The veteran Bangladesh batter Mushfiqur Rahim initiated the noble act by donating his Player of the Match (POTM) prize money from the Rawalpindi Test. Rahim was adjudged the Player of the Match for his marathon innings of 191.
Faruque Ahmed has taken the prestigious position as Bangladesh cricket continues to grapple with an ongoing upheaval in the board.
The legendary Bangladeshi batter last played ODI cricket in September 2023 and is unlikely to get a callback after failing to earn a central contract on Monday. The BCB included new captain Najmul Shanto and young bowler Shoriful Islam received all-format contracts for the first time.
Mohammad Naim returned to ODI cricket after a gap of two years during Bangladesh's recent ODI series against Afghanistan.
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"We have not discussed captaincy yet. We have to take a break and think about it. As I have said before, if it was one series, we could have gone with the vice-captain (Litton) but now we have to think long-term," Hassan added.
The left-arm pacer was picked up by Rajasthan Royals for INR 1 crore in the auction.
Shakib Al Hasan's request seeking a longer stint in the IPL has left the Bangladesh Cricket Board disappointed and it has decided to add new clauses in the players' central contracts to avoid a similar situation in future.
Kazi, who was Bangladesh's leading wicket-taker in the 2018 U-19 World Cup, tested positive for Methamphetamine, a prohibited substance, during a National Cricket League game in the same year.
Bangladesh Cricket Board has said that ICC needs to extend the World Test Championship cycle to allow the boards to organise scheduled Test series which are currently postponed.
Sri Lanka are reportedly preparing to host India and Bangladesh in July as the SLC CEO Ashley de Silva insisted that the series 'haven't been postponed'.
Rahman confirmed he had been struggling with the symptoms and had chest pain.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday announced that it will follow the work from home policy from Sunday owing to COVID-19 pandemic.
PCB President Ehsan Mani will meet Bangladesh counterpart Nazmul Hasan to discuss their tour to Pakistan.
Bangladesh Cricket Board chief Nazmul Hasan has said that the board will not pressurize any player to travel to Pakistan.
Newly-appointed BCCI president Sourav Ganguly had recently said that skipper Virat Kohli was not averse to the idea of playing pink-ball Test.
BCCI President-elect Sourav Ganguly is confident that the Bangladesh players will sort the issue with the board and the series won't be affected.
Addressing the media here, senior players like Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, who were all present at the press conference, clearly said they will be off cricketing activities till the time their demands are not fulfilled.
Akram Khan also informed that Australia's tour of Bangladesh for a T20I series, which was slated to be held in October this year, will now take place in 2021 ahead of the eighth edition of the T20 World Cup.
The Asian Cricket Council in its meeting in Singapore awarded the continental meet, to be held in T20 format, to Pakistan, which will most likely organise it in the neutral venues of the UAE.
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