Nurul Hasan appointed Bangladesh captain for Zimbabwe T20Is, Mahmudullah rested

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), on Friday, July 22, named the T20I and ODI squads for the tour of Zimbabwe. Mahmudullah Riyad has been rested from the T20I sequence and in his absence, Nurul Hasan Sohan will take cost of the staff. Mushfiqur Rahim failed to interrupt into the T20I staff, though he is part of the matches within the 50-over format.

Earlier, staff director Khaled Mahmud Sujon stated that the Bangladesh staff administration wasn’t fairly happy with Mahmudullah’s captaincy. On Friday, the BCB had a dialogue with Mahmudullah, after which the choice to relaxation the latter was taken.

”Now we have determined that Nurul Hasan will lead the aspect within the upcoming T20Is. It isn’t that Sohan will lead the staff within the World Cup. We felt the T20 squad ought to make a brand new begin as they don’t seem to be performing properly and we wish the brand new guys to specific them,” Mahmud was quoted as saying.

Shakib Al Hasan has opted to overlook the sequence and it’s understood that he’ll return for the Asia Cup. Quick bowler Hasan Mahmud has been included within the ODI squad, whereas Ebadot Hossain failed to carry on to his place.

Bangladesh T20I Squad

Munim Shahriar, Anamul Haque Bijoy, Liton Das, Afif Hossain ,Nurul Hasan Sohan (C), Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Mosaddek Hossain, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mehedy Hasan Miraz, Parvez Hossain Emon

Bangladesh ODI Squad

Tamim Iqbal C), Anamul Haque Bijoy, Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud,Mosaddek Hossain,Najmul Hossain Shanto Mehedy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam.

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