BCB Names U19 Squad for South Africa, Zimbabwe Tours

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) today announced a 16-member team for the South Africa and Zimbabwe tour. While the youngsters will play a three-match one-day series in South Africa,  they will take part a tri-nation series in Zimbabwe, involving hosts Zimbabwe  and also the South Africa. They will play nine matches in the African tour as part of their preparation for the upcoming ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2026. If they can qualify for the final of the tournament, they will get 10 matches. Bangladesh, however, have departed the country today for South Africa, where they will reach tomorrow (Friday). After training in South Africa for two days, they will play a warm-up game against Cricket South Africa (CSA) invitation XI at Pretoria.

They will then travel to Benoni for the three-match series, which was scheduled to be held on July 17, 19 and 22. The two teams thereafter will travel to Harare, Zimbabwe on July 23 for  playing the tri-nation series. The tri-nation tournament will be held in Harare from July 25 to August 10 featuring nine round-robin matches followed by a final. Each team will play three matches against each other in the league phase before the top two teams  qualify for the final. Bangladesh youngsters will kick off their campaign against South Africa on July 26, with further matches between the two sides scheduled for July 31 July and August 6. The young Tigers will also face off Zimbabwe on July 28 July, August 1, and 8. The top two teams at the end of the group stage will meet in the final on 10 August. Bangladesh squad: Azizul Hakim Tamim (captain), Zawad Abrar (vice-captain), Samiun Basir Ratul, Debashis Sarkar Deba, Rizan Hossain, Al Fahad, Iqbal Hasan Emon, Rafi Uzzaman Rafi, Farid Hasan Faysal, Kalam Siddiki Aleen, Sanjid Mojumder, Shariar Al Amin, Farjan Ahmed Alif, Mohammad Abdullah, Rifat Beg, Shadhin Islam. Stand by: Shahriar Ahmed, Shahriar Ajmir, Mohammad Sobuj, Farhan Shahriar.