The preparation camp of Tigers is starting with 27 cricketers.Ahead of the tour of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh team will start a skill camp with 27 cricketers at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur from Sunday. The tour is still in uncertainty over the quarantine issue. Even then, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) wants to keep the players in practice under the supervision of coaches. The practice will continue till September 26. Bangladesh will leave for Colombo on September 27 for a three-match Test series.
In a press release, the BCB said that the practice and movement of the players will be regulated by bio-protection keeping in mind the restrictions and safety measures for Covid-19. The cricketers will get up at Hotel Sonargaon before the start of the practice camp. Where a bio-protection environment has been created for them. Opener Saif Hasan has been included in the 27-man squad despite coming positive for the second time in the Corona Test. However, Saif will not be able to start practicing until the next Corona test is negative.
Squad: Mominul Haque, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Sadman Islam, Liton Das, Mehidy Hasan, Mohammad Mithun, Soumya Sarkar,Taijul Islam, Mohammad Al-Amin Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Imrul Kayes, Taskin Ahmed , Kazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shafiul Islam, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Naeem Hasan, Abu Zayed Chowdhury Rahi, Ebadat Hossain Chowdhury, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Hasan Mahmud, Mohammad Saifuddin and Saif Hasan.
News Room, September 20,2020