A 38-member contingent of the Bangladesh national football team left for Saudi Arabia this afternoon for an intensive training session ahead of their Asian Cup Qualifiers tie against India on March 25.

The contingent consists of 28 players and 10 officials including coaching staff. The booters will undergo an 11-day training as well as play three practice matches.

The team will face Sudan on either March 8 or 9. The schedule of the other two matches have not been finalised yet but a second division team from the city of Taif and a Super Cup club are likely to be the opponents.

Italy-based Fahemdul Islam will join the camp on March 10, and the team will return home on March 17. Sheffield United FC midfielder Hamza Choudhury will join the camp on March 18, and will partake in a practice session with the men in Red and Green the following day before the team leaves for India on March 20.