Bangladesh rest key players for New Zealand ODI series
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the 15-member squad for the first two ODIs at home against New Zealand later this month.
Bangladesh have decided to rest several important players for the first two ODIs against New Zealand. aiming to carefully manage their workload ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.
Litton Das will stand in as captain in the absence of Shakib Al Hasan. Among the other players rested are Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, and the pace battery of Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud and Shoriful Islam.
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Despite players being rested, Bangladesh will not have any shortage of experience with Tamim Iqbal, Mahmud Ullah, Soumya Sarkar and Nurul Hasan Sohan all returning.
The Tigers have called up three uncapped players – southpaw Zakir Hasan, pacer Khaled Ahmed and leg-spinner Rishad Hossain could all be in line for debuts during the ODI series.
Naim Sheikh, Afif Hossain and Shamim Hossain were the unfortunate players from the Asia Cup squad.
Squad (for the first two ODIs): Litton Das (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Anamul Haque, Tawhid Hridoy, Mahmud Ullah, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan, Tanzid Hasan, Zakir Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Khaled Ahmed.
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Speaking about the squad, the National Selection Panel Chairman Minhajul Abedin said: “The decision to rest players was taken in consideration of the World Cup in India which will be a long tournament where ensuring the mental and physical fitness of the cricketers will be very important.
“The series against New Zealand provides us an opportunity to take a look at some other players as well ahead of this major event.
“The squad is a blend of experience and youth and only Zakir, Khaled and Rishad have not featured in ODIs yet. Zakir was very close to playing against Ireland in March before he suffered an unfortunate injury. Khaled has done well in his list A career and Rishad offers a different dimension to our bowling attack.”
Schedule:
All matches will be played at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur.
1st ODI: 21 September
2nd ODI: 23 September
3rd ODI: 26 September
