Tigers land in Dharamshala

After completing their warm-up phase in Guwahati with a 50 percent success rate, the Bangladesh team reached Dharamshala yesterday for their first two matches in the ICC ODi World Cup.

The Tigers will begin their World Cup campaign against Afghanistan on October 7. Shakib Al Hasan and his troops will then take on defending champions England in their second fixture on October 10.

In their two warm-up matches, Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets on September 29 but lost their second practice match against England by four wickets in Duckworth-Lewis method (DLS).

This is the second time the Tigers have been to Dharamshala to play at the picturesque Himachal Pradesh Cricket Stadium. They had previously played three first round matches of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2016 at the venue, where they won against the Netherlands and Oman while the match against Ireland got washed out.

Meanwhile, the ICC on Monday released a behind-the-scenes video footage of Bangladesh's official photoshoot for the tournament.

Left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed was seen talking to his teammates as a journalist with a microphone in hand, asking questions about how they were feeling about being in India for the World Cup.

Mahmudullah was all praise of the Indian hospitality and food, and revealed his love for butter chicken and the local tea during the candid conversation.

"India is like a second home to us. The food, especially the butter chicken, is really nice. The tea here is absolutely wonderful. It's good to be back here," said Mahmudullah.

In-form Mehedi Hasan Miraz, who struck fifties in both warm-up matches against Sri Lanka and England, echoed Mahmudullah and said he has loved his stay in India so far.

"Definitely, I feel good (to be in India) because we have been here so many times before. And we have played lots of matches in India. So, I'm happy," said Miraz.