The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 19-member squad for the national team camp yesterday keeping all the players who played in the Tigers’ recent tour of Europe.
The Akram Khan-led selection panel made the shortlist from the 30-member preliminary squad they announced for the ICC World Twenty20 to be held in Sri Lanka from September 18.
“We have to announce the 15-member final squad for the T20 World Cup by August 18. We selected four more players for the training camp as you know Mushfiqur Rahim, Nasir Hossain and Tamim Iqbal will miss the camp due to their involvement in the SLPL,” said chief selector Akram Khan.
Opener Imrul Kayes, all-rounder Shabbir Rahman, Farhad Reza and Naeem Islam were the players who weren’t a part of the team during the Europe trip but recalled for the camp.
The Bangladesh team, under the banner of BCB XI, will fly on August 31 for Trinidad and Tobago to play a T20 tournament, after which they will go to Sri Lanka directly to take part in the World Cup.
The selected cricketers have been asked to report to the national team manager Tanjeeb Ahsan Saad at Mirpur on August 12 at 8:15am.
SQUAD
Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Junaed Siddiqui, Jahurul Islam, Mohammad Ashraful, Shakib Al Hasan, Naeem Islam, Nasir Hossain, Shabbir Rahman, Abdur Razzak, Elias Sunny, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Forhad Reza, Shafiul Islam, Nazmul Hossain, Ziaur Rahman, Abul Hossain.
-With The Daily Star input
