Sports Reporter :
A nine-day long Special Practice Camp of cricket begins today at the BCB-NCA Ground in Mirpur. Bowling Coach of Bangladesh National Cricket team Courtney Walsh will conduct the coaching camp.
A total of 14 pacers and five batsmen have been called up for the coaching camp.
The pacers, who have been selected, are: Taskin Ahmed, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Jayed, Abul Hasan Raju, Abu Hider Rony, Mohammad Saifuddin, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Ebadat Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Mohammad Robiul, Khaled Ahmed, Qazi Anik and Hossain Ali.
The five batsmen, who have been chosen, are: Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Ariful Haque, Zakir Hasan and Sabbir Ahmed.
The duration time of the coaching camp is two and a half hours everyday. The coaching camp will start at 9.30 am and will come to an end at 12.00 Noon everyday. The coaching camp will be concluded on March 3.
The coaching camp will be held marking the upcoming Nidahas Trophy scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka from March 6. Hosts Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India will take part in the T20I tournament.