow,Blue,Green and Red teams. Announcing the schedule of the tournament at a press conference on 21 December,the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed that four teams would participate in the T20 series and AMBER Group would be the title sponsors of the event.
The Bangladesh cricket team toured South Africa in March and April 2022 to play two Tests and three One Day International (ODI) matches. The Test series formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship,and the ODI series formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. On 9 February 2022,Cricket South Africa confirmed the schedule and venues for the series.
The 2021 Bangladeshi cricket season is taking place from 20 January to 31 December 2021. A total of 29 international matches,including 4 Test,9 One Day International and 16 Twenty20 International matches are scheduled to take place in Bangladesh in 2021. 72 first-class,5 List A and 54 Twenty20 matches are also being held in this season. All the international matches will form part of the 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League,2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship,2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship and the preparation for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
