Four members, including three players, of the Bangladesh ‘A’ team for the upcoming Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament were unable to travel with the squad to Qatar on Wednesday due to visa delay.

Bangladesh 'A' team will be eyeing to make a winning start in the Top End T20 Series when they take on Pakistan Shaheens in the tournament opener at TIO Stadium in Darwin, Australia today.

Bangladesh 'A' team suffered a 1-0 series defeat to their New Zealand counterparts in the two-match four-day series after the second unofficial Test ended in a draw at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday.

Bangladesh 'A' earlier won the preceding three-match one-day series by a 2-1 margin.

The two sides will now play a two-match four-day series, with the first game starting on May 14 in Sylhet.

Bangladesh ‘A’ team outclassed the New Zealand ‘A’ team in the first one-dayer of a three-match series, registering a dominating seven-wicket win at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today.

Nurul Hasan Sohan was named captain of a 15-man Bangladesh ‘A’ team squad for the first two one-dayers of a three-match series against New Zealand ‘A’, set to begin in Sylhet on Monday.

The ‘A’ team head coach Mizanur Rahman Babul pointed out several positives from his side's recently concluded tour of Pakistan.