Bangladesh cricket team will leave for New Zealand today (Friday), report agencies.
Ahead of the T20 World Cup, which will be played in Australia next month, Bangladesh will participate in a tri-series T20 in New Zealand that also involves Pakistan.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has already announced the New Zealand tri-series and World Cup squad.
Recently, Bangladesh played a two-match T20 series against the UAE and Bangladesh won 2-0. In this series, Afif Hossain has done well for the Tigers. But right-handed batter Sabbir Rahman, who played as an opener, failed to impress.
Bangladesh made a change to their staff- team manager Nafis Iqbal has been removed, and senior media manager Rabeed Imam has been appointed as the new team manager.
The first match of the tri-series will take place on October 07 when Bangladesh will take on Pakistan. The Tigers will get at least four matches in this event.
Shakib Al Hasan, the Bangladesh captain, missed the UAE series for CPL. But he will join the Bangladesh team in New Zealand. In his absence, Nurul Hasan Sohan led Bangladesh in the UAE series.
The tri-nation series is seen as the best preparation platform for the Tigers for the upcoming Australia T20 World Cup. Bangladesh will head to Australia directly from New Zealand.
Ahead of the UAE series, Bangladesh had won just two matches in nine outings.
The Tigers then will head to Australia where they will two warm-up matches against Afghanistan and South Africa on October 17 and 19 respectively. Both of the practice matches will be held at the Alan Border Field in Brisbane.
Bangladesh will start their World Cup mission on October 24, taking on the runners-up of Group-A in Hobart. Their second match is against South Africa in Sydney on October 27 after which they will face off Group-B champions at the Gabba in Brisbane on October 30. Bangladesh then will take on subcontinent powerhouse India on November 02 and Pakistan on November 06.
Adelaide will host both of the matches.
Bangladesh squad for the New Zealand tri-series and the T20 World Cup: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Liton Das, Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan Sohan (vice-captain), Mustafizur Rahman, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Nasum Ahmed, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, and Standby players: Shoriful Islam, Rishad Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Soumya Sarkar
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