Bangladesh national cricket team leave for India today

The Bangladesh national cricket team have left for India on Tuesday morning to take part in a three-match T20I series against Afghanistan scheduled to be held on 3 to 7 June.

The matches will be played at newly built Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Dehradun.

The Tigers will start their T20I campaign with a lone preparation match against the local selection on 1 June.

Afghanistan team are ahead of Bangladesh in T20I rankings. The Afghans are placed at number 8 with 85 points. Bangladesh team are ranked tenth with 75 points. In order to make improvement in the ranks, the Tigers must need to win by 3-0. That will take them to number 9 and Afghanistan number 10.

After the T20i series the Tigers will be embarking on the tour of West Indies in late June.

Meanwhile the Caribbean speedster Courtney Walsh, who was acted as the interim coach for Bangladesh team in the Nidahas Trophy T20I held in March in Sri Lanka, will continue on with his role for the Tigers in the Afghanistan series.

Squad:

Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Mahmudullah (vice-captain), Tamim Iqbal Khan, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Kumar Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shabbir Rahaman, Musaddek Hossain Saikat, Ariful Haque, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Nazmul Islam Apu, Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Hider Rony, Rubel Hossain and Abu Jayed Chowdhury Rahi.

Afghanistan vs Bangladesh series 2018:

3 June - First T20I - 8:30pm

5 June - 2nd T20I - 8:30pm

7 June - 3rd T20I - 8:30pm

All the matches are BST time.

Source: bss