Tigers Gather for Optional Practice Session

Several Bangladeshi cricketers opted to hone their skills during the optional practice session at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) on Sunday.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on September 26 announced a three-day break for the cricketers at the expense of breaking the bio-bubble in order to keep them refreshed mentally.

BCB formed a 27-member preliminary camp for a one-week residential camp from September 20 ahead of the tour of Sri Lanka as part of the preparation for the Test series which was scheduled to start from October 23 earlier.

BCB decided to allow their cricketers to get some gas by staying with their close ones after completing a hectic one week inside the bio-bubble environment as the tour is yet to be finalized as hosts are not ready to complete the 14-day mandatory quarantine in the island.

However, BCB is not losing all their hopes as they are still waiting for the response from Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) regarding a revised tour guideline while SLC has been in constant touch with their Health Ministry to be able to send BCB a revised guideline for the tour.

Though there is uncertainty regarding the tour, it hardly seemed to impact Tigers’ leading cricketers namely Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim as they along with others arrived at SBNCS on the opening day of the three-day break.