Bangladesh announces 15-man squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2021
Bangladesh Squad for T20 World Cup 2021: ICC T20 World Cup 2021 is just here and the teams have started announcing their world cup squad. Bangladesh on Thursday squad for the upcoming mega event which is scheduled to commence in October.
Mahmudullah will be leading the side that has recently picked up series victories over Australia and New Zealand on home soil.
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Soumya Sarkar's poor performance against Australia didn't have an impact as he managed to retain his spot in the absence of Tamim Iqbal, who pulled out of the mega event.
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Sarkar managed to score just 28 runs in five innings against Australia and hasn't played against New Zealand in the first four games.
Apart from Rubel Hossain, the trio of Mosaddek Hossein, Taijul Islam and Aminul Islam have been left out while legspinner Aminul, who has played seven T20Is so far has been named as one of the standby players alongside Rubel. Bangladesh Squad for T20 World Cup 2021 Mahmudullah (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Soumya Sarkar, Liton Kumar Das, Afif Hossain, Mohammad Naim, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shamim Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Mohammad Saifuddin, Shoriful Islam, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed.