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Bangladesh cricket: steps to full status
Steps to status
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| 1977 | Elected an ICC associate member |
| 24 May 1979 | First ICC Trophy match, against Fiji in England; captain Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu |
| 31 March 1986 | First appearance in the Asia Cup (second edition, Sri Lanka); first opponent Pakistan (Khandokar's GK) |
| 1997 | Champions of the sixth ICC Trophy in Malaysia, beating Kenya in the final |
| 15 June 1997 | One-day international (ODI) status granted |
| 17 May 1998 | First ODI win: over Kenya at Hyderabad, India (by six wickets) |
| 17 May 1999 | World Cup debut against New Zealand (the seventh World Cup) |
| 26 June 2000 | Test status; the tenth Test-playing nation |
| 10–14 November 2000 | First Test: against India at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka; captain Naimur Rahman Durjoy; India won by nine wickets |
| January 2005 | First Test win: over Zimbabwe at Chattogram in the 35th Test; the series was also won 1–0 |
Watch out: Khandokar's GK calls the 1986 Asia Cup match the ‘ODI debut’. Official ODI status came in 1997, and that is the exam answer.
Bangladesh at the Cricket World Cup
- Debut in 1999, against New Zealand
- First World Cup win: against Scotland
- In that seventh World Cup the captain was Aminul Islam Bulbul and the coach Gordon Greenidge
- Greenidge also coached the 1997 ICC Trophy winners and was given Bangladeshi citizenship as an honour (Khandokar's GK)
- The opening match of the 2011 World Cup was played in Dhaka (Zubair's GK)
- Bangladesh and India will co-host the 2031 ODI World Cup
Women's cricket and a recent landmark
- The women's team got ODI status on 24 November 2011; first ODI on 26 November, against Ireland in Dhaka
- The women's team got Test status in April 2021 (Khandokar's GK: 2 April)
- In August–September 2024 Bangladesh beat Pakistan 2–0 at Rawalpindi: the first Test series win over Pakistan
Memory trick: Remember the order: ICC Trophy win (1997) → ODI status (1997) → World Cup (1999) → Tests (2000).
Check yourself
Which Test-playing nation is Bangladesh, and when did it get the status?
At a glance
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Bangladesh got Test status on 26 June 2000, the tenth Test nation; its first Test was against India in November 2000 at Dhaka.
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It won the sixth ICC Trophy in 1997 by beating Kenya; ODI status followed on 15 June 1997.
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First ODI win: 17 May 1998 against Kenya; first Test win: January 2005 against Zimbabwe (35th Test).
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World Cup debut 1999 against New Zealand; first win against Scotland; captain Aminul Islam Bulbul.
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ICC associate member in 1977; first ICC Trophy match in 1979 (captain Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu).