Afghans in town

Afghanistan national cricket team has arrived in Dhaka today evening to take part in the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh starting from September 25 at the Sher-e- Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.

The flight carrying the Afghan cricketers landed at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at around 4:20 pm, reports our correspondent. Afghanistan will face BCB XI in their only warm-up match on September 23 at Fatullah.

The three matches between Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be played on September 25, 28 and October 1.

Earlier, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had confirmed that the three ODIs between Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be day-night encounters and are to commence at 2:30 pm. BCB director Jalal Yunus affirmed that the games would in fact be day-night affairs. This series will be Bangladesh's first ODI series of the year.

The BCB's decision also means that Tigers will play a total of six day-night matches at home within the next two months as the ODI series against England is set to begin on October 7. 

The BCB selection panel named a 13–member team for the practice match against Afghanistan.

BCB XI SQUAD

Imrul Kayes, Anamul Hoque, Mosaddek Hossain, Shabbir Rahman, Litton Das, Shuvagata Hom, Abu Hider Rony, Sanjamul Islam, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Al-Amin (Jr), Shuvashish Roy, Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Alauddin Babu.