Pakistan arrive in Bangladesh for ODI series
Pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi leads the 15-member Pakistan squad which will play a first bilateral ODI on Bangladesh soil for the first time in over a decade.
The Pakistan national cricket team has arrived in Dhaka today (8 March) ahead of their three-match ODI series against Bangladesh.
Pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi leads the 15-member Pakistan squad which will play a first bilateral ODI on Bangladesh soil for the first time in over a decade.
The previous series had taken place in Dhaka in April 2015.
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The Pakistan players landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at the early hours of the day.
Pakistan's support staff however arrived in Dhaka in a separate contingent on Saturday.
The Pakistan team will have two practice sessions in Dhaka on Monday and Tuesday before they play the first ODI on Wednesday (March 11) at Sher-e- Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
The next two ODIs are scheduled for March 13 and 15 at the same venue.
15-member Pakistan squad: Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Hussain Talat, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk), Saad Masood, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha and Shamyl Hussain.
