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 notabꦺle omission 🌸as he has been demoted to the reserve list.
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 2ౠ8 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. Tamꦫim was the top run-scorer (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 Bangla📖desh 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 the Super 12 stage if theyܫ finish among the top 2 in their𓃲 group.
Bangladeshꦺ will take on Scotland iꦺn their first match of the tournament on October 17.
Squad: Mahmudullah (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Soumya Sarkar, Liton Kumar Das, Afif Hossain, Mohammad Naim, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shamim Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed,♓ Mohammad Saifuddin, Shoriful Islam, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed
Reserves: Aminul Islam, Rubel Hossain.
