Nazmul Hasan Shanto has been named captain of Bangladesh.
The teams of Bangladesh and Afghanistan have been announced for the Champions Trophy which begins next month. Former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan and Liton Das were left out of the squad released on Sunday. All-rounder Afif Hussain, fast bowler Shoriful Islam and Hasan Mahmood also failed to make a place in the team.
Shakib Al Hasan, 37, has been suspended from bowling in international and domestic cricket due to illegal bowling action. He had failed a test on his bowling action at Loughborough University in England last month and a second independent test conducted recently in Chennai also found his bowling action negative.
The Champions Trophy begins on February 19. Bangladesh team will play their first match against Indian team on February 20. The team will play matches against New Zealand on February 20 and Pakistan on February 27.
BCB announced the Bangladesh team through this post.
Shakib is in the final phase of his career. Shakib Al Hasan is in the final phase of his career. His ODI career could also end due to not being selected in the squad for the Champions Trophy. Shakib had announced his retirement from Test and T-20 cricket played in Kanpur in September last year.
Questions raised over action in County Shakib, who has retired from Test and T20 cricket, were flagged for suspicious bowling action during a match for Surrey in the County Championship last September.
During a county cricket match, the field umpire had questioned his bowling action.
Liton Das out due to poor performance Besides Shakib, experienced keeper-batsman Liton Das has also not been included in the squad. They were abandoned due to poor performance. Liton could not score a single half-century in the last 13 ODI innings. He last scored more than 50 runs in October 2023 against India in Pune.
Captain to Shanto; Rahim, Rehman and Hriday will be led by Nazmul Hussain Shanto, who also returns to the team after being sidelined due to injury. Alongside Nazmul, the experienced Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman and top-order batsman Tauheed Hridaya also made a comeback.
Bangladesh team
Nazmul Hussain Shanto (captain), Mushfiqur Rahim (wicketkeeper), Tauheed Hridaya, Soumya Sarkar, Tanjeed Hasan, Mahmudullah, Jakar Ali, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Rishad Hussain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Parvez Hussain, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzeem Hasan , Naheed .Rana.
Shahidi will captain Afghanistan. Hashmatullah Shahidi, who captained Afghanistan in the One-Day World Cup, will also captain the team in the Champions Trophy. Top-order batsman Sadiqullah Atal got a place in the team, he played an excellent innings against India in the Under-23 Asia Cup.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board has shared its team list on social media.
Afghanistan team Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil (wicketkeeper), Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Allah Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmed , Fazalhaq Farooqui. , Farid Mali, Navid Jadran.
Reserves: Darwish Rasouli, Nangyal Kharote, Bilal Sami.
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Bumrah could miss Champions Trophy group stage
Star Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah could be ruled out of the group stage of the ICC Champions Trophy to be held next month. According to Indian Express, Bumrah has a swollen back. For this, he was asked to report to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. His recovery will be followed here.