Bangladesh team will play a 5-match T20 series against Zimbabwe at home from May 3. Bangladesh will play in this series with the intention of strengthening its preparations before the T20 World Cup, to be jointly hosted by West Indies and America from June 1. Bangladesh Cricket has announced a 15-member squad for the first three matches of this series on April 29, in which two experienced players Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur are not part of the team announced for the first three matches. Whereas Mohammad Saifuddin, who played his last T20 match in the year 2022, has returned to the team.
For this reason, Shakib and Mustafizur are not part of the team in the first three T20 matches.
Shakib Al will return to Dhaka on April 30 after which he will play in the Dhaka Premier League and after that he can be a part of the team for the last 2 T20 matches for the series against Zimbabwe. Whereas fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman, who is playing for Chennai Super Kings team in the 17th season of IPL, will return to Bangladesh on May 2 and after that the decision of his inclusion in the team for the last 2 matches of the series will be taken on the basis of fitness test. Apart from Mohammad Saifuddin, left-arm spinner Tanveer Islam, all-rounder Afif Hussain and opening batsman Tanjeed Hasan have also got a place in the team announced by Bangladesh for the first three matches.
Left-handed opening batsman Tanjid has got a place in Bangladesh’s T20 team for the first time, before this he had made his debut in the ODI format last year and played 15 matches. Tanjeed’s form was excellent in the Bangladesh Premier League. Anamul Haq, Taijul Islam and Mohammad Naim, who were included in the T20 series against Sri Lanka, have not got a place in this team, while Soumya Sarkar has not yet fully recovered from his knee injury.
Here’s the Bangladesh squad for the first 3 T20 matches against Zimbabwe:
Nazmul Hussain Shanto (captain), Liton Das, Tanjeed Hasan, Tauheed Hridoy, Mohammad Saifuddin, Afif Hussain, Tanveer Islam, Parvez Hussain, Tanzeem Hasan, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Rishad Hussain, Mehdi Hasan, Zaker Ali, Mahmudullah.
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