Though the tour was very short, it gave the Bangladeshi players their first taste of international cricket.
However, the main attraction of the tour was the three-day unofficial Test match at Dhaka against the Bangladesh national side, which drew a total attendance of some 90,000.
[2] Shamim Kabir led Bangladesh in the historic match at Dhaka.
The other players were Raquibul Hasan, Mainul Haque Mainu, Syed Ashraful Haque, Omar Khaled Rumy, S. M. Faruk, Shafiq-ul-Haq Hira (wicket-keeper), Yousuf Babu, Daulatuzzaman, Dipu Roy Chowdhury and Nazrul Kader Lintu.
[3] The interest created by the tour played a big part in the rise in popularity of cricket in Bangladesh through the 1980s.