The match, one of the two on the opening day, will take place at Khalifa Sports City Stadium in Isa Town at 10pm Bangladesh time. Palestine will play Sri Lanka in the other match on the opening day at 7pm BdST.
Bangladesh have been placed in four-team Group B with hosts Bahrain, Palestine and Sri Lanka. In the remaining group matches, Bangladesh will play Palestine on March 24 at 7pm BdST and Sri Lanka on March 26 at 10pm BdST.
The morale of Bangladesh team is very high. During their 10-day intensive training camp in Qatar, they beat Al Shahania Club by 1-0 goal and had a goalless draw with Al Arabi Club.
Bangladesh football team, studded with 11 youthful U-23 players, recently beat hosts Cambodia by 1-0 in the FIFA International Friendly in Phnom Penh.
Forty-four teams, split into eleven groups, are taking part in the AFC U-23 qualifiers, a qualifying meet of the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Later, 11 group champions with four best group runners-up and hosts Thailand will play in the 16-team final round of the meet slated for January next year in Thailand. The top three teams will qualify for Tokyo Olympics.
Bangladesh U-23 Football team reached Bahrain capital Manama from Qatar to compete in Group B matches. On Thursday, Bangladesh attended the managers’ coordination meeting after breakfast.
The coach and captain of Bangladesh are scheduled to attend the official pre-match press conference at 10pm BdST. Then the players are schedule to take part in an one-hour training session at the match venue from 10:30pm to 11:30pm BdST.