The Bangladeshi cricket team, also known as the The Tigers, is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh. It is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One-Day International status. It played its first Test match in 2000 (against India at Dhaka), becoming the tenth Test cricket playing nation.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (known then as the Bangladesh Cricket Control Board) was established in 1972. Soon after, a cricket league commenced in Dhaka and Chittagong. A national level cricket tournament begun in the country in 1974-75. During this time the cricket league started at the district (regional) level. Other tournaments that were organised were aimed school, college, youth and university level.

Bangladesh's first official foray into international cricket came in the 1979 ICC Trophy in England, leaving the tournament with 2 wins and 2 defeats. Seven years later, on March 31 1986, Bangladesh played in its first One-day international match against Pakistan in the 1986 Asia Cup. Cricket has gradually become very popular in urban areas of the country. Although football was the most popular game for a long time, cricket gained a momentum and soon surpassed football, especially after Bangladesh won the ICC Trophy in Malaysia in 1997. By winning the ICC trophy, the Tigers had qualified for the 1999 Cricket World Cup for the first time. Bangladesh performed admirably in the 7th World Cup and caused an upset by defeating Pakistan in a group phase match. In 1997, Bangladesh became a regular ICC member with the right to play one-day internationals. It attained the status of a test playing country on 26 June 2000.

The Bangladesh cricket team starred in the 2007 World Cup as the youngest cricket team to have ever been in the world cup. Having only three players above the age of 24, the Bangladesh cricket team has been repeatedly described as a team with great potential. Among the younger players were three teenagers: the 17 year old Tamim Iqbal, 19 year old Shakib Al Hasan and 18 year old Mushfiqur Rahim who was also chosen to be wicket keeper in place of the experienced Khaled Mashud. Bangladesh was the first team to arrive at the West Indies for the 2007 World Cup as their coach Dav Whatmore wanted the team have a good preparation for the upcoming matches. In their first game of the 2007 World Cup held in the West Indies, Bangladesh stunned India by defeating them by 5-wickets. The Bangladeshi bowlers did an effortful job of restricting India to only 191 runs. During their chase, the 17-year old Tamim Iqbal scored an outstanding 51 runs off just 53 balls which gave the Bangladeshi batsmen a flying start and led them to winning the match. During their second match, Bangladesh suffered a huge loss against Sri Lanka by 198 runs (by the D/L method). However, in their third match, Bangladesh beat Bermuda by 7 wickets (by the D/L method) and that victory along with the victory against India eventually led to Bangladesh advancing into the second-round of the 2007 Cricket World Cup called the Super-8 round. This also led to the unexpected knockout of India from the 2007 Cricket World Cup which left millions of Indian cricket fans disappointed. After their entry to the Super-8 round, Bangladesh endured two brutal defeats, the first against Australia by 10 wickets, and the second against New Zealand by 9 wickets. This led to critics suggesting that Bangladesh's victory against India was a random spark. However during their third Super-8 match they beat South Africa (the top ranked team)by a stunning margin of 67 runs. Mohammad Ashraful starred in this match scoring a brilliant 87 runs of only 83 balls, and was awarded man of the match. However, that was followed by a shocking loss to Ireland. That was the first time that Bangladesh had ever lost to Ireland, and the third time that Bangladesh had lost to a non test playing nation.