Tigers leave for Lanka

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A 15-member Bangladesh Cricket team, led by newly appointed skipper Mohammad Ashraful, left the city for Sri Lanka by Qatar Airways Saturday night, reports UNB.
During the 40-day tour, Bangladesh will play three Tests and three ODIs against former world champions Sri Lanka. Besides, they will play a three-day practice match on June 20-22 in Colombo prior to the first test beginning June 25.
Bangladesh will play the first Test on June 25-29, the 2nd on July 3-7, both in Colombo, and the 3rd and last test on July 11-15 in Kandy.
After the Test series, touring Bangladesh will also play the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka - the first on July 20, the 2nd on July 22 and the third on July 24, all in Colombo.
Test squad (from): Mohammad Ashraful (Captain), Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (Vice Captain), Habibul Bashar, Javed Omer, Mehrab Hossain jnr, Shahriar Nafees, Rajin Saleh, Shakib Al Hasan, Khaled Mashud, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel, Mohammed Rafique, Abdur Razzak, Mohammad Sharif and Mushfiqur Rahim.
Players to join the ODI Squad (from): Aftab Ahmed, Tamim Iqbal, Tushar Imran, Farhad Reza and Mahmudullah Riyad.