BCB, ICRC release itinerary of five-nation T20 tournament for physically challenged   

Bangladesh Cricket Board and International Committee of the Red Cross have announced the schedule of the forthcoming five-nation T20 tournament for people with disabilities.

Sports Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 23 August 2015, 06:00 PM
Updated : 23 August 2015, 06:00 PM

Hosts Bangladesh, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and England will battle it out through the competition.

The overseas teams will reach Bangladesh between Aug 28 and 31, a joint media statement from the BCB and the ICRC said on Sunday.

Bangladesh will kick off the tournament against England at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sep 2.

The match is set to start at 11am.

A total of 11 matches will be played in the competition. The rest of the matches, including the final on Sep 10, will be played at Savar's BKSP.

The Bangladesh team have already been formed.

On Friday, Michael Kifle, Communication Delegate of the ICRC, had said that this would be the first tournament of its kind.

Date

Match

Time

Venue

Sep 2, Wednesday

Bangladesh-England

11am

SBNCS

Sep 3, Thursday

Pakistan-Afghanistan

9:30am

BKSP-3

Sep 3, Thursday

India-England

1:30pm

BKSP-4

Sep 4, Friday

India-Afghanistan

9:30am

BKSP-3

Sep 4, Friday

Bangladesh-Pakistan

1:30pm

BKSP-4

Sep 6, Sunday

Bangladesh Afghanistan

9:30am

BKSP-3

Sep 6. Sunday

India-Pakistan

1:30pm

BKSP-4

Sep 7, Monday

Pakistan-England

9:30am

BKSP-3

Sep 7, Monday

Bangladesh-India

1:30pm

BKSP-4

Sep 8, Tuesday

England-Afghanistan

9:30am

BKSP-3

Sep 10, Thursday

Final

9:30am

BKSP-4