Bangladesh Youth Cricket team due to fly for South Africa Saturday midnight to play the ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup' 2024 beginning there on January 19.
Hosts South Africa will play West Indies at JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom while Ireland will face Unites States at Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein.in two opening day's fixture on January 19.
After reaching South Africa, Bangladesh U-19 team will conduct a five-day pre-event camp in Potchefstroom before started their U-19 World Cup campaign taking on their giant neighbor and holders India in Bloemfontein on January 20.
Bangladesh, which was placed in Group A with India, United States and Ireland, will play Ireland on January 22 at Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein and United States on January 26 at the same venue.
in the remaining group matches.
The official photo session of the Bangladesh Under-19 team was held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur Saturday noon .
One eve of the departure, Bangladesh's successful captain Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby expressed his overall satisfaction over the present team and said our team now in a good shape and 1 am confident about my team to do better in the Under-19 World Cup.
"I can't see any challenge in the World Cup, we will play in a similar wicket in South Africa like UAE.
Bangladesh won their first-ever Under-19 Asia Cup title in Dubai last month beating India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and hosts UAE.
Akbar Ali led Bangladesh Under-19 team clinched ICC Under-19 World Club title in 2020, also in South Africa and they finished miserably 8th in the next tournament two years later in West Indies. .
Earlier on last Monday, the BCB announced a 15-member final squad for the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup' 2024 with Under-19 Asia Cup winning Bangladesh captain cum left-arm spinner Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby as the skipper..
BCB selector Hannan Sarkar announced the Bangladesh U-19 team for the global youth meet retaining the same squad that had won the ACC U19 Asia Cup in Dubai recently.
Bangladesh side conducted fitness and skill camp in Dhaka for the last four days before flying for South Africa.
Bangladesh U-19 team : Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby (Captain), Ashiqur Rahaman Shibli, Jishan Alam, Chowdhury, Md Rizwan, Adil Bin Siddik, Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Boranno, Ariful Islam, Shihab James, Ahrar Amin (Vice Captain), Sheikh Parvez Jibon, Rafi Uzzaman Rafi, Rohanat Doullah Borson, Iqbal Hasan Emon, Wasi Siddiquee, Maruf Mridha
Five stand by cricketers/ssk are : Nayeem Ahmed, Rizan Hossan, Ashraful Hasan, Tanvir Ahammed, Akanto Sheikh