Young Tigers to visit England next year

The Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team is set to visit England next year to play a tri-nation series against the youth team of England and Australia, reports BSS.

According to the schedule, the series will be played in August 2021. The Bangladeshi youngsters will play a total of six ODIs. If they can play the final, the number of the matches will be seven.

The series will be organised as part of preparation for the 2020 ICC Under-19 World Cup. Bangladesh will play this World Cup as defending champions.

Bangladesh had already formed an Under-19 team in September ahead of the upcoming Youth World Cup. The team completed a four-week residential camp at the BKSP from August 23 to September 18.

Thereafter a final team was formed for the World Cup in terms of players' skills and talent. The members of this team will play the Tri-Nation series with cricket elite England and Australia.

"Our Under-19 team is going to England to play a three-nation series in August next year," BCB Game Development manager Abu Emam Mohammad Kawsar said.

"Apart from Bangladesh, the other two teams in the series are England and Australia. We will play a total of six matches-three matches against each two sides. And if we can qualify, we will play in the final," he said.