Agency :
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) added opening batter Naim Sheikh and fast bowler Ebadot Hossain to the Bangladesh squad for the ongoing ODI series against Zimbabwe. The BCB officials said, the players were called up as reinforcements after Nurul Hasan Sohan and Liton Das were ruled out of the series through injuries.
Naim and Ebadot departed from Dhaka on Saturday and are expected to reach Harare before the second ODI that starts today. Speaking to the media Ebadot said he was happy about his surprise call-up into the ODI squad. He also said that his side should not be defined as a bad team for “one bad game”.
“Alhamdulillah, first of all, I want to thank Allah. It is a little surprising to get a call in ODIs. Really happy. If I get an opportunity there, I will try to make use of it,” said Ebadot. “Of course not. As an ODI team, we play very well. One or two matches does not make us a bad as team. Alhamdulillah, we are good enough as a team. There are two more matches, if we win two matches the series will be ours,” he added.
Right-handed batter Liton Das has been ruled out of the ongoing ODI series after sustaining a hamstring injury during the first ODI.
