The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday announced the 15-member squad for the ACC Asia Cup scheduled to be held in September in the United Arab Emirates.
Bangladesh will start their Asia Cup campaign when they will take on Sri Lanka in their group B qualifiers opening match on September 15 in Dubai. The Tigers will play their group second match against Afghanistan on September 20 in Abu Dhabi.
Earlier, the BCB announced 31-memebr preliminary squad for the tournament.
The cricketers have been undergoing training camp August 27 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur. The Bangladesh cricket team is expected to leave for UAE on September 9.
SQUAD:
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (captain), Shakib Al Hasan (vice captain}, Tamim Iqbal, Md Mithun, Liton Kumar Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Ariful Haque, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nazmul Islam Apu, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman and Abu Hider Rony.
