Bangladesh National Cricket Team

The Bangladeshi Cricket Team represents Bangladesh and is also known as The Tigers. The Bangladesh Cricket Board handles this team, which is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) and has One Day International (ODI) as well as Test status.

In 1997, Bangladesh became a regular ICC member with the right to play ODIs. It attained the status of a Test-playing country on 26 June 2000.

The first official entry of Bangladesh in international cricket was in England during the 1979 ICC Trophy, during which the team had 2 losses and 2 wins. The first ODI of the country was played in the 1986 Asia Cup against Pakistan.

The debut Test appearance of Bangladesh took place in 2000 when they played against India in Dhaka and lost the match by nine wickets. In 2001, the country played 8 Tests. In December 2004, Bangladesh, while playing in their 100th ODI, won against India, marking just the third occasion when they defeated a Test-playing country.

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Country	Bangladesh
Founded	1979
Captain	Shakib Hasan
Coach	Russell Domingo
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Bangladesh won its first major tournament in 1999 when they won the ICC Trophy and qualified for the 1999 Cricket World Cup. During this tournament, Bangladesh surprisingly defeated Pakistan during a group phase match.

In January 2005, Bangladesh was triumphant against Zimbabwe during their 35th Test match, marking their first Test victory. During the same tour, Zimbabwe won the ODI series by a score of 3-2.

During the 2007 Cricket World Cup on 17 March, Bangladesh surprised everybody by a five-wicket victory over India at Port of Spain. Although losing their following game to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh made it to the Super 8 stage by defeating Bermuda on its way. Bangladesh was defeated by Australia and New Zealand during this Cup; however, the country had a stunning victory over South Africa by 67 runs.

At the beginning of 2008, Bangladesh was defeated by New Zealand by 9 wickets. South Africa won the ODI series by 3-0 and the Test series by 2-0 when they toured Bangladesh. In a one-day series, Bangladesh defeated Ireland by a score of 3-0.