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BCB announced squad for Pakistan T20I series without Mushfiqur, Liton, Soumya, Rubel

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday announced a 16-member squad for the upcoming Pakistan T20I series. 

Bangladesh have brought in six changes to their squad while four players – Akbar Ali, Yasir Ali Rabbi and Shahidul Islam and Saif Hasan – got their maiden T20I call-up.

Wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim has been rested from the T20I series in order to focus on the upcoming two-match test series while Soumya Sarkar and Liton Kumar Das have been excluded, said chief selector Minhajul Abedin while announcing the squad.

Shakib will miss the home series against Pakistan due to a hamstring injury that he incurred while fielding in a match during T20 World Cup. It has been rumoured that he will miss the upcoming New Zealand tour in January as well.

Alongside Akbar, Saif, and Shohidul, the three other players to come in the squad are- Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, and Aminul Islam Biplob.

Mahmudullah Riyad will be continuing as the skipper for this series.

Bangladesh and Pakistan will play their first T20I on November 19 at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The second and third Twenty20 Internationals will be held on November 20 and 22.

The two Tests will be in Chattogram ( 26-30 November ) and in Dhaka (4-8 December) respectively.

T20I Squad: Mohammad Naim, Saif Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad (C), Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Afif Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Shohidul Islam, Akbar Ali, Shamim Patwary, Mustafizur Rahman, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Aminul Islam Biplob, Yasir Ali Rabbi.

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