The Bangladesh ‘A’ team is set to face Pakistan Shaheens in the opening match of the Top End T20 Series this afternoon. The match is scheduled to begin at 3:30 pm Bangladesh time.
Bangladesh is participating in the 11-team tournament in Australia for the second time. Following their competitive performance in the previous edition, expectations are high among fans for this year’s series. Despite performing well in the group stage last season, They fell short in the final, losing the title to the Adelaide Strikers Academy.
“𝑾𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑵𝒖𝒓𝒖𝒍 𝑯𝒂𝒔𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒐𝒉𝒂𝒏, 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒉 ‘𝑨’.
Broadcasting Details: Watch the Match Live
There had been some uncertainty about whether the series would be televised, but those fears have been resolved. T-Sports will broadcast all matches of Bangladesh ‘A’ live, while the entire series will also be available on Australia’s Seven Plus Sports.
In addition, the Top End T20 will be broadcast across 10 channels and platforms worldwide:
- Fancode – India & Bangladesh
- KTV Max – Nepal
- A Sports & ARY Zap – Pakistan
- Willow Television – US & Canada
- Stix Sports – Sri Lanka
- Unbeaten & Primemedia Sports – Africa (selected 19 matches)
- Cricket Australia YouTube channel – Rest of the world
“𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒐𝒑 𝑬𝒏𝒅 𝑻20 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆,” 𝒂 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝑩𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.
Bangladesh ‘A’ Squad
The Bangladesh ‘A’ team is captained by Nurul Hasan Sohan and includes:
Saif Hasan, Naeem Sheikh, Zeeshan Alam, Mahidul Islam Ankon, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Afif Hossain Dhruba, Tofail Ahmed, Mrityunjoy Chowdhury, Rakibul Hasan, Mahfuzur Rahman Rabbi, Naeem Hasan, Mushfiqur Hasan, Ripon Mondal, and Hasan Mahmud.
With a combination of experience and emerging talent, Bangladesh ‘A’ will look to start the tournament on a strong note against Pakistan Shaheens.
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