Nahid Rana leaves Bangladesh for PSL

Published at : 27 April 2025, 10:32 am
Nahid Rana leaves Bangladesh for PSL

Fast bowler Nahid Rana left the country to play the Pakistan Super League (PSL) on April 26, where he will be the part of Peshwar Zalmi.

PSL will be the Bangladesh's speedsters first franchise tournament outside of the country.

Even though Bangladesh were busy with playing the Test series against Zimbabwe at home, the team management decided to give him the NOC after the first Test.

Hence he was not in the squad for the second Test, a match that Bangladesh will play to avoid a whitewash at the hands of Zimbabwe for the first time on home soil.

Liton Das and legspinner Rishad Hossain were the two other Bangladesh players to have got the opportunity to play the PSL after 39 Bangladesh players put their name in the draft.

Liton was acquired by Karachi Kings and was granted NOC for whole season but an unfortunate injury forced his return to the country even before the PSL starts.

Rishad, meanwhile, continued to impress in every match he is playing for the Lahore Qalanders.

Nahid, who created sensation with his raw pace was hot cake in PSL draft. He was placed in gold category and got the team in the first call as Peshwar Zalmi roped in his service without any reservation.

Peshwar are in the fourth spot in the point table after securing two wins in five matches. They will play their sixth match in Lahore today.

Considering the position in the point table, Peshware's aspiration to play playoffs looked in limbo.

"I have the confidence on myself," Nahid Rana told the reporters ahead of leaving the country. "I want to give my best for my team Peshwar. Hopefully I will thrive in here."

Mushfiqur to play for Fortune Barishal in BPL 2024

Published at : 24 September 2023, 03:42 pm
Mushfiqur to play for Fortune Barishal in BPL 2024

Bangladeshi wicketkeeper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim is set to feature for Fortune Barishal in the forthcoming Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

 

Mushfiqur had played for Sylhet Strikers in the last edition. His price was fixed at 80 lakhs in the players' draft according to the category. Which means he was in 'A' category.

The top category player will play along with other star players like Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, and Khaled Ahmed in Fortune Barishal.

Neymar quits PSG to sign for Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal

Published at : 20 September 2023, 05:06 pm
Neymar quits PSG to sign for Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal

Neymar said he was relishing “new challenges and opportunities in new places” after he joined Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal from Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year deal Tuesday, becoming the latest big name lured to the oil-rich Gulf state.

The Brazil forward, 31, ends a six-year stay in the French capital and follows in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Sadio Mane in swapping Europe for the Middle East.

“I have achieved a lot in Europe and enjoyed special times, but I have always wanted to be a global player and test myself with new challenges and opportunities in new places,” Neymar said in a statement from the Saudi Pro League.

“I want to write new sporting history, and the Saudi Pro League has tremendous energy and quality players at the moment,” he added.

Neymar ‘in negotiations’ over Saudi move as Mbappe returns to PSG good books

Published at : 20 September 2023, 05:05 pm
Neymar ‘in negotiations’ over Saudi move as Mbappe returns to PSG good books

Neymar was “in negotiations” on Sunday to become the latest football superstar to decamp for Saudi Arabia, leaving Paris Saint-Germain just as Kylian Mbappe was brought back in from the cold by the French champions.

A source close to PSG told AFP that 31-year-old Neymar “no longer figures in the club or manager’s plans” with the Brazilian immediately linked to Al-Hilal in the Gulf kingdom.

Another source in Saudi Arabia said that “direct negotiations” between Neymar’s agents and the Public Investment Fund (PIF) were ongoing.

PSG get better of Dortmund in Champions League opener

Published at : 20 September 2023, 05:03 pm
PSG get better of Dortmund in Champions League opener

Paris Saint-Germain got their Champions League campaign off to a winning start on Tuesday as a Kylian Mbappe penalty set them up for a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund at the Parc des Princes.

The French champions had dominated the first half without overly troubling the Dortmund defence, but they went ahead four minutes after the break when Mbappe scored a spot-kick awarded for a Niklas Suele handball.

Achraf Hakimi added a memorable second, and PSG could have won the Group F encounter by a far more handsome margin in the end.

The result immediately puts them in control of the group, after AC Milan and Newcastle United drew 0-0 earlier, and coach Luis Enrique will hope they can build on this performance when they visit the English side next in a fortnight.

"It was an almost perfect evening," said Luis Enrique.