DHAKA, Jan 13: The Bangladesh cricket team left for the cricket World Cup on Monday.

The squad will initially play five one-day warm-up matches in Namibia before arriving in South Africa, where the majority of the tournament’s 54 matches will be held, on Jan 31.

The tournament begins on Feb 9, with Bangladesh’s first match against Canada in Durban on Feb 11.

Squad: Khaled Mashud (captain), Hannan Sarkar, Al-Shahriar, Mohammad Ashraful, Habibul Bashar, Sanwar Hossain, Alok Kapali, Tapash Baisya, Mohammad Rafique, Manjurul Islam, Talha Jubair, Mashrafe Mortaza, Tushar Imran, Ehsanul Hoque, Khaled Mahmud.—Reuters

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