Bangladesh national cricket team
The Bangladesh national cricket
team (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় ক্রিকেট দল), nicknamed the Tigers,
represents Bangladesh in international cricket. It is administered by the Bangladesh
Cricket Board (BCB). Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket
Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. It played its
first Test match in November of 2000 against India in Dhaka, becoming the tenth
Test-playing nation.
Bangladesh's first official foray
into international cricket came in the 1979 ICC Trophy in England. On 31 March
1986, Bangladesh played its first ODI match, against Pakistan in the Asia Cup.
For a long time, football was the most popular sport in Bangladesh, but cricket
gradually became very popular – particularly in urban areas – and by the late
1990s had surpassed football.
Bangladesh made its full debut in
international cricket in the 1986 Asia Cup.
In 1997, Bangladesh won the ICC
Trophy in Malaysia and thus qualified for its first Cricket World Cup to
participate in England in 1999. There, it defeated Pakistan – causing much
upset – and also Scotland. On 26 June 2000, Bangladesh was granted full ICC
membership.
Bangladesh holds the record for most
consecutive losses in Tests (21, between 2000 and 2002) and ODIs (23, between
2001 and 2004). After gaining full member status with the ICC, Bangladesh had
to wait until 2004 for its first ODI win since the 1999 World Cup. The team on
the losing side on that occasion was Zimbabwe, who also participated in
Bangladesh's maiden Test victory in 2005; by securing a draw in the second
match, Bangladesh won their first Test series. In 2009 Bangladesh toured the
West Indies for two Tests and by winning both secured their first overseas
series victory.
As of 3 August 2015, Bangladesh has
played 93 Tests, winning only seven. Its first victory was against a young and
inexperienced Zimbabwe team, which was hit by a player crisis; the next two
were against a West Indian team. Results have improved recently with draws
earned against full strength Sri Lankan and New Zealand sides and a win against
Zimbabwe[3]
The team has been more successful in
ODIs, having won 95 of its 309 matches.[4] It has also played 44 Twenty20
Internationals, winning 12.[5]
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