Regular skipper Tamim Iqbal has return🐻ed to the Bangladesh ODI side for the upcoming home series against England.
Tamim, who missed the ODI series against India in December last year because of a groin injury, featured in the recently-concluded Banglaඣdesh Premier League (BPL). Though he skipped most of the BPL matches for th🦹e Khulna Tigers to keep himself fit for the England series.
Top-order batter Towhid Hridoy, too, has received a maiden call-up to the squad after a productive BPL 2023 season. Hridoy ammased 403 runs in 13 games at an average of 36.ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ63.
Meanhile, Taijul Islam has been recalled to the set-up as a like-for-l⛎ike replacement for ꦓNasum Ahmed.
Speaking about the selection decisions, Chief Selector Minhajul Abedin said, as quoted by ESPN Cricinfo:
“Towhid Hridoy has been doing well in the BPL. He was in our pool of potential players, and was part of the HP [High Performance] and Bangladesh A sides.”
“Yasir [Ali] remains in our thinking, as we plan to take another player in the squad. Nasum is being considered for another format, while we dropped Nurul [Hasan] and Shoriful [Islam] due to form.”
The English team will land in Banglades♏h on February 24 to play three ODIs and as many T20Is.
Bangladesh squad for England ODIs:
Taꦍmim Iqbal (captain), Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Mahmudullah, M💟ehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Ebadot Hossain, Taijul Islam, Towhid Hridoy.
