DHAKA, July 23, 2026 (BSS) - The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will hold a short training camp ahead of the national team's two-match Test series against Australia next month.

The Bangladesh team had recently returned home after a lengthy tour of Zimbabwe, where they played across all three formats. Bangladesh lost the one-off Test and the three-match ODI series before salvaging the tour by winning the three-match T20 International series.

Australia have already announced a full-strength squad, led by Pat Cummins, indicating they are taking Bangladesh seriously despite playing on home soil.

Bangladesh are yet to name their squad, with the selectors awaiting fitness updates on several players.

Pace spearhead Taskin Ahmed has opted out of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) despite receiving a no-objection certificate (NOC), choosing instead to remain in Bangladesh to prepare for the Australia tour. Bangladesh are set to play a Test series in Australia for the first time since 2003.

Fast bowler Ebadot Hossain will miss the tour as he and his wife are expecting their first child.

The BCB is also awaiting the fitness reports of Liton Das and Nahid Rana before finalising the squad.

Litton travelled to Singapore for a scan on a calf injury that has troubled him since June, while Rana underwent scans on Wednesday after sustaining a side strain during the second T20 International against Zimbabwe.

Meanwhile, the board has retained Talha Zubair as the national team's interim pace bowling coach while it continues its search for a permanent replacement for Shaun Tait.

Talha oversaw the pace bowling unit during the Zimbabwe tour, with Bangladesh's fast bowlers producing encouraging performances despite the team's mixed results.

Bangladesh will open the two-match Test series against Australia in Darwin on August 13 before the second and final Test begins in Mackay on August 22.