Argentine coach Diego Cruciani short-listed the team from the 25-member preliminary set, which was announced on the last week of May, with a mixture of youth and experienced players.

There were as many as nine players in the team who have the experience of playing in the senior side while the rest are picked from the two age group sides.

"I am happy with the team. The fitness level of the players are satisfactory but there is only concern for the lack of match practice," said Cruciani, who has been working with the team for the last two months.

The team is expected to play two practice games in Bangkok on August 7 and 9, on their way to Colombo.

Bangladesh, which had failed to overcome the group hurdle in the last meet in Pakistan in 2004, are pencilled in group B along with India, Nepal and Afghanistan while group A comprises of Pakistan, Maldives, Bhutan and hosts Sri Lanka.

The former champions Bangladesh will launch their campaign against Nepal on August 14, with their second group match against Afghanistan billed for August 16 and India will be the last match in the group stages on August 19.

After the group matches, the two semifinals will be held on August 24 while the 3rd place-deciding match will be played on Aug 26.

The final of the event will be held on the night of August 26.

TEAM
Atiqul Islam Tariq, MN Shakil, Firoz Mahmud Hossain Titu, Faisal Mahmud, Mehedi Hasan Ujjal, Arman Aziz, Zahid Hasan Emily, Abul Kashem, Ariful Islam, Arafat Ali Ronny, Zahid Hossain, Mohammad Robin, Mohiuddin Ibnul Siraji, Zahed Parvez Chowdhury, Mehdi Hasan Tapu, Zahirul Islam, Wali Faisal, Shahriar Abdullah Rintu, Enamul Huq Sharif and Abdullah Al Parvez Sala.