Sri Lankan cricket team in city

The Sri Lankan national cricket team arrived in Dhaka on Sunday noon, report agencies.
The island nation will take part in a two-match Test series against hosts Bangladesh. The first Test of the series will be played in Chattogram from May 15 while the second and final Test of the series will take place in Dhaka from May 23.
This series is a part of the ICC Test Championship. Sri Lanka are currently at the fifth place in the points table of this contest while Bangladesh are at eighth.
In the previous series against South Africa, Bangladesh lost both the matches.
Sri Lanka have also endured the same fate against India earlier this year in India.
Both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have announced their respective squads for this series.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh team will have a practice camp in the port city of Chattogram ahead of the first Test at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium today (Monday).
While Bangladesh team will be busy practicing in Chattogram, Sri Lanka will play a two-day practice match on May 10 and 11 in BKSP. They will travel to Chattogram after the practice match.
Bangladesh will practice in Chattogram for five days in a row before taking on Sri Lanka cricket team.
The Tigers so far played 22 Test matches against Sri Lanka, the highest number of matches they played against single country. Of the 22 Tests, they won one and lost 17 while four of the matches ended in a draw.
Sri Lanka won the first 12 matches in a row between September 2001 and March
2013 after which Bangladesh turned the tide. In the lass 10 Test matches between the two sides, Bangladesh though lost five, they won one in 2017 and forced Sri Lanka to draw four matches.
Tigers had a hard time in South Africa, they have already got a memorable win against New Zealand at the start of this year and that too on New Zealand's soil.
Bangladesh's win over New Zealand keeps them above England in the WTC Standings at this moment.
Bangladesh squad for 1st Test: Mominul Haque (Captain), Tamim Iqbal Khan, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Ebadot Hossain Chowdhury, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Shohidul Islam, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Shoriful Islam (subject to fitness)
Sri Lanka squad: Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), Kamil Mishara, Oshada Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella, Chamika Karunaratne, Ramesh Mendis, Suminda Lakshan, Kasun Rajitha, Vishwa Fernando, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka, Praveen Jayawickrama, Lasith Embuldeniya.