Bangladesh Cricket Team Prepares for Tough Test Matches

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced that the national team will play seven red-ball games to prepare for a demanding Test schedule and focus on the World Test Championship (WTC). Bangladesh will face South Africa, West Indies, Pakistan, and India in the 2023-25 WTC cycle.

Upcoming Matches

The Test players will participate in three four-day games in Chattogram next month. These will be followed by two four-day matches against Pakistan A in Darwin from July 19 to 29. The Bangladesh A team will then travel to Pakistan for two four-day matches in August. Additionally, New Zealand A plans to visit Bangladesh in August or September.

Training Camps

Since May, Bangladesh players have been attending training camps in Chattogram and Sylhet. Jalal Yunus, BCB’s cricket operations chairman, stated that the Test players are progressing well at the camps and that the four-day games against tough opponents will benefit them in the WTC matches. He said, “We can give them the best preparation ahead of the gruelling Test schedule in the coming months. The rest is up to the players. I have been following the Bangladesh Tigers camp, which is going well.”

Future Tours

The Bangladesh senior men’s squad is expected to travel to Pakistan on August 17 for two Tests, with locations and dates yet to be announced. After Pakistan, they will play two Tests against India in Chennai and Kanpur, followed by three Twenty20 Internationals. Bangladesh might tour India twice in three months if the BCB agrees to the Afghanistan Cricket Board’s amended schedule of two white-ball matches in late July. The ACB has proposed playing three ODIs and three T20Is at Greater Noida as part of their new itinerary.