Wednesday was a very quiet day at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh. A two-day practice match between BCB Red and BCB Green started but the atmosphere was off. Usually these matches get a lot of media attention but this time there were hardly any reporters or photographers around. The stadium was empty and calm.
The Bangladesh team started their training for the Sri Lanka tour a few days ago even with the Eid holidays. Maybe that’s why the fans didn’t turn up like they do for practice sessions. Originally this match was supposed to be between the national team and the ‘A’ team but things changed and the players picked for the Sri Lanka tour were divided into two teams.
What was surprising was that there were so few reporters, even less than during past sessions without fans. Normally the coaches keep a close eye on the players in practice matches but today they were more relaxed, walking along the boundary.
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As for the match, Najmul Hossain Shanto opened the batting for BCB Red alongside Shadman Islam, scoring 40 off 39 balls. BCB Red declared their innings at 247 for 9 after batting first. BCB Green finished the day at 31 for 1 after 10 overs.
Mominul Haque was the top scorer for BCB Red, scoring 78 off 131 balls, hitting 10 fours and 2 sixes. He built a good partnership with Liton Das who scored 43 off 97 balls.
On the bowling side, Ebadot Hossain impressed in his comeback to the team after almost two years, taking 3 wickets for 28 runs in 11 overs. Off-spinner Nayeem Hasan also took 3 wickets, giving away 75 runs in 23 overs. Nahid Rana and Hasan Murad took one wicket each.
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Bangladesh will play two Test matches against Sri Lanka. The first one starts on June 17 in Galle and the second on June 25 in Colombo. This series marks the beginning of Bangladesh’s journey in the 2025-2027 ICC World Test Championship.
