Bangladesh have been pencilled in Group A for the first round robin league of the Chand Ballav Ghosh Memorial All-Bengal under-13 cricket tournament scheduled to start in the West Bengal town of Shiliguri from December 28 under the auspices of Shiliguri Agragami Cricket Club. Bangladesh won the trophy last season.

The other three teams drafted in the group are Agragami CC-A, Baghakhatin-B and Agragami-C while the group B comprises SP Roy Club of Jal-paiguri, Baghakhatin-A, Udayan Coaching Academy and Agragamee CC-B.

Former national cricketer Dipu Rai Choudhury has been re-appointed as the coach of the team, which will be managed by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) member M A Hai.

A 16-member team, which will leave the capital on December 26, was announced by the BCB last week.

The team:

Mazharuddin, Kamrul Islam, Ashraful, Naim Ahmed, Sha-fiqur Rahman, Nadif Chow-dhury, Iftekhar Ahmed, Roko-nuzzaman, Mehrab Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Tayebur Rah-man, Jubayer Hossain, Arif Hossain, Rahim, Akid Rahman and Maruf Hossain.