Habibul Bashar's men will play their first two one-day games under floodlight at the newly approved Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra on February 19 and 20 while the third and final match will take place in Chittagong on February 24.

Chief of the four-member selection panel Faruque Ahmed is now in Sri Lanka to watch the performance of the Under-19 team in the World Youth Cup while his colleague Golam Nawsher Prince is also involved with the junior side, as manager.

However, it was learnt that the selectors have already short-listed the 20-member probables, announced on January 28, with their mind set to bring back talented middle-order batsman and part-time leg-spinner Alok Kapali.

Although domestic performances were not regarded much before the preliminary selection, Alok Kapali's recall to the national fold would likely be the only significant change in an otherwise unchanged side that had toured Sri Lanka in August-September last year.

Bangladesh lost all three one-dayers badly in Sri Lanka and the slumping form of the batsmen, even after an impressive finish in the England tri-series where the Tigers stunned mighty Australia, was the main reason. With the view to enhance the batting, the selectors considered including the 22-year-old Kapali, who had played his last international game against Zimbabwe in Dhaka in 2005.

But interestingly, the selectors did not even bother to recall Al Shahriar in the preliminary squad although the dashing right-hander showed his mettle in the recently concluded Premier Cricket League.

The 27-year old ex-interna-tional last played an ODI two and a half years back against Australia in Cairns but the way he batted this season should have earned him a recall, especially after the national selectors' repeated promises that they would consider domestic performance.

Shahriar, with 562 runs including six fifties as an opener, was the fourth highest scorer in the league and the best among locals. But that was not enough to convince even Bangladesh Habibul Bashar.

"There was hardly an extraordinary performer in the domestic competitions who could claim a national call. We had a very good last year except the Sri Lanka trip. So why we go for a change? Alok was considered as an all-rounder," said skipper Bashar, who is also a part of the selection committee.

There is also a possibility that Tushar Imran would be ignored for the one-dayers as the selectors prefer him for the Test series although the dashing right-hander was once branded as a specialist in the shorter-version of the game.

After a brilliant show with the A team in England, Tushar could not maintain his form in Sri Lanka, where left-handed opener Shahriar Nafees scored the lone fifty in the forgettable one-day series.

Meanwhile, the Tigers had their nets for the second successive day at the new home on Tuesday but still, the batsmen were struggling against uneven bounce of the newly-laid wickets.

Bashar was not happy with the pitches and he said that their practice in Bogra will be important for them ahead of the first two games.

“It is very difficult to bat on this surface. Actually we are looking forward to practise at Bogra where we will play two games under lights," Bashar said dismissing a question whether it would be difficult to play day-night matches in a new venue.

Due to the uneven bounce, Dav Whatmore has decided to have the nets in the afternoon today to allow the pitches dry under sunshine.