After around 12-year break, Australia cricket team will arrive in Dhaka on Friday night to play a two-match Test series against the Tigers.  The tiger fans as well as the Aussie fans are thrilled with the most-awaited series.

For the Aussie players, it is their first visit to Bangladesh for any international series. Steve Smith’s men are scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:45pm, leaving home following their weeklong pre-tour training camp in Darwin.

After getting on the flight, Aussie vice-captain David Warner posted a selfie on his Facebook page. Expressing his zeal, Warner wrote on the caption, ‘Me and the Goat ready to go. Dhaka here we come.’

Australia have not played in Bangladesh since Ricky Ponting’s team toured here in April 2006 and outside major tournaments, the two nations have played just two ODI series against each other in Darwin (2008) and Dhaka (2011) since then.

As per the Future Tours Programme (FTP), Australia were scheduled to play two Tests and a tour match in Dhaka and

Chittagong in October 2015, but the tour was postponed over security concerns.

Australia will play the first Test (August 27-31) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in Dhaka while the 2nd Test (September 4-8) at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.