Tigers practise for tomorrow's warm-up
The Bangladesh team practised in two batches at the Stormont Cricket Ground in Belfast today, which is also the venue of their practice match tomorrow against the Ireland Wolves. Tomorrow’s match will be their last proper test before they take on Ireland in the opener of the tri-series -- which also involves New Zealand -- in Dublin on May 12.
A group of nine players -- Imrul Kayes, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah Riyad, Sanjamul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Subashis Roy, Nurul Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman -- practised in the morning from 9:15am local time (2:15pm Bangladesh time).
Eight others -- skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mossadek Hossain, Nasir Hossain, Rubel Hossain and Mehedi Hasan practised from 10:30am (3:30pm Bangladesh time) onwards.
Shakib Al Hasan, the ODI vice-captain and newly appointed T20I captain, will lead Bangladesh in the first ODI of the tri-series against Ireland as Mashrafe will be serving out a one-match ban he picked up for slow over-rate in the third ODI in Sri Lanka on April 1.
The Ireland tri-series will be a league-based event without a final – the team with the most points at the end of two rounds will be named the winner. The tri-series will be followed by the England leg of Bangladesh’s tour, where they will participate in the Champions Trophy starting with the Bangladesh-England match on June 1.
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