The Tigers to Start Practice in Zimbabwe Tomorrow

The Bangladesh national cricket team reached Zimbabwe safely and will start their training session on Thursday.

The Tigers will have their full squad today as star allrounder Shakib Al Hasan and opening batsman Shadman Islam will join the side today, the media department of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) informed.

The visitors will play one Test, three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals in their month-long tour here. The three ODIs are part of the ICC ODI Super League, a tournament that will determine the team’s direct entry to the 2023 World Cup in India.

Bangladesh will firstly focus on the Test match for which they didn’t get enough time to prepare themselves. The visitors however will play a two-day game here, slated for July 3-4, which they think will give them the necessary fuel to take on Zimbabwe, who are a stronger outfit in their own backyard.

Bangladesh’s newly appointed spin bowling coach Rangana Herath and batting coach Ashwell Prince joined the side from Qatar and Johannesburg respectively. Bangladesh had transit on those two places before they arrived in Zimbabwe at the early hour of Wednesday as per Bangladesh time.

They had undergone a Covid-19 test at the airport upon their arrival into the country.

Their only Test in the tour is slated from July 7-11 and three ODIs are scheduled on July 16, 18 and 20. Then they will take on the hosts for a three-match T20 International series, scheduled to be held on July 23, 25 and 27.

Bangladesh squad:

Test: Mominul Haque (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Shadman Islam, Saif Hassan, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Abu Jayed Chowdhury Rahi, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossian Chowdhury, Shoriful Islam, Mahmudullah Riyad.

ODI: Tamim Iqbal (captain), Naim Sheikh, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mosaddek Hossian Shaikat, Mohammad  Mithun, Afif Hossian, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Rubel Hossian, Shoriful Islam

T20I: Mahmudullah (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Naim Sheikh, Liton Kumar Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarker, Afif Hossain, Shamim Hossain Patwari, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Nasum Ahmed, Sheikh Mahedi Hasan, Aminul Islam Biplob, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam.