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UNB, Dhaka

Touring GP-BCB Academy team starts their campaign in South Africa with a four-day match against South Africa Academy team on Friday at Tukkies in Pretoria.

Earlier, on Monday, a 14-member GP-BCB national cricket academy team left here for South Africa to play two four-day and three one-day matches.

All-rounder Suhrawardy Shuvo is leading the Bangladesh team on a three-week tour to South Africa, with Sahagir Hossain Pavel as his deputy.

The 2nd four-day match between the two academy sides will be held August 14-18 at Laudiam in Pretoria.

The GP-BCB Academy team will play the first one-day match against their South African counterpart on August 20 at Dobsonville in Johannesburg, the second one-day match on Aug 22 at Tukkies in Pretoria, and the third and last one day match on Aug 24 at Lenasia in Johannesburg.

The Academy team, which is due to return home on August 25, would later tour Sri Lanka.

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.