By Abdul Jabbar Faisal
ISLAMABAD (February 5, 2020):-A 14-member Bangladesh cricket squad led by Mominul Haque arrived on Wednesday in the morning at Islamabad International Airport (IIA) to play a Test match at Pindi Cricket Stadium regarding ICC Test Championship. Test match will be played from February 7 to 11.
The second Test match of the rubber will be played in April at National Cricket Stadium, Karachi. However, top officials of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) including Zakir Khan and other staff welcomed the cricket team at airport. They presented flowers to the all players. All and officials traveled via Doha, Qatar, as the air-buss landed at 8:00am at IIA on Wednesday.
Later, all members reached at a local hotel and they were in tight security and they enjoyed breakfast in the hotel. They hanged “Don’t Disturb” signs on the door and took full rest.
The visitor team will hold the practice session on Thursday at Pindi Cricket Stadium. Pakistani players will also be tuned up in practice session on same day at same venue.
Bangladesh: Mominul Haque (Capt), Tamim Iqbal, Saif Hasan, Najmul Hossain, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mohammad Mithun, Liton Das, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Ebadat Hossain, Abu Jayed, Al-Amin Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Soumya Sarkar
Pakistan: Azhar Ali (captain), Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Bilal Asif, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Haris Sohail, Imam-ul-Haq, Imran Khan, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Yasir Shah
