Opener Enamul Haque Bijoy and star pacer Taskin Ahmed were supposed to go with the team. But their journey was delayed by a day due to visa complications. In this regard, Taskin said that the journey was delayed by a day due to a delay in the arrival of visas. Taskin-Bijoy will fly to Dubai on Wednesday.

Opener Naeem Sheikh, a last-minute addition to the Asia Cup squad, has arrived in Dubai from West Indies’ St Lucia. Head coach Russell Domingo is not going on this tour as he has been removed from T20I. Pace bowling coach Alan Donald, batting coach Jamie Siddons, spin bowling coach Rangana Herath, and fielding coach Sean McDermott are going to the Asia Cup under new technical consultant Sridharan Sriram.
Bangladesh will face Afghanistan in their first match of the tournament on August 30.

Asia Cup Bangladesh Team: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Enamul Haque Bijoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Mahmudullah Riyad, Sheikh Mehdi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mostafizur Rahman, Sabbir Rahman, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Ibadat Hossain, Parvez Hossain Emon, Naeem Sheikh, Taskin Ahmed, Nasum Ahmed.