The ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 is scheduled to be played in England and Wales from May 30 to July 14. The latest edition of the cricket World Cup will see a participation of ten teams. The participating teams will face each other in a round-robin format and top four teams will qualify for semifinals. Bangladesh cricket team is a force to reckon in this format of the game and one of the unpredictable sides in the tournament. The Bangladesh cricket team are one of those dark-horses, who can cause a major upset and even pull off something miraculous, believe experts. ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Schedule in PDF: Ticket Prices, Dates, Venue Details & Timetable Available for Download Online.
Bangladesh played their first Cricket World Cup in the year 1999. The ICC Cricket World Cup 1999 was hosted mainly by England and was Bangladesh's debut in the World Cup. It was the seventh edition of the World Cups. Know All About 1999 Cricket World Cup: History, Participants and Winner of the Seventh Edition of World Cup.
All of Bangladesh’s first-round matches will be day games with a start time of 3 PM IST (04:00 PM Bangladesh Time). Bangladesh’s CWC 2019 campaign begins on the fourth day of the tournament on June 2 against South Africa. Bangladesh's last round-robin match will be on July 07. Bangladesh are also playing two warm-up matches before the actual games. On May 26, they face Pakistan in a practice match at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, and on May 28 they face India at Cardiff again.
Bangladesh Schedule at ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
Date and Time (IST) | Match | Venue |
02 June | 03:00 PM | Bangladesh vs South Africa | Kennington Oval, London |
05 June | 03:00 PM | Bangladesh vs New Zealand | Kennington Oval, London |
08 June | 03:00 PM | Bangladesh vs England | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff |
11 June | 03:00 PM | Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka | County Ground, Bristol |
17 June | 03:00 PM | Bangladesh vs West Indies | County Ground, Taunton |
20 June | 03:00 PM | Bangladesh vs Australia | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
24 June | 03:00 PM | Bangladesh vs Afghanistan | The Rose Bowl, Southampton |
02 July | 03:00 PM | Bangladesh vs India | Edgbaston, Birmingham |
05 July | 03:00 PM | Bangladesh vs Pakistan | Lord’s, London |
Bangladesh Squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
Mashrafe Mortaza (C), Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Abu Jayed, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan, Mohammad Mithun, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mosaddek Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Soumya Sarkar.
Mashrafe Mortaza is probably playing his last World Cup and will look to end his World Cup campaign on a high note. The all-rounder has shown great maturity in leading the side in past tournaments and has a temperament of a veteran. Add to this the experience of Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim with bowlers like Mustafizur Rahman, Mehidy Hasan, Rubel Hossain as well as others and the 'Tigers' have a champion team at hand.
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