The practice camp of Bangladesh A team ahead of their home series against Zimbabwean counterpart begins today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur in the city.
Zimbabwe A Team are expected to arrive in Bangladesh on September 10. They will take part two 4-day matches and three ODI matches against Bangladesh A Cricket Team during their Bangladesh tour.
Earlier, Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a 22-member of preliminarily squad of the Bangladesh A team. BCB picked up several young, promising and experienced cricketers in the primary squad where former national cricket team opener Shahriar Nafees, Marshall Ayub and Junaid Siddique have been included. Seamer Abul Hasan has also returned to the squad after suffering backbone injury.
Bangladesh A team: Shahriar Nafees Ahmed, Zuber Hossain, Sadman Islam, Saqlain Sajib, Liton Kumar, Arafat Sunny, Marshall Ayub, Shahadat Hossain, Rokibul Hasan, M Shohid, Abul Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Shabbir Rahaman, Muktar Ali, Sumaya Sarker, Farhad Reza, Farhad Hossain, Ziaur Rahman, Nayeem Islam, Junaeed Siddique, Nurul Hasan and Dewan Sabbir.