After a historic Test series victory over Pakistan, the Bangladesh team will return to country tonight in two groups.

The first group is scheduled to arrive at 11:30pm from UAE and the second group will arrive at 2:00am from Qatar as the Tigers left Pakistan last night, a whatsapp message sent by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) revealed.

Ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, however, will not return to country with any groups as he left the team camp for UK where he will be playing in a four-day County Championship game for Surrey, beginning on September 9.

Shakib has already obtained NOC from BCB to play the County Championship match, which is believed to be a perfect preparation for him for the upcoming series against India. 

Apart from Shakib, the other members of the team will start training camp under the guidance of coach Chandika Hathurusingha on September 8 for the two Tests and three T20Is against India later this month.

The team will leave for India on September 15. Shakib will join the side in India, straight from the UK, BCB president Faruque Ahmed earlier informed.

The first Test is scheduled in Chennai from September 19.

Meanwhile, pace bowling coach Andre Adams and Strength and conditioning coach Nathan Kiely won’t return to Bangladesh as they have gone on a short leave. Both of them are scheduled to arrive in Bangladesh on September 12.

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Bangladeshi wicketkeeper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim is set to feature for Fortune Barishal in the forthcoming Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

Mushfiqur had played for Sylhet Strikers in the last edition. His price was fixed at 80 lakhs in the players' draft according to the category. Which means he was in 'A' category.

The top category player will play along with other star players like Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, and Khaled Ahmed in Fortune Barishal.

Neymar said he was relishing “new challenges and opportunities in new places” after he joined Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal from Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year deal Tuesday, becoming the latest big name lured to the oil-rich Gulf state.

The Brazil forward, 31, ends a six-year stay in the French capital and follows in the footsteps of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Sadio Mane in swapping Europe for the Middle East.

“I have achieved a lot in Europe and enjoyed special times, but I have always wanted to be a global player and test myself with new challenges and opportunities in new places,” Neymar said in a statement from the Saudi Pro League.

“I want to write new sporting history, and the Saudi Pro League has tremendous energy and quality players at the moment,” he added.

Neymar was “in negotiations” on Sunday to become the latest football superstar to decamp for Saudi Arabia, leaving Paris Saint-Germain just as Kylian Mbappe was brought back in from the cold by the French champions.

A source close to PSG told AFP that 31-year-old Neymar “no longer figures in the club or manager’s plans” with the Brazilian immediately linked to Al-Hilal in the Gulf kingdom.

Another source in Saudi Arabia said that “direct negotiations” between Neymar’s agents and the Public Investment Fund (PIF) were ongoing.