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UNB, Dhaka

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Sunday named a 24-member probable squad for the upcoming home Series against New Zealand and the tour of South Africa.

The players have been asked to report to head coach Jamie Siddons at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium (SBNS) today (Monday) at 9:00 am.

Bangladesh will host New Zealand for three ODIs and two Tests in October before traveling to South Africa for three ODIs, two Tests, and a Twenty20 international.

The New Zealand Cricket team will arrive here on September 30 for a month-long tour during which they will play three ODIs, and a two-match test series against the Bengal tigers.

The Kiwis will play a warm-up match on October 7 against a local selection.

The New Zealand team will start their Bangladesh campaign with an ODI match on October 9 at the SBNS in Mirpur. They will play the 2nd ODI match on Oct. 11 at the same venue.

The Kiwis will play the 3rd and last ODI match on Oct. 14 at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Ruhul Amin Stadium in Chittagong (BSSRAS).

After the ODI matches, the visitors will play the two-match test series -- 1st test on Oct 17-21 at BSSRAS in Chittagong and the 2nd test on Oct 25-29 at SBNS in Mirpur.

Bangladesh squad (probable): Tamim Iqbal, Zunaed Siddiqui, Mohammad Ashraful, Roqibul Hassan, Shakib Al Hasan, Mehrab Hossain (Jr.), Mushfiqur Rahim (WK), Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel, Nazmul Hossain, Mahmud Ullah Riyad, Dollar Mahmud, Nafis Iqbal, Rajin Saleh, Tushar Imran, Enamul Haque (Jr.), Imrul Kayes, Shamsur Rahman, Nayeem Islam, Sohrawardy Shuvo, Mahbubul Alam and Sahagir Hossain (WK).