The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday, November 23, announced the Bangladesh national cricket team’s T20 squad for the upcoming series against the Ireland national cricket team.
Bangla Tigers recently faced the Irish team in a two-match Test series and after this the teams will face each other in the T20 series.
Taskin Ahmed and Shamim Hussain out of T20 team
The T20I series will begin with a clash at the Bir Shrestho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram on Thursday, November 27. The next two matches of the series will be held at the same venue on Saturday, November 29 and Tuesday, December 2.
For the series, BCB selection has made some notable changes in the team. They have dropped Taskin Ahmed and Shamim Hussain. In their place, Bangladesh has selected Mohammad Saifuddin and Mahidul Islam Ankon for the first two T20 matches.
Notably, Taskin Ahmed and Shamim Hussain were part of the team that played the last T20 series against the West Indies national cricket team. Additionally, Saifuddin was a part of the T20 series against Afghanistan, which the Bangla Tigers won 3–0.
Talking about Taskin Ahmed’s absence from the team, BCB chief selector Ghazi Ashraf Hussain said in an official statement that the senior fast bowler was given NOC to participate in the Abu Dhabi T20 League, and he is currently not available for selection.
“Taskeen has NOC, so he is not available to us at the moment,” Hussain said. “We know he will play for Bangladesh whenever we ask him to, but we are well aware of the plans.
“We have not considered Shamim Hossain’s name for the first two T20s. We have selected Mahidul Islam so that we can try someone in the top four.”
Bangladesh squad for Ireland T20I:
Liton Das (captain), Saif Hasan (vice-captain), Tanjeed Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Tauheed Hridoy, Zekar Ali, Nurul Hasan, Mahidul Islam Ankon, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzeem Hasan Saqib, Shoriful Islam, Mohammad Saifuddin.
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Bangladesh beats Ireland in test series
The two-match Test series between the Bangla Tigers and Ireland concluded on Sunday, 23 November. It was a one-sided affair as the hosts completely dominated and won the first game by an innings and 47 runs and the second by 217 runs.
Speaking after the conclusion of the series, captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto praised Ireland’s batsmen for a stellar performance and also heaped some praise on their bowlers. He said:
“I would like to congratulate the Ireland team for batting so well, especially in these conditions. Taijul and Hasan Murad bowled really well for us and I am happy with their performances.”
“We always wanted this, our plan before this series was that our top order batted well and we did that. We always wanted to play Test cricket, in the last 2-3 years we have been playing a lot of Test cricket and it is good. The crowd in Bangladesh always supports us. Even if we lose, they support us, we want them to always support us.”
