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UNB, Dhaka

A 14-member GP-BCB National Cricket Academy team left here for South Africa on Monday morning to play two four-day and three one-day matches.

All-rounder Suhrawardy Shuvo will lead the Bangladesh Academy team during the three-week tour to South Africa, while Sahagir Hossain Pavel will act as vice-captain.

The GP-BCB Academy team will start their campaign in Pretoria with a four-day match against South Africa Academy team on August 8 at Tukkies 1 in Pretoria.

The 2nd four-day match between two teams will be held August 14-18 at Laudiam, Pretoria.

The three one-day matches between the two Academy teams are scheduled for August 20 (Dobsonville, Johannesburg), August 22 (Tukkies, Pretoria) and August 24 (Lenasia, Johannesburg).

The Academy team, which is due to return home on August 25, will later tour Sri Lanka with the current players given priority.

GP-BCB Academy team: Suhrawardy Shuvo (captain), Sahagir Hossain Pavel (vice captain), Farhad Hossain, Shamsur Rahman, Marshall Ayub, Nadif Chowdhury, Imrul Kayes, Jahurul Islam, Nasir Hossain, Raihan Uddin, Mahbubul Alam, Shafaq Al Zabir, Ziaur Rahman and Delwar Hossain.