The Tigers will face Pakistan on May 26 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. At the same venue, they will lock horn against old nemesis India on May 28. Right after that, the Tigers will move to London where they will start their campaign on June 2 against South Africa.
Before leaving for Cardiff, Bangladesh spent three days in Leicester. Captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and the opener Tamim Iqbal, however, missed out the practice camp.
While Mashrafe came back to Dhaka for a short break, Tamim spent three days with his family in Dubai, UAE. Both were back in the UK today.
Before leaving Dhaka on Wednesday, Mashrafe asked the supporters to keep them in prayers. The Tigers’ captain said: “The World Cup will be a different ball game. We have to set our mind to score 300, 320-330 in the World Cup.”
Mashrafe will join the team in Cardiff after the press conference of the participating nations’ captains in London, that he will attend soon after arriving back in the UK.
Bangladesh have exuded confidence going into the World Cup, winning their first-ever title in a multi-national event in Ireland, where they beat West Indies three times in the event including the final.