DHAKA, Oct 3, 2021 (BSS) - All the members of Bangladesh's Twenty20 Cricket

World Cup squad have tested negative for Covid-19, much to the relief of the
team management.

  The Tigers are scheduled to leave the country tonight (10:45 pm), but
uncertainty loomed over their journey as Oman was hit hard by cyclone
Shaheen. If flight between the two countries is on, Bangladesh team will
board on the plane, a senior BCB official informed.

  But for the time being, Bangladesh received good news that no one tested
positive for coronavirus. "All of the members tested Covid-19 negative," BCB
chief physician Dr. Debashis Chowdhury said here today.

   Bangladesh will set up their conditioning camp for the upcoming Twenty20
World Cup in Oman, where they will play the matches of the group round also.

  However, after arriving in Oman, they will maintain a room-quarantine
before starting their practice here. They will then travel to the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) on October 9.

   Team's two members Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman will join the
team here as they are now in the UAE to play the IPL. Bangladesh will play
two official warm-up games here against Sri Lanka and Ireland on October 12
and 14. The Tigers then again will travel to Oman to play the qualifying
round matches.

  They are drawn in Group B along with co-host Oman, Scotland and Papua New
Guinea. Mahmudullah Riyad and co will start their mission, taking on Scotland
on October 17 and then they will face off against Oman and Papua New Guinea
on October 19 and 21.

   If they can overcome the hurdle of the qualifying round, they will then
travel to UAE to play the Super 12s matches.