DHAKA: Bangladesh is set to face Pakistan in their first warm-up match of Cricket World Cup 2015 in Blacktown Olympic Park Oval of Australia’s Sydney on Monday morning.

The match will start at 9:30am Bangladesh time.

Even though Pakistan is tough rival, Bangladesh is capable of giving tough times and can make an upset even before the official World Cup starts only five days away.

Led by Mashrafe Mortaza, a veteran of 144 ODIs who has a wealth of experience spanning over 13 years in international cricket, Bangladesh also boasts of a very experienced think-tank in Shakib-al-Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamin Iqbal, all of whom have played well over a hundred ODIs.

Bangladesh is currently ranked No 9 in the Reliance ICC ODI Team rankings but they will be looking to go at least one place better and qualify for the quarter-final stages down under.

Presumably both of these teams will be less concerned about winning this final tune-up than they will be with avoiding injury and making sure they’ve solidified the best line-up possible for the coming tournament.

Squads:

Bangladesh: Masrafe Bin Mortaza (c), Shakib Al Hasan (vc), Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque Bijoy, Mominul Hoque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmud Ullah, Nasir Hossain, Shabbir Rahaman, Soumya Sarkar, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Al Amin Hossain, Taijul Islam, Arafat Sunny.

Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq (c), Haris Sohail, Umar Akmal, Sohaib Maqsood, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Rahat Ali, Muhammad Irfan, Sohail Khan, Wahab Riaz, Ehsan Adil and Yasir Shah.

BDST: 0838 HRS, FEB 09, 2015