Mashrafe Mortaza has hobbled from injury to comeback all through his career. Now 29 and ten operations later, he is back again, and aiming to make it count

Bangladesh's proposed tour of Zimbabwe in August has been delayed but there's confusion over the length of the delay

Bangladesh's cricketers take time to get back into the groove after a significant event, and so Stuart Law's resignation as coach comes as a big setback

Stuart Law, who stepped down from his position as Bangladesh coach, has said merely challenging the top teams in international cricket is "not good enough" for Bangladesh

Only five domestic matches have been played in Bangladesh since the national side's successful Asia Cup campaign, due to a suspension of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League that has now run into its second week

The Bangladesh allrounder is optimistic about his team's future, especially as strong hosts. He looks back at the Asia Cup performance and at his career so far

Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh allrounder, is intent on getting a bit of rest from competitive cricket after the upcoming IPL, as he has not taken any substantial time off the game for more than two years

An underdog always has the potential to create theatre and Bangladesh achieved that. They have succeeded in winning the hearts of their fans, and given the Asia Cup popularity

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the Asia Cup final, between Bangladesh and Pakistan, in Mirpur

In a tournament forever dominated by India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, Bangladesh's rise is remarkable and was almost unthinkable until their win against India last Friday

Bangladesh have chased down India and Sri Lanka in the space of a few days, proving that they are an evolving team

How does a team that has for years played with low expectations approach a must-win game? Do they hide behind their underdog status, or prove they can deal with pressure?

When asked whether Pakistan preferred to play India or Bangladesh in the Asia Cup final, Misbah-ul-Haq smiled and said: "I can't control this."

Apparently, the Bangladesh dressing room wasn't overly nervous when their kingpin, Shakib Al Hasan, was adjudged out with victory still some way off - they knew they still had Mushfiqur Rahim

Bangladesh cricket had reason to rejoice for their biggest worry, the batting, was their strength on the day

Sri Lanka's bowling coach Champaka Ramanayake has brushed aside any concerns about Lasith Malinga's form

The opening day of Asia Cup's 12th edition in fact remained as exciting as the corresponding game from 2010, when a scintillating Shahid Afridi century almost overturned the hosts Sri Lanka

The fact that Bangladesh start another tournament as the bottom-ranked team may work to their advantage because they can play without the pressure of performance

Tamim Iqbal has been added to Bangladesh's squad for the Asia Cup, after having initially been excluded and listed only as a reserve

Eleven players who stood out in the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League