Sports Reporter :
The first Test cricket match between Bangladesh National Cricket team and Pakistan National Cricket will begin today at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi of Pakistan.
The game will start at 11:30pm (Bangladesh Standard Time). Private satellite sports channel T Sports and private satellite channel GTV will telecast the match live. Najmul Hossain Shanto will lead Bangladesh Cricket team as captain, while Shan Masood will lead Pakistan Cricket team as captain.
Bangladesh’s key batters are experienced batter Mominul Haque, Mr. dependable wicketkeeper-cum-batter Mushfiqur Rahim, ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, prolific batter skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto, prolific wicketkeeper-cum-batter Litton Das.
Bangladesh’s key bowlers are experienced left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan, prolific right-arm spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz, experienced left-arm spinner Taijul Islam, promising left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam, promising right-arm pacer Khaled Ahmed.
On the other hand, Pakistan’s key batters are skipper Shan Masood, experienced batter Babar Azam, wicketkeeper-cum-batter Mohammad Rizwan. promising batter Abdullah Shafique and experienced batter Sarfaraz Ahmed.
Pakistan’s key bowlers are right-arm pacer Naseem Shah, left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Captain of Bangladesh Cricket team Najmul Hossain Shanto said, ” Bangladesh passed a tough time recently. We hope the people of our country will get a good time in future.”
Shanto said, ” Shakib Al Hasan is a professional player and we have considered him as an original cricketer. He has been playing for a long time. He is conscious about his duty and he knows how to prepare himself. I hope he will do something special in this two-Test match series against Pakistan.”
Squads:
Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto (Captain), Zakir Hasan, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Nahid Rana, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud and Khaled Ahmed.
Pakistan: Shan Masood (Captain), Saud Shakeel, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Muhammad Hurraira, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Agha Salman, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Shaheen Shah Afridi.