Indian cricket team, led by skipper Rahul Dravid, arrived in Dhaka to play three one-dayers and two Test matches against Bangladesh.
DHAKA: Indian cricket team, led by skipper Rahul Dravid, on Monday arrived here to play three one-dayers and two Test matches against Bangladesh.
India will play the first two one-dayers at Mirpur on May 10 and May 12 and the third one at Chittagong on May 15.
The first Test match will begin at Chittagong from May 18 and second and final match at Dhaka from May 25.
Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Wasim Jaffar, VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble, Rajesh Pawar, VRV Singh and Ramesh Pawar, who are included only in the Test squad, will join the the team on May 15.
The condition of Dravid, who was hit on his nose while practising on the penultimate day of the conditioning camp here, has improved considerably.
A scan was done on his nose and it was found to be 'okay', team sources said.
Dravid, in his interaction with the media after the team's photo session at a hotel here last night, has said "I feel I will be able to play the first match in Dhaka on May 10".
The captain said all the players were eagerly awaiting the series and he was expecting it to be an interesting one.
"I am looking forward to this tour in Bangladesh. I strongly believe that we have the capability to perform well and it is going to be an interesting series," he said.
"I have told the players that the main challenge is to bring out our best performance. All the players are eagerly waiting for this series and I am sure they will prove their worth."
Dravid said they wanted to start afresh and on a positive note in their first assignment after their World Cup debacle.
"The Indian team's aim is not only to do well in Bangladesh. We also want to start afresh as we have a long cricket season ahead. We are to find our right rhythm from this tour itself," he said.
Indian ODI squad: Rahul Dravid (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Manoj Tiwari, Dinesh Mongia, Piyush Chawla, S Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, Zahir Khan and RP Singh.
Indian Test squad: Rahul Dravid (captain), Wasim Jaffer, Dinesh Karthik, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Anil Kumble, Sresanth, Zaheer Khan, VRV Singh, Ramesh Powar, Munaf Patel and Rajesh Pawar.
Cricket manager-cum-coach: Ravi Shastri
Administrative manager: Surendra Bhave.
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