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Cricket News: Bangladesh name squad for WI tour: Mustafizur picked for Tests | Bangladesh name squads for Test, ODI and T20I tour
Bangladesh have named their squads for the Test, ODI and T20I tour of West Indies that begins next month. Mustafizur Rahman returns to the Test fold after a year, while batsman Anamul Haque has earned a place in Bangladesh’s white-ball squads after ammassing 1,138 runs in the recent Dhaka Premier League.
Mushfiqur Rahim, who recently became the first Bangladeshi to cross 5,000 Test runs, will miss the tour as he will be undertaking Hajj duties. However, star all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz has been picked after he was ruled out of the Sri Lanka Test series due to a hand injury.
Bangladesh squads for WI tour
Test squad: Mominul Haque (capt), Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Litton Das (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Mustafiqur Rahman, Taijul Islam, Khaled Ahmed, Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mosaddek Hossain, Ebadot Hossain, Shohidul Islam, Rezaur Rahman Raja
ODI squad: Tamim Iqbal (capt), Litton Das (wk), Najmul Hossain, Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Yasir Ali, Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Ebadot Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mohammad Saifuddin, Anamul Haque
T20I squad: Mahmudullah (capt), Munim Shahriar, Litton Das (wk), Anamul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wk), Yasir Ali, Mahedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Shohidul Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Mohammad Saifuddin
Bangladesh’s first tour of West Indies since 2018
This will be Bangladesh’s first tour of the West Indies since 2018. They suffered humiliation in the Test series, including a 43-all out in Antigua. After they failed to cross a total of 168 runs in an innings in the two Tests, but they bounced back with 2-1 series wins in the ODIs and T20Is.
Bangladesh will leave for the Caribbean on June 5 for two Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is. The Tests will count to the World Test Championship, but the ODIs will not count to the ODI Super League. The three T20Is will serve as preparation for the T20 World Cup later this year, where Australia will aim to defend their crown down under.
