Besides athletes, BSPA will also honor sports journalists

Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA), the largest and oldest organization of sports journalists and writers in the country, has completed 60 years with glory. On this special occasion of the 60th anniversary (Diamond Jubilee) on Friday, December 30, 10 sports personalities will be honored for their success at the national and international levels after independence through a colorful ceremony.

10 athletes in seven disciplines were selected by a 9-member judgment panel. Kazi Salahuddin and late Monem Munna in football, Mashrafe bin Mortuza and Shakib Al Hasan in cricket, the late Shah Alam in athletics, Mosharraf Hossain Khan in swimming, Mosharraf Hossain in boxing, Niaz Morshed in chess, Asif Hossain Khan in shooting and Siddiqur Rahman in golf.

At the same time, 10 sports journalists and writers will be awarded Diamond Jubilee Awards in recognition of their special contribution to sports journalism in the country. They are - Abdul Hamid, Tawfiq Aziz Khan, Badi-uz-Zaman, Muhammad Kamruzzaman, Abdul Tauhid, Ataul Haque Mallik, Matiur Rahman Chowdhury, Dilu Khandkar, Shahidul Azam and Mustafa Mamun.

A special honor will be given to the former captain of the national cricket team, ASM Rokibul Hasan, who showed infinite bravery by writing the 'Joy Bangla' slogan on the bat on the eve of the great independence war of 1971. BSPA President Sanat Babla, Vice President Kazi Shahidul Alam, and General Secretary Md. Saman Hossain.

Hathurusinghe is leading the race with two others for the new head coach's role of Bangladesh national cricket team

In fact, when Sridharan Sriram was appointed as a technical consultant in the T-20 format, it appeared that time had passed for Russell Domingo. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) sought an alternative.

Russell Domingo himself could guess that. In between, the matter was a bit of a cover-up for a few days. But in the past few days, the coach has been the topic of most talks inside the BCB again.

BCB Senior Director and Chairman of Cricket Operations Jalal Younus told the media that the coaching staff of the national team will be modified after the series against India. BCB President Nazmul Hassan Papan also announced the changes in the coaching staff. All this news must have reached Domingo's ears as well.

Russell Domingo has seen his future in the dark. As it's seen, the Bangladesh Cricket Board doesn't want that darkness anymore. The South African head coach believes it is better to move away from himself.

And thus, Domingo resigned voluntarily. He officially submitted his resignation later to the BCB. Cricket Operations Committee Chairman Jalal Younus has confirmed Domingo's resignation.

The Domingo story is over. Now everyone has the same inquisitive question, who will be the latest head coach of the Tigers? Who will be given the duty?

While Domingo was there, the BCB looked for a potential coach for the future. Several coaches were also confidentially contacted. There is no talking to Kaznar. There are 3 names on that list. One is former Bangladesh coach, Sri-Lankan coach Chandika Hathurusinghe. The other two are Lance Clusner of South Africa and Mike Hussey of Australia.

It is already known and BCB officials have indicated that the board wants to select someone who will have awareness about the Bangladesh national team, and who is also aware of his responsibilities. Qualifications also hold the ability to personalize and manage the team and coach the cricketers along with the management team. Hathurusinghe is ahead of two former world-class cricketers, Australian Mike Hussey and South African Lance Clusner.

Hathurusinghe is authoritative and conscious of responsibility. He also has the ability to control the national team cricketers with a strong hand. So BCB is keen to get Hathurusinghe as head coach again.

He was the head coach of the Bangladesh team before. His ability, cricketing talent, cricketing sense, and coaching style are all known to BCB. Bangladesh's senior cricketers Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, and Mahmudullah Riyad, along with Litton Das, Mehedy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Soumya Sarkar, and Taizul Islam, are well known. These are the reasons why BCB is leaning toward him again.

Reliable references say that talks with Hathurusinghe have come a long way. Hathurusinghe also knows his demands to the BCB - salaries, allowances, and related benefits are much higher than before. However, BCB is still interested in him.

