The Bangladesh Cricket Bo💧ard (BCB), announced their 15-member squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Pakistan on Saturday.
Opener Tamim Iqbal made a comeback to the national side. 💝The left-handed batsman lastꦓ played a T20I match in December 2018 against West Indies.
Mosaddek Hossain, Arafat🏅 Sunny, Taijul Islam, and Abu Hider have been dropped.
The wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has declined to tour Pakistan due to security concerns. Mushfiqur revealed 🐎that his family is afraid of the security condition, and hence he pulled himself out of the tour.
“I have already informed BCB that I am not going to Pakistan for the upcoming series. I have submitted an official letter, and BCB accepted that. Not just T20Is, I am unavailable for the entire series,” Mushfiqur told the media as quoted by Times Now.
“My family is afraid of the security condition of Pakistan. In this situation, I can’t go to Pakistan and play cricket there. It is always tough for me to sit down from a series of Bangladesh national team,” Mushfiqur added.
Rubel Hossain, the right-arm fast bowler, also made a comeback in the squad. He bagged 20 wickets from 13 games in the recently concluded ♚Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), whereas a 20-year-old pacer, H𓆏asan Mahmud, has earned his maiden international call-up.
The first T20I will🐷 take place on Friday (Jan 24) at Gaddafi St꧅adium in Lahore.
Here is Bangladesh’s T20I squad for Pakistan series:
Mahmudu🦩llah (c), Tamim Iqbal Khan, Soumya Sarkar, Naim Sheikh, Na꧙jmul Hossain, Litton Das, MD Mithun, Afif Hossain, Mahadi Hasan, Aminul Islam Biplob, Mustafizur Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Hasan Mahmud.
