BCB XI face Maharashtra in first T20 today

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A 23-member Indian Ranji Trophy Cricket team, Maharashtra Cricket Association, led by Harshad Khadiwale, arrived in Dhaka Saturday on a 23-day tour to Bangladesh, reports UNB.
During their Bangladesh tour, the visitors will play three Twenty20 matches against BCB XI, three one-day and two four-day matches against the second string Bangladesh A team.
The visitors will start their Bangladesh campaign with T20 match against Bangladesh national cricket team under the banner of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) X1 today (Sunday) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur. The match will start at 1.30pm.
All the cricketers of Bangladesh Twenty20 World Cup squad, except skipper Mohammad Ashraful and vice-captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, will play for BCB XI to make their last practices ahead of the next month's Twenty20 World Cup in England.
Ashraful and Mashrafe are now in South Africa for playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The touring side will play the remaining two Twenty20 matches against the same team on May 18 and 19 at the same venue-both will start at 9.30am.
State-owned Bangladesh Television will telecast the three T20 matches live.