Bangladesh team departs for South Africa tour
The Bangladesh national cricket team has left the country for South Africa, straight after finishing the home Test series against the West Indies.
On Tuesday (November 10), the first of two batches boarded a flight to South Africa. Najmul Hossain Shanto's side are travelling for a full series across all three formats on a long and busy schedule.
The first batch, comprising 13 cricketers and the head coach among 16 members in total, left Dhaka on Tuesday. The remaining members will travel to South Africa in the second batch on Wednesday (November 11).
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had announced the 16-member Test squad for the South Africa tour while the second Test against the West Indies was still under way in Sylhet.
Bangladesh will begin the tour with a two-match Test series. That will be followed by three-match ODI and T20I series.
But the Bangladesh team will not get much time to prepare once they reach South Africa. The first Test of the two-match series begins on November 15, and the second and final Test starts on November 23.
After the Test series, the ODI series begins on December 1 at Buffalo Park in East London. The second ODI will be played on December 4 at St George's Park in Gqeberha, and the third and final ODI on December 7 at Newlands in Cape Town.
The short-format contest then begins with the first T20I on December 10 at Kimberley Oval. The second T20I will be played on December 12 at Willowmoore Park in Benoni, and the third and final T20I on December 13 at SuperSport Park in Centurion.
That match will bring Bangladesh's tour of South Africa to an end.
The team has set off for South Africa straight after the home Test series against the West Indies — one long tour beginning almost as soon as another has finished for Bangladesh.
