Mashrafe off to Ireland

Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza left Dhaka last night to join the team in Ireland.

Mashrafe returned home from Sussex on April 30 to be with his ailing wife Sumona Huq. 

“The situation has little bit improved and that's why I am flying today,” said Mashrafe over phone from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday. “Please pray for us,” added the Tigers skipper, who endured a tough time during his short stay as his two children have also been suffering from illness. BCB director and media committee chairman Jalal Yunus, who will travel with the team in Ireland as a team manager, also departed with the Bangladesh captain.

Both will join the team in Belfast as the Tigers will travel to Belfast from Sussex today.

Bangladesh completed their ten-day camp in Sussex on Friday after playing the second warm-up game that they won by 134 runs against Sussex XI and Mashrafe missed both the practice matches.  The tri-series campaign will start from May 12 and Mashrafe will get a chance along with Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman, who joined the team yesterday, to warm up before the series as there is another practice match on May 10.