Squads for Windies series chalked out

While cricketers have been playing in the Bangabandhu T20 Cup, the final of which is scheduled to take place on December 18, selectors have already chalked out primary squads for the upcoming West Indies series following a meeting with head coach Russell Domingo, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Cricket Operations Committee Chairman Akram Khan informed.

He added that they expected to begin the national camp by the end of this month.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Tuesday confirmed their national team will arrive in Bangladesh on January 10 and play a one-day warm-up match at BKSP after one week of quarantine ahead of the first of the three-match ODI series on January 20.

After the three-match ODI series concludes on January 25, the visitors will play a four-day warm-up game at Chattogram's MA Aziz Stadium ahead of the two-Test series. Initially, the plan was to have two T20Is, three ODIs, and three Tests, but the visitors urged the BCB for a shorter tour.

"We are expecting to start the national camp by the end of this month or the first week of January. We have to create a bio-secure bubble to start camp and we are planning to form a bigger squad who will stay in the bio-secure bubble," said Akram.

According to the former Bangladesh captain, the national team's foreign staff, including head coach Russell Domingo, is expected to arrive in the country by the first week of January.

"As players and the coaches will have to stay in the bubble for a long time, we are considering starting the camp not long before the series. Foreign coaches, including Russell Domingo, are expected to join the team by the first week of January," he added.