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BSS, Dhaka

Bangladesh under-19 team leaves here today for Karachi for a 21-day tour of Pakistan, a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) press release said yesterday.

The team will play five one-dayers and one four-day match against Pakistan U-19 team during the tour.

The Bangladesh team is expected to return home on December 9.

Date Schedule

Nov 18 (Sunday) Bangladesh Team arrive in Karachi

Nov 19 (Mon) Nets at NSK ( National Stadium

Karachi) Academy Ground

Nov 20 (Tue) 4-day Game at NSK

Nov 21 (Wed) "

Nov 22 (Thu) "

Nov 23 (Fri) "

Nov 24 (Sat) Travel to Hyderabad by road,

3-hrs drive Nets at Niaz Stadium Hyderabad

Nov 25 (Sun) Nets at Niaz Stadium

Nov 26 (Mon) 1st One Day Game at Niaz

Stadium Hyderabad

Nov 27 (Tue) Nets at Niaz Stadium

Nov 28 (Wed) 2nd One Day Game at Niaz

Stadium Hyderabad

Nov 29 (Thu) Nets at Niaz Stadium

Nov 30 (Fri) Travel back to Karachi by

road, 3-hrs drive

Dec 1 (Sat) Nets at NBP (National Bank of

Pakistan) Ground Karachi

Dec 2 (Sun) 3rd One Day at DHA

Ground Karachi

Dec 3 (Mon) Nets at NSK Academy

Dec 4 (Tue) Nets at NSK Academy

Dec 5 (Wed) 4th One Day at Quaid-e-Azam

Park (Steel Mills Karachi)

Dec 6 (Thu) Nets at DHA (Defence Housing

Authority) Ground

Dec 7 (Fri) 5th One Day at NBP

Ground Karachi

Dec 8 (Sat) Bangladesh U-19 team

departs Karachi for Dhaka

Pakistan seek confidence boost before India test series

Reuters, India

A downcast Pakistan are pinning their hopes on defeating a reshuffled India in Sunday's inconsequential final one-dayer to gather momentum before the test series starting next week.

"If their regular combination doesn't play we will definitely get some psychological advantage," Pakistan batsman Misbah-ul Haq told reporters on Saturday.

"We hope we can win this match before the test series and take some confidence into it."

India have already clinched the series, having taken an unassailable 3-1 lead after winning the fourth game at Gwalior on Thursday by six wickets.

India team manager Lalchand Rajput said frontline pacemen Zaheer Khan and Rudra Pratap Singh and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh would sit out the day-nighter (0900 GMT start).

The hosts could also leave out one of their leading batsmen to give youngster Rohit Sharma his first match in the series.

Pakistan have continued to struggle since arriving in India after losing the test and one-day series against South Africa. They lost the Twenty20 World Cup final to India in September. "When you lose two-three series it does affect the players and the pressure builds on the team," Misbah said. "We're trying to win and that is the only way we can change things."

Misbah, 33, himself has failed to convert starts and finish games despite being handed a regular place in the XI since the retirement of batsman Inzamam-ul Haq.

His best so far in the series has been 49. He is in the squad for the three-test series starting in New Delhi on Thursday.