Bangladesh Cricket News April 2007
ICC Cricket World Cup 2007
Bangladesh team make quiet return from world cup
Apr 26, 2007
The Bangladesh cricket team made a low-key return home on Thursday after a successful World Cup campaign in the Caribbean where they qualified for the latter stages for the first time.
Around 200 cricketers and fans gathered at Dhaka airport early in the morning to greet the national squad amid a prevailing state of emergency that prevents mass gatherings.
Five former skippers and officials from the Bangladesh Cricket Board received the players with garlands and offered other pleasantries.
Bangladesh beat India and Bermuda in the group phase to reach the Super Eights, but could only manage an upset victory over South Africa in their six subsequent matches to finish seventh in the standings.
"We did not fare that badly in the tournament," captain Habibul Bashar told reporters.
"There were some disappointing performances especially losing to Ireland, but we think, we had some success."
After a week's rest, Bangladesh will begin preparations for a home series against India that opens with the first of the three one-dayers in Dhaka on May 10.
India will also play two test matches during the tour.
"The cup performance gives us a confidence that we can beat any side in the world if we can have some consistency," Bashar added.
Bangladesh beat Pakistan and Scotland in their first World Cup appearance in 1999, but failed to win any matches at the 2003 tournament.
India in Bangladesh Cricket Series 2007
Tendulkar, Ganguly rested for Bangladesh ODIs
Apr 20, 2007
Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly were rested from the Indian one day squad to tour Bangladesh, the Indian cricket board announced Friday.
One-day squad: Rahul Dravid (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Mahendra Dhoni, Dinesh Karthick, Yuvraj Singh, Manoj Tiwari, Shantakumaran Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, Zaheer Khan, Rudrapratap Singh, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar and Dinesh Mongia.
Test team: Rahul Dravid (captain), Sachin Tendulkar, V.V.S. Laxman, Mahendra Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Yuvraj Singh, Wasim Jaffer, Zaheer Khan, Dinesh Karthick, Shantakumaran Sreesanth, Vikram Singh, Munaf Patel, Ramesh Powar and Rajesh Pawar.
Team India for Bangladesh tour to be picked today
Apr 20, 2007
The Indian squad for the Bangladesh tour will be picked today. The Indians are slated to play 3 one-dayers and 2 test matches on the tour.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2007
Bangladesh names final squad for World Cup
Feb 13, 2007
Bangladesh named a 15-member squad on Tuesday for the upcoming cricket World Cup to be held in the West Indies.
Bangladesh World Cup squad: Habibul Bashar, Shahriar Nafees, Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Sakib-al-Hasan, Mohammas Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Rafique, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafee-bin-Murtaza, Tapash Baishya, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Russel, Rajin Saleh and Javed Omar.
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