Tigers begin fitness camp today

Players included in the 27-member preliminary squad which was announced last week will assemble for the first time at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium today as they are scheduled to attend a fitness session with national team strength and conditioning coach Mario Villavarayen.

All the players of the squad, except for Shakib Al Hasan, will be available today. Shakib is currently on a break and is in America with his family.

The conditioning session is a prelude of sorts to the start of the national camp. The players are expected to attend a couple more sessions before they begin working on their respective skills.

The national players have a busy schedule ahead with a series against Zimbabwe, the Asia Cup and the ICC World Twenty 20 lined up.

Their first focus of course will be the series against Zimbabwe, which is expected to begin in the second week of January.