Hall Of Fame At Bangladesh's Home Cricket: BCB Celebrate Silver Jubilee Of Test Status

The year 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of Bangladesh being granted Test status by the International Cricket Council (ICC). To celebrate the occasion, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on June 26, inaugurated an honours board at the Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka, also called the home of cricket in the country. 

The Silver Jubilee program saw several other activities, including the reunion of the Class of 2000 and the first Test squad of Bangladesh, which played their inaugural Test against India in November 2000. 

While the honours board features the names of all of Bangladesh's Test cricketers, right from Test cap number 1, Akram Khan, the first Test captain of Bangladesh, to Test cap number 107, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, the last Bangladeshi to play the red-ball format internationally. 

Alongside the honours board, a commemorative cabinet was also set up to showcase all the trophies that the players won for Bangladesh. 

Incidentally, Aminul Islam Bulbul, part of the first Test for Bangladesh and also the country’s first Test centurion, is now the president of the BCB, and he made sure that the coaching staff of the first Test were also present on the occasion. 

"The first reason is to celebrate 25 years of Test cricket, while the other reason is to give a wake-up call as cricket seems to have been in hibernation mode in many places of the country," Islam was quoted as saying by Cricibuzz. 

The Bangladesh senior men's team are currently in Sri Lanka for a two-match Test series, the second game of which is underway. The Test series will be followed by the white-ball leg of the tour.