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Tigers back to business

Sports Reporter
Cricket
The Tigers returned to business yesterday after the Eid holidays with a hope to make their presence felt in the upcoming ICC WorldTwenty20 to be held in Sri Lanka from July 18.
Left-arm spinner and experienced campaigner Abdur Razzak expressed his optimism about his side's chances in the upcoming mega event while talking to reporters at the Mirpur Indoors after a practice session.
“We got back to business after a short break and everybody is now focussing on the upcoming challenge. I think everybody enjoyed the Eid holidays and it was definitely special for me this time,” said Razzak, who recently got married.
“It's nice that we are getting enough opportunities to play T20 matches before the World Cup. We have had the skills but we didn't know the craft of the new version of the game previously as we hardly played any matches but this time we have already played some T20 matches which is helping every individual player to get accustomed to the format,” he added, alluding to Bangladesh's recent tours of Zimbabwe and Europe where the Tigers played only T20 matches.
Six cricketers were absent as captain Mushfiqur Rahim along with his deputy Mahmudullah Riyad, Mohammad Ashraful, Tamim Iqbal and Nasir Hossain are taking part in the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) while pacer Mashrafe Bin Mortaza took an additional day's break.
The 15-member squad announced by the BCB for the ICC World 1\iventy20 will take part in the T20 tournament in Trinidad & Tobago under the banner of BCB XI.
The camp will end on August 29 and the Bangladesh team will leave Dhaka on August 31 forTrinidad. If any Bangladeshi player is involved in the final of the SLPL to be held on August 31 he will join the team directly in Dubai on September 1.
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After the tournament in Trinidad &Tobago, the Bangladesh team is scheduled to reach Colombo on September 12.
Bangladesh will play two warm-up matches — against Zimbabwe on September 15 at the Colts Cricket ground in Colombo and against Ireland on September 17 at the Moors Cricket ground in Colombo — in Sri Lanka before the tournament proper.
The Tigers have been placed in Group D along with New Zealand and Pakistan. Bangladesh will take on New Zealand on September 21 before meeting Pakistan on September 25. Both matches will be played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
“I believe it's very much possible to reach the second round. We always play to win, so we will also try our best to beat New Zealand and Pakistan," hoped Razzak.