Tigers reach Pakistan safely
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||CF Correspondent ||
The Bangladesh cricket team has reached Pakistan today to play the first Test against Pakistan at Rawalpindi.
The Tigers’ Test squad departed from Dhaka yesterday evening by Qatar Airways and traveled via Doha to reach Islamabad today.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) posted pictures upon safe arrival of the Bangladesh players. “Arrival of
@BCBtigers team at Islamabad. Warm welcome to the visitors to the federal capital,” the PCB tweet read.
This is the second phase of Bangladesh touring Pakistan in its three-phase tour.The next phase is scheduled to happen at April .
Bangladesh completed the first phase of the tour last month in Lahore where they lost the Twenty20 series 2-0. The third match was washed out.
The team did not want to stay for a longer period in Pakistan and agreed to tour only in three phases. Bangladesh team will practice at Rawalpindi Cricket
Stadium tomorrow. Pakistan team have already started their preparations and trained at Rawalpindi yesterday.
The first Test of the two-match series will be played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from 7-11 February.
