Bangladesh’s cricketers, lovingly called the Tigers, will leave the capital for Oman on Sunday (October 3) night on a chartered flight to take part in the Men’s T20 World Cup to be hosted by Oman and United Arab Emirates.
Ahead of flying for Oman, all the members of the Bangladesh Cricket team tested for Covid-19 here on Saturday and after that they are maintaining a strict home quarantine for a day.
The Tigers will reach Oman capital Muscat on Monday ( October 4) and will start their practice session on the next day (Tuesday).
All the coaching staff of Bangladesh team including head coach Russell Domingo, now abroad, will join the team in Oman by October 5 before the first practice session.
Later, Bangladesh team will fly for UAE from Oman on Oct 9 to play two warm-up matches there against Sri Lanka and Ireland on October 12 and 14.
They will return to Oman on October 15.
Bangladesh must play in a round robin leauge qualifiers to enter the main competition. Placed in qualifying Group B, will start their campaign taking on Scotland on Oct 17, before facing hosts Oman on Oct 19 and Papua New Guinea on Oct 21. Top two in the group will advance to the main competition.
Bangladesh stand a chance to qualify for the Super 12 stage if they finish in the top two of their group.
Mahmudullah Riyad will lead the Tigers in the T20 World Cup coming off three consecutive T20 series wins: against Zimbabwe 2-1, Australia 4-1 and New Zealand 3-2.
The team has no major surprises, given that leading batsman Tamim Iqbal ruled himself out well in advance.
Tamim Iqbal was the highest scorer for Bangladesh in the 2016 T20 World Cup in India scoring 295 runs at an average of 73.7.
Bangladesh team comprises seven new faces, who are set to play their first World Cup.
Pacer Rubel Hossain and Aminul Islam Biplob, the leg spinning-all rounder, are named as reserves.
Bangladesh T20 World Cup 2021 squad are: Mahmudullah Riyad (Captain) ,Mohammad Naim, Liton Kumar Das, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Mohammad Saifuddin and Shamim Hossain.
Two reserved cricketers are: Rubel Hossain, and Aminul Islam Biplob.
Source: United News of Bangladesh