The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), announced their 15-member squad for the upcoming thr🌊ee-match T20I series against Pakistan on Saturday.

Opener T🥂amim Iqbal made a comeback to the national side. The left-handed batsman last played a T20I match in December 2018 against West Indi⛦es.

Mosaddek Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Taijul Islam, an🧜d Abu Hider have been dropp🏅ed.

The wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Ra🍌him 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 concl🥂uded Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), whereas a 20-year-old pacer, Hasan Mahmud, ha💧s earned his maiden international call-up.

The first T20I will take place on Friday (Jan 24) at Gadꦺdaf🎀i Stadium in Lahore.

Earlier, Pakistan announced their T20I squad for the series recalling Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez.

Here is Bangladesh’s T20I squad for Pakistan series:

Mahmudullah (c), Tamim Iqbal Khan, Soumya Sarkar, Naim Sheikh, Najmul Hossain, Litton Das, MD Mithun, Afif Hossain, Mahad𒆙ཧi Hasan, Aminul Islam Biplob, Mustafizur Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Hasan Mahmud.