The prices are running side by side between the two sides. Very soon a decision or negotiation may be finalized.

Kolkata Knight Riders bought Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Litton Das and all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.

Shakib and Litton were unsold when they were introduced to the auction in Kochi. Later on, they both attracted Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and will be under Khan's pandal in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.

Both of them were bought by KKR at their base price, Rs 50 Lakh for Litton Das and 1.5 Crore for Shakib Al Hasan. Kolkata was the sole bidder for Litton and Shakib, while no other IPL franchise was interested in the bids.

Obviously, this is not the first time for Shakib in IPL or Kolkata, after being overlooked in the last season - Shakib is back in the galaxy of knights again.

On the other hand, Litton Das is the seventh cricketer from Bangladesh to get selected by an IPL team, following Mohammad Ashraful, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, and Mustafizur Rahman.

There were two more Bangladeshi cricketers introduced in the auction this year. But Taskin Ahmed and Afif Hossain did not attract any bids for their base price of Rs 50 lakh each.

Anyways, Bangladesh's 'cutter-master' Mustafizur Rahman has already been retained by his previous franchise Delhi Capital in November.

Although, earlier, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) informed the franchises about the availability of the players for the 2023 IPL. Which turned out Bangladesh players could just take part for a little time of the tournament because of some international series of Bangladesh national cricket team that is supposed to take place in the same time-frame.

Shakib Al Hasan has been made the T20 captain of the Bangladesh team after a few days of drama.

He last led Bangladesh in this edition in 2019 before getting banned by the ICC. He replaced the former captain Mahmudullah Riyad.

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𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗵

The long South African drought has finally ended for the Bangladesh cricket team, they have secured their first-ever win in the land of the proteas.

After 20 years, losing six tests, nine ODIs, and four T20Is, In the 20th chance, the tigers conquered Africa. Bangladesh won the clash by 38 runs, through a praiseworthy team effort.

With the bat, Litton Das (50), Shakib Al Hasan (77), and Yasir Ali (50) boosted up the scorecard for Bangladesh with their half-centuries. Tigers built on a solid start to post 314/7. Early wickets pegged South Africa's run chase, Shoriful Islam and Taskin Ahmed cleared down the South African top order.

Proteas took the control as Rassie van der Dussen (86) and David Miller (79) scored amazing half-centuries. But Mehidy Hasan Miraz gave breakthrough the tail with a four-for.

On the host side, it has been another disastrous blow as they remain in the 10th position in the point table of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League. While Bangladesh is thriving at the top of the table with 110 points.

The top eight in the ODI Super League qualify automatically for the World Cup, while the bottom five teams will be moved into a qualifier tournament.

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Iqbal Asif Jewel, Shakib Chowdhury, Lincoln Artcell, Sheikh M. Reaz, Jamshed Chowdhury & Samir Hafiz on same stage!!!

𝗔 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗭𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱? 

New Zealand vs Bangladesh Test series is going on. Today was the third day of the first test. The World Test Championship is currently held by New Zealand.Against them, Bangladesh's cricket team is definitely the underdog. The sun of test cricket has not yet risen in Bangladesh properly. Like in past years, last year was also a disaster for the Bangladesh cricket team in test matches. So it was kind of assumed that New Zealand would be the king of the Mount Maunganui test. There comes the surprise! The tigers have been playing really well since the first day without their best man, Shakib Al Hasan. In the first innings, the Black Caps scored 328. Bangladesh scored 401 for 6 with a 73 run lead. For the first time, they have done so well in batting outside Asia. Credit goes to the young starts. They have provided a smooth running rate and spark for the visitors. It seems that the cricket weather for the Bay Oval test is in Bangladesh's favour. Runs continue to flow for them. Let's see how the surprise moves in the next two days. This test match is streamed live on the Amazon Prime app and website. Watch this match and become a part of the world's surprise. 

 
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