Soumya, Imrul set to fly for Asia Cup

Sports Desk: Soumya Sarkar and Imrul Kayes have been included in squad for the ongoing Asia Cup as Bangladesh are suffering trouble from opening partners with the injury of Tamim Iqbal.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed this on Friday.

The duo will fly for UAE at 7:30pm on Saturday.

Bangladesh were already struggling for an opening partner for Tamim Iqbal even before the start of the Asia Cup. The star batsman fell prey to injury during the opening fixture against Sri Lanka and had to return to Dhaka.

Tigers tried youngster Nazmul Hossain in the game against Afghanistan on Thursday and India on Friday in the opening slot alongside Liton Das but the duo have not produced anything significant.

Soumya and Imrul have both experience of batting as openers. Soumya had batted alongside Tamim in ODIs as an opener before loss of form saw him lose his place in the ODI side.

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