Veteran Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal will return for the one-off Take a look at towards Eire because the board introduced a 14-man squad. The likes of Litton Das and Shakib al Hasan have additionally been included. This implies they may be part of the Kolkata Knight Riders for IPL 2023 after the red-ball recreation.
There was hypothesis that the BCB might enable the gamers to function within the IPL this week however the squad announcement confirms in any other case.
Nonetheless, left-arm seamer Mustafizur Rahman has already landed in India to ply his commerce for the Delhi Capitals, who start their marketing campaign towards the Lucknow Tremendous Giants on Saturday (April 1).
In the meantime, Tamim hasn’t performed a Take a look at since June of 2022 and missed the house sequence towards India resulting from damage. The squad additionally marks the return of Shadman Islam, Shoriful Islam and Ebadot Hossain. Zakir Hasan, who scored a powerful hundred towards India, misses out resulting from a thumb damage.
Bangladesh’s chief selector Minhajul Abedin advised Cricbuzz:
“Zakir fractured his finger and that’s the reason we couldn’t embody him within the squad and it’s fairly disappointing contemplating the very fact he performed nicely towards India. The return of Tamim will certainly bolster our energy whereas we now have additionally included Shadman contemplating his current type.”
Left-handed opener Shadman Islam final performed for the nationwide crew towards South Africa in April of 2022. Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan, Rejaur Rahman and Nasum Ahmed additionally couldn’t discover a place within the squad.
Bangladesh have already received the T20 and ODI sequence towards the Irishmen. The Shere-e-Bangla Nationwide Stadium in Mirpur will host the Take a look at. It is going to even be the first-ever red-ball recreation between the 2 sides.
Bangladesh squad for the one-off Take a look at towards Eire
Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Litton Das, Tamim Iqbal, Shadman Islam, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Pleasure.
