The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday announced a 15-member national squad for the three-match SAHARA Cup ODI series against India with batsman Mohammed Mithun and 19-year old pace bowler Taskin Ahmed are the uncapped members of the team.
The Indian side arrive in Dhaka on 13 June with the neighbours playing only three one-day international.
Al matches would be day-night games affairs, scheduled to be held on June 15, 17 and 19 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur.
Chairman of BCB national selection panel Faruque Ahmed said: “We have kept more or less a settled squad but it is also important to get an idea about the kind of back up we have in our
hands as we start preparing for the ICC World Cup in Australia-New Zealand.
Mithun has been under our radar for a while. He has performed consistently in the limited overs format and in the longer version as well during the last couple of years and deserves a
chance at international level.
Taskin is an exciting prospect and has already played a Twenty20 international. We thought it was a good opportunity to see how he performs in the 50 overs game in home conditions against some quality batsmen.” “Al Amin has bowled impressively since his debut and Masrafe Mortaza is our most experienced campaigner.
We also have a seam bowling all-rounder in Ziaur Rahman and due these pace options, Rubel Hossain misses out. “The spin department is well covered with Abdur Razzak, Shakib Al Hasan and
Shohag Gazi. Mahmud Ullah is also quite handy and can do a job for his captain.”
Squad: Mushfiqur Rahim (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Hoque Bijoy, Shamsur Rahman, Mominul Hoque, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Mahmud Ullah, Md. Mithun, Abdur Razzak, Masrafe Bin Mortaza, Shohag Gazi, Ziaur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain and Taskin Ahmed.
