Tigers leave for South Africa today

Sports Correspondent:  Bangladesh Cricket Team will leave here for South Africa on Saturday to play a full-fledged series against the Proteas.

The first group of the Test squad will take off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the morning and the second group will take off in the evening.

They will play two Tests -- first one at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom on September 28- October 2 while the 2nd one at Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein on October 6-10.

Before the Test series, Bangladesh will start their campaign in South Africa with a three-day tour match (September 21-23) against the South Africa Invitation XI at Willowmoore Park, Benoni.

After the Test series, Bangladesh will play three ODIs (October 15, 18 and 22) and two T20Is (October 26 and 29) against the hosts. However, the squad for the ODI and T20 series is yet to be announced.

Bangladesh Test squad: Mushfiqur Rahim (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah Riyad, Liton Kumar Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Shubhasish Roy and Mominul Haque.

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