Dhaka: The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday has announced a 30-man preliminary squad for the upcoming tours of India and Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh will travel to India to play a test match for the first time in the upcoming February.

Tigers will return home from their tour of New Zealand on January 26 and after a short break would travel to India on 1 February.

Although Bangladesh has toured India four times—1990, 1998, 2006 and 2016—they have never played Test cricket in the country.

Preliminary Squad

Abdul Majid, Anamul Hoque Bijoy, Al Amin Hossain,  Alauddin Babu,  Ebadot Hossain,  Imrul Kayes, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Litton Kumer Das,  Mahmud Ullah, Masrafe Bin Mortaza, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Mominul Haque Showrab,  Mehedi Hasan Siddique, Mushfiqur Rahim,  Mustafizur Rahman,  Musaddek Hossain Saikat, Nasir Hossain,  Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Nurul Hasan Sohan,  Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Isalm, Shakib Al Hasan, Shubhashis Roy,  Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury, Soumya Sarker, Shabbir Rahaman, Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Tamim Iqbal Khan and  Tanbir Hayder Khan.