History of Asian Cricket Teams

#4 Bangladesh

Bangladesh Cricket Board

Prior to the Bangladeshi declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1971, many East Pakistani teams played first-class matches against their counterparts in the West. However, Bangladesh had to wait until the year 2000 to play their first Test, when they hosted India in Dhaka. Bangladesh won its first Test match against a depleted Zimbabwe side at Chittagong in 2005.

When India boycotted the 1986 edition of the Asia Cup, Bangladesh was invited to play Sri Lanka and Pakistan, making its ODI debut in the process. Bangladesh won its first ODI in the year 1998 against Kenya, thus ending a losing streak of 22 matches. They played their first World Cup in 1999, recording memorable wins against eventual runners-up Pakistan and Scotland.

The Tigers played their first T20I against Zimbabwe at Khulna, Bangladesh in 2006. They have played in all editions of the World T20s. Despite playing some exciting Cricket at times, they have never been able to an impact and reaching the second round remains its best performance.

Bangladesh reached the final of the 2012 Asia Cup losing to Pakistan in the final which turned out to be a last over thriller.

As on the date of writing, they are ranked 9th in Tests, 7th in ODIs and 10th in T20Is.