Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Friday announced their 15-man squad for next month’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Experienced fast bowler Rubel Hossain was one notable🔜 omission as he has been demoted to the reserve l𒅌ist.
Rubel failed to make a cut in the final fifteen despite being present in the squad during the ongoing home series against New Zealand. The 31-year-old pacer, who has played 28 T20Is so far, last featured for his national side in♊ April this year.
Well, it will be the start of a new era in some ways for Bangladesh, with veteran opener Tamim Iqbal opting out of the tournament to give the youngsters a chance to shine. Tamim was the top run-scor🥀er (295 at 73.75) for the Tigers in the 2016 World T20. In his place, openers Naim Sheikh and Liton Das will both be out to impress.
21-year-old all-rounder Shamim Hossain and 20-year-old seamer Shoriful Islam, who were part of the Bangladesh team that won the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup ⛦in early 2020, will now feature in the T20 World Cup 2021.
Mahmudullah’s Bangladesh are in Group B alongside Oman, Papua New Guinea and Scotland and will qualify for th💞e Super 12 stage if they finish among the top 2 in their group.
Bangladesh will take on Scotland in th🌱eir first match of the tournament on October 17.
Squad: Mahmudullah (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Soumya Sarkar, Liton Kumar Das, Afif Hossain, M𒈔ohammad 🌊Naim, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shamim Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Mohammad Saifuddin, Shoriful Islam, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed
Reserves: Aminul Islam, Rubel Hossain.
