The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday announced the squad for the ACC U19 Men`s Asia Cup to be held in United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The team, led by Azizul Hakim Tamim, will be departing Dhaka for the UAE on November 24.

Ahead of the event, the team will have a pre-tournament camp in the UAE during which it will play a warm-up match against India at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on November 26, reports BSS.

Bangladesh are drawn in Group B alongside Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Nepal.

The Group A comprises with India, Pakistan, hosts UAE and Japan.

Bangladesh youngsters will kick off the tournament by taking on Afghanistan on November 29.

They will then face off Nepal and Sri Lanka on December 1 and 3 respectively.

All of the Group B matches will be held in Dubai while Group A matches will be taken place in Sharjah. The final of the tournament is on December 8 in Dubai.

Bangladesh U19 squad: Azizul Hakim Tamim (Captain), Zawad Abrar (Vice-captain), Rifat Beg, Samiun Basir Ratul, Debashis Sarkar Deba, Rizan Hossan, Al Fahad, Iqbal Hasan Emon, Rafiuzzaman Rafi, Farid Hasan Faysal, Maruf Mridha, Shihab James, Ashrafuzzaman, Saad Islam Razin.

Standby: Kalam Siddiki Aleen (Traveling Reserve), Shahriar Ajmir, Yeasir Arafat, Sanjid Mojumder.