The fact that Tamim Iqbal, a day before Bangladesh Premier League’s new season began, had expressed his willingness to talk to Shakib Al Hasan made yesterday’s fixture between Fortune Barishal and Rangpur Riders a highly anticipated one.

Rangpur Riders all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will leave for Singapore tomorrow to see an ophthalmologist as he continued to feel discomfort in his eyes, the team’s director Shanian Tanim confirmed to the Daily Star today. 

Shakib Al Hasan made two runs with the bat for Rangpur and picked up the wickets of Ibrahim Zadran and Mushfiqur Rahim

This is the first time Shakib and Tamim will be facing off on the cricket field since their public falling out before last year’s ICC ODI World Cup.

Fortune Barishal skipper Tamim Iqbal said that he would talk to Bangladesh’s all-format captain Shakib Al Hasan when he was asked whether he would congratulate the all-rounder and former Tigers skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza on winning the polls in the recently concluded general elections.

Meanwhile, defending champions Comilla Victorians named Liton Das as their skipper for the new season.

Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan is set to depart for London today to see an eye doctor, a member of BCB medical department confirmed to The Daily Star.

Following Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan Papon’s swearing in as Minister for Youth and Sports in the new government on Thursday, questions have been flying around whether the incumbent BCB boss can resign now and a new president is nominated, or does he need to wait till the end of his tenure to do that, which is October 2025? There seems to have been a lot of curiosity, and confusion too, in this regard among the general people. Papon himself spoke to the media on consecutive days regarding the issue, but his statements have hardly helped clarifying things. One thing he said categorically, though, was that the fact that whoever takes charge after him will have to be a director of the board. What does the BCB constitution say regarding the standing down of an incumbent president and the instalment of a new one? And are those in line with ICC guidelines? As people continue to speculate regarding Papon’s tenure and the next president of the country’s most followed sporting federation, Non-Striker’s End, The Daily Star’s digital cricket show, attempts to answer all these questions.

The frequent shuffle of franchises, and their names as a result, has fans and players alike discussing whether to refer to the individual franchises that represent a given region as their home team.

The Tigers only have eight T20Is lined up this year – three at home against Sri Lanka in March and five against Zimbabwe in April – ahead of the World Cup in the United States (US) and the West Indies, amplifying the importance of this year's BPL.

The cricket grounds have started to buzz with the presence of star cricketers as the players are preparing for the 10th edition of the franchise-based Bangladesh Premier League, beginning January 19.

“The condition will suit our style of cricket. So, we have a good chance,” Shakib told the reporters in Mirpur today.

It took less than 24 hours for Shakib Al Hasan to shift his focus back to cricket, having won the national elections for his constituency Magura-1.

The newly elected MP got out of the car with a brand new bat and entered the indoor facilities this afternoon

Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, the Awami League candidate from Magura-1, cast his vote in the parliamentary election

Bangladesh ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is entering a new chapter in his life as he is contesting in the national polls from Magura-1. For Shakib, cricket will have to take a backseat for a while. Still new to his political career, he was not keen on some of the hard questions on both politics and cricket. However, during an interview with Abdullah Al Mehdi of The Daily Star, Shakib did say things that somewhat contradicted his original stance about not featuring in the next ODI World Cup and the national team captaincy issue, which gained steam as of late with many suggesting a change in leadership, especially since Najmul Hossain Shanto did bring promising results in his short stint as an an interim skipper.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) seems to be uncertain about finding the next long-time skipper of the national side even more than a month after the World Cup 2023.

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan couldn’t stay away from the field for too long despite being occupied in campaigning for the upcoming general elections where he will be contesting for the ruling Awami League from the Magura-1 constituency in his hometown. 

"Bangladesh teams for the last 15 years were used to having Shakib. We are finding it hard to make a combination [without him]."

Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan has signed a two-year contract with Dhaka Premier League (DPL) side Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club.