He played five games with Sylhet Strikers, but was clearly struggling with fitness issues

Team owner says Malik's contract was until February 14 but he wanted to leave early

After seeing an eye specialist in Singapore earlier this week, he is set to play Rangpur Riders' next game

The Brisbane Heat batter is set to arrive in Bangladesh on January 26

Shoriful Islam took the first hat-trick of his T20 career, as new franchise Durdanto Dhaka started with a win

He has already played two overseas T20 tournaments, as allowed by the PCB, for the July 2023 to July 2024 period

Big overseas names in the spotlight once again as BPL begins on January 19 in Mirpur

In Sylhet, Moin Khan and Sumon Khan helped South Zone survive in the final hour to draw their encounter against North Zone in Sylhet

Match referee David Boon assessed that the bounce was inconsistent "from the first session onwards"

The overlap with the PSL might hit the BPL the hardest, since Pakistanis are in big demand in the league

"I let him in on my game plan, about staying leg-side of the ball and using my hands and bats to play the ball. He thought it was a good option for him as well"

Shanto has no complaints about the pitch, where 36 wickets fell in 178.1 overs, since it gave Bangladesh an advantage - it's just that "we didn't bat well"

Bangladesh had reduced the visitors to 69 for 6 in the 137-run chase, before Phillips and Santner took NZ home

New Zealand batter on how he prepared for what he knew would be a tough challenge, and being momentarily distracted when he was finally dismissed

Both games ended in a draw as several players made impressive performances

After 15 wickets fell on day one, the teams were not able to take the field in Mirpur

Pitches like the one in Dhaka maximise Bangladesh's strengths and enable them to push for WTC points, but what does it do to their fast bowlers?

Phillips, Santner and Patel had earlier shared eight wickets between them as New Zealand bowled Bangladesh out cheaply

The laws were changed in 2017 to remove the handled-the-ball category and include such dismissals under obstructing the field

Bangladesh's coach has earmarked the batter as a future full-time captain, and said the BCB would 'make that decision when the right time comes'