The first test match of the Pakistan-Bangladesh cricket series will be played on August 21 at the Rawalpindi stadium. Both teams will participate in the training session today at 2 pm.

The Bangladesh men's cricket team arrived in Pakistan to play a two-match Test series as part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle.

The two Test matches will be played in Rawalpindi and Karachi. The first Test is set to begin on August 21 while the second match starts on August 30.

Pakistan Test Squad: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal (subject to Fitness), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicket-keeper) and Shaheen Shah Afridi

Bangladesh Test Squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Kumar Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Nahid Rana, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Syed Khaled Ahmed