Bangladesh Cricket team leaves for Lanka today

Sports Desk: Bangladesh National Cricket team will leave the city for Sri Lanka today (Saturday) to play three One Day International (ODI) matches against Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh will take on Sri Lanka in the first ODI on July 26, will face Sri Lanka in the second ODI on July 28 and will meet the Sri Lanka in the last ODI on July 31.

All the matches will be held at Premadasa International Stadium in Colombo.
Before taking part in the three-match ODI Series, Bangladesh will play a practice match against the Selected XI of Sri Lanka on July 23.

All the matches will be Day/Night affairs.

Earlier, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the Bangladesh National Cricket Squad for the upcoming Sri Lanka Series.

Bangladesh Squad: Tamim Iqbal (Captain), Soumya Sarkar, Anamul Haque, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim (Wicketkeeper), Mahmudullah Riyad, Mosaddek Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan, Taijul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman Farhad Reza and Taskin Ahmed

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