Bangladesh national cricket team leaves Dhaka for Pakistan on Saturday with a hope to move to the 2nd round of the Asia Cup beginning on June 24.
Placed in group A of the Asia Cup, the Tigers will play their first match against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on June 24 and take on Sri Lanka on June 25, both at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
The final match of the 6-team meet will be held on July 6 at the National Stadium in Karachi.
The statistics suggests that the Asia Cup is not a happy hunting ground for Bangladesh as they won just one out of their 21 previous encounters. In 2004 in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh notched their first Asia Cup win crushing Hong Kong by 116 runs.
Apart from the match against Hong Kong, Bangladesh lost seven matches each to Pakistan and Sri Lanka and conceded six defeats to India.
Bangladesh Squad: Mohammad Ashraful (Captain), Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (Vice Captain), Mahmudullah Riyad, Tamim Iqbal, Alok Kapali, Abdur Razzak, Farhad Reza, Shahriar Nafees Ahmed, Nazim Uddin, Roqibul Hassan, Shahadat Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehrab Hossain (Jr.), Dollar Mahmud and Musharraf Hossain.
Officials: Shafique-ul-Haque Heera (manager), Jamie Siddons (coach), Sarwar Imran (bowling coach), Mohammad Salah Uddin (bowling coach), Grant Trafford Luden (strength and conditioning coach), Darryn Lifson (physio), Nasir Ahmed (computer analyst) and Rabeed Imam (media manager).
--UNB, Dhaka
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