Meanwhile, the preparation match has started. The game has been going on since morning at the Sher e Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. All of the 17-member squad has entered the field divided into two groups, red and green. Where red team captain Shakib Al Hasan and green team Afif Hossain. Several U-19 World Cup-winning cricketers have joined the two teams.

The Bangladesh team was going to be in great danger in the summer match. All arrangements were made to prepare for the Asia Cup.
Shakib Al Hasan, the captain of the Bangladesh team in the Asia Cup, was hit on the head by a ball in the match. Shakib returned with a personal 17 runs. But fortunately, the injury was not serious. Later came down again with the bat and remains unbeaten on 38 runs. That is, Shakib scored 55 runs by batting twice.

Bijoy batted twice and scored 21 runs. First time 4, second time 17. Mahmudullah Riyad 12, Mushfiqur Rahim 22 runs out. Parvez Hossain scored 23 runs. Red team pacer Taskin Ahmed took 2 wickets. Shakib’s team gave Afif’s green team a challenging target of 165 after losing 7 wickets. Afif’s team is batting in pursuit of 166 runs.