Bangladesh national cricket team. Photo: BCB

DHAKA, Feb 13, 2025 (BSS)—The Bangladesh national cricket team will depart Dhaka in the early hours of Friday for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy.

The Tigers will first land in Dubai, where they will set up a short training camp before playing their long warm-up game on February 17 ahead of the Champions Trophy.

The tournament, which is being organized for the first time since 2017, will be held in Dubai and Pakistan from February 19-March 9.

Bangladesh will kick off their mission by taking on India in Dubai on February 20.

After the match against India, Bangladesh will travel to Pakistan for their remaining two matches of the group phase.

They will take on Pakistan on February 24 before facing off New Zealand on February 27. Both of the matches will be held in Rawalpindi.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), however, named Mehidy Hasan Miraz as the vice captain of the Tigers in their mission for the ICC Champions Trophy.

It also included two fast bowlers -- Hasan Mahmud and Syed Khaled Ahmed -- in the squad to help the national team in training in Dubai.

The bowlers will return home following Bangladesh’s opening match against India.

Bangladesh: Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mahmudullah Riyad, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Parvez Hossai Emon, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nahid Rana.