It was an eventful start to the fifth round of National Cricket League matches across different venues on Saturday. Soumya Sarkar notched up his career-best first-class score, domestic veteran Marshall Ayub etched his name into the 10,000-run club, and Shuvagata Hom matched Shakib Al Hasan in rare feat.  

Rangpur Division skipper Akbar Ali piled on the runs as he followed his first innings knock of 179 with a 97-run second-innings knock in a draw against Dhaka Metro on Day Four in their National Cricket League fixture at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna yesterday.

Saqlain Sajib and Shuvagata Hom will fly tonight to join the national cricket team at Bangalore as replacements for left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny and pacer Taskin Ahmed in the ICC WT20 2016 in India.

Three double-hundreds in the last eight months in first-class cricket has earned Mosaddek the tag of Bangladesh cricket's "next big thing".

Bangladesh have taken on different challenges this year and, for the most part, have produced desired results.