Tigers in New Delhi
Sports Reporter
A 19-member Bangladesh cricket team reached Indian capital New Delhi yesterday to take part in the ICC Champions Trophy.Earlier, Bangladesh Cricket Board general secretary Mahbub Anam and cricket committee member ASM Faruque bid the Tigers goodbye at the Zia International Airport before they boarded an Air India flight. Wives of skipper Habibul Bashar and newly-wed Bangladesh paceman Mashrafee Bin Mortuza and parents of Shahriar Nafees and rookie Mehrab Hossain also went to see-off their beloved. The Tigers will reside in New Delhi for three days before departing to Mohali, in Punjab, where they play a warm-up match and the opening match of the Champions Trophy qualifying rounds against Sri Lanka on October 4 and 7 respectively. Two top teams from the 4-team qualifying league also involving the West Indies and Zimbabwe will make it to the eight-team final rounds.
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(L) New boy Mehrab Hossain is the apple of his mother's eyes as he prepares to leave for his first tour with the national team. (C) Fast bowler Mashrafee Bin Mortuza with his wife. (R) Captain Habibul Bashar is in conversation with wicketkeeper Khaled Mashud and new manager Khaled Mahmud before departing to New Delhi at the Zia International Airport yesterday. PHOTO: Anisur Rahman |
