Shafiul Islam is back, named in Bangladesh Champions Trophy squad
Shafiul Islam, who last played a One-Day International in October a year ago, has been back to the Bangladesh 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy, the Bangladesh Cricket Board reported on Thursday (April 20). The selectors have chosen to drop Nurul Hasan, Subashis Roy, Shuvagata Hom, who were a piece of the Sri Lanka visit prior this month.
Shafiul had endured a hamstring harm amid the Bangladesh Premier League and was sidelined subsequently. The selectors, in any case, have chosen to keep Nurul and Roy as reinforcement in the event of harm. The pair will prepare with the squad in Sussex and will likewise partake in the tri-series in Ireland. [ Full IPL scorecards ]
Mashrafe Mortaza will lead the side while Mushfiqur Rahim, of course, will be his representative. Nasir Hossain, subsequent to demonstrating some great shape with the bat, too finds a place in the squad for the tri-series. Bangladesh will prepare from April 26 to May 6 preceding making a trip to Ireland for the tri-series including New Zealand also. Shakib al Hasan, however, will join the preparation squad just on May 4 and will keep on being accessible for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League until then.
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Mehedi Hasan, the youthful offspinner who made his ODI make a big appearance in Sri Lanka, too has been held in the squad for the Champions Trophy that likewise incorporates youthful firearms like Mosaddek Hossain and Sunzamul Islam. Sunzamul, the left-arm spinner, is yet to make his universal presentation and has played 57 top of the line amusements and 62 List A diversions. He has 79 List A wickets in his pack at a normal of 26.65 and has aggregated 212 first-class wickets at an Avg of 28.54.
Bangladesh begins their crusade against England on June 1 preceding going up against Australia and New Zealand on June 5 and 9 separately.
Champions Trophy squad: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Sunzamul Islam, Mehedi Hasan, Shafiul Islam.
Squad for Ireland tri-series: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Subashis Roy, Sunzamul Islam, Nurul Hasan, Mehedi Hasan, Nasir Hossain, Shafiul Islam.