The Bangladesh cricket team will leave for London today to take part in the ICC World Twenty20, which will kick off from June 5. Captain Mohammad Ashraful and his deputy Mashrafe Bin Mortaza however will not accompany the team as they are scheduled to fly out tomorrow. Mashrafe has already returned home and Ashraful is expected to return today after their idle IPL adventure in South Africa. Ashraful's men will be based in Wormsley until the end of this month. Bangladesh have additional practice matches lined up against New Zealand at Wormsley on May 26 and travel to Kent to take on the Netherlands on May 28 and face Scotland on May 29 at Wormsley. Their official practice games are against Australia on June 1 and Sri Lanka a day later at Nottingham.The five practice matches will definitely help Jamie Siddons charges to accustom themselves with the English condition before the tournament proper. The Tigers has been out of international cricket for the last four months after the scheduled home series against Pakistan was cancelled in March. The national players made up the loss by playing in the PCL T20 competition in Chittagong and three T20 matches against mediocre Maharashtra Cricket Association but it was not the case for Ashraful and Mashrafe.So the two frontline players look set to benefit most to make up their lack of match practice due to warming the dugouts for most of the time in the IPL.Mashrafe played one match for Kolkata Knight Riders but the pace spearhead will never like to recall that match against Deccan Chargers where he conceded 26 runs in the last over. For Mashrafe the IPL is now past rather he was looking forward to the World Cup. "IPL is past now. I am looking forward to play from the first practice match in England," said Mashrafe. Bangladesh captain Ashraful was also played in just one match for his side Mumbai Indians and there was nothing encouraging in his performance. Bangladesh has been pitted in Group A and play defending champions India at Trent Bridge on June 6 and ICC associate member Ireland on June 8.Bangladesh set their first target to qualify in the Super Eights and they need to beat only Ireland to fulfill their dream but Jamie Siddons said that he has also targeted India. SQUADMohammad Ashraful, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Zunaed Siddiqui, Rokibul Hassan, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Nayeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel, Mahmudullah Riyad, Rubel Hossain, Shamsur Rahman and Mohammad Mithun.
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