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Bangladesh Cricket Board announced on Thursday the 15-member Bangladesh National Cricket team which will play two Test matches against South Africa National Cricket team in South Africa. Bangladesh Cricket team conceded a 2-0 defeat by South Africa in the three-match ODI series. Bangladsh started their ODI campaign with a meagre start as the tigers lost to the Proteas by 61 runs in the first ODI on November 7.

Bangladesh tasted a formidable 128-run defeat by their counterpart South Africa in the second ODI on November 9.

Later, the third ODI match between Bangladesh and South Africa was washed out by rain on November 12.

Bangladesh will face South Africa in the first Test match, which starts on November 19.

The Tigers will meet the Proteas in the second Test match, which begins on November 26.

Their is no change in the ODI squad of Bangladesh team, which are now touring in South Africa.

The players of the 15- member squad, which will take part in the two-Test match series against the hosts South Africa, are : Mohammad Ashraful (captain), Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (vice-captain), Tamim Iqbal, Zunaed Siddique, Shakib Al Hasan, Mehrab Hossain (Junior), Shahadat Hossain, Mahbubul Alam Robin, Abdur Razzak, Imrul Kayes, Roqibul Hassan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Syed Rasel and Nazmul Hossain.