Dhaka, May 1 -- The Bangladesh national cricket team left the country on Wednesday for a tri-series in Ireland and the World Cup assault.

While leaving the country, most of the members of the Bangladesh team expressed their confidence ahead of the challenging tour.

The Tigers will start their World Cup campaign on June 2 playing against South Africa. Right before that, they are set to take part in the tri-series in Ireland involving the hosts and West Indies.

"Pray for us. We will fight hard to make it our most successful World Cup," Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza told the media while leaving for Ireland.

It is going to be the fourth World Cup for Mashrafe. Before this one, he played in 2003, 2007 and 2015. However, he missed...