Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday announced a 23-member preliminary squad for the three-match home series against India starting from next month.
India will arrive on June 13 to play three one-day internationals against the Tigers scheduled to be played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on June 15, 17 and 19.
There was no place for left-arm spinner Taijul Islam, who is currently touring West Indies with the Bangladesh A team, despite his superb performances in the recently concluded Bangladesh Cricket League. He grabbed 37 wickets in four BCL games. So many thought he had a real chance of getting into the Tigers squad. But the selectors had other ideas.
‘We could not take Taijul into consideration as our team is already packed with three left-arm spinners,’ said BCB chief selector Faruk Ahmed.
The selected players will start their preparation camp for the series on May 26 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.
It was learnt that Sarwar Imran will look after the squad initially before new head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe takes over on June 10.
PRELIMINARY SQUAD
Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Sakib al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Rubel Hossain, Al-Amin Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafee bin Murtaza, Taskin Ahmed, Anamul Haque, Imrul Kayes, Shamsur Rahman, Mominul Hoque, Naeem Islam, Nasir Hossain, Ziaur Rahman, Farhad Reza, Arafat Sunny, Sohag Gazi, Md Mithun, Soumya Sarker, Shafiul Islam, Shabbir Rahman.
-With New Age input
