The Bangladesh national cricket team is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh. The team is run by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test & Day International (ODI) status. It played its first Test match in 2000 against India in Dhaka, becoming the tenth Test cricket playing nation.
Bangladesh's first official foray in to international cricket came in the 1979 ICC Trophy in England, leaving the event with two wins & two defeats. Seven years later, on 31 March 1986, Bangladesh played in its first ODI match against Pakistan in the 1986 Asia Cup. Cricket has gradually become very popular in urban areas of the country. Although footy was the most popular game for a long time, cricket gained momentum & soon surpassed footy, after Bangladesh won the 1997 ICC Trophy in Malaysia. By winning the event, Bangladesh qualified for the 1999 Cricket World Cup for the first time, where it defeated Pakistan generating of the largest upsets in their cricketing history. In 1997, Bangladesh became a regular ICC member with the right to play ODIs. It attained the status of a Test playing country on 26 June 2000.
As of June 2010, Bangladesh has played in 69 Tests, winning only three. Its first victory was against Zimbabwe and the other were against a West Indian team crippled by a players' strike. Of the 60 matches it's lost, 34 were by an innings. Bangladesh's performance has led to repeated calls for it to lose its Test status. The team has been more successful in ODIs, having won 67 of its 247 matches, and has also played 16 Twenty20 Internationals, winning only Three matches .
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