Bangladesh announce strong 17-member squad for 1st Test against India; Mushfiqur Rahim returns

Key
Players
Return

Rahim
missed
Bangladesh’s
Test
series
against
West
Indies
to
perform
Hajj,
while
Yasir
and
Taskin
had
been
ruled
out
due
to
an
injury
layoff.
The
trio
will
return
to
boost
Bangladesh’s
batting
order,
as
well
as
their
pace
department.

The
hosts
though
will
still
miss
the
services
of
opener
Tamim
Iqbal,
who
was
ruled
out
of
the
ODI
series
against
India
and
remains
doubtful
for
the
second
Test
as
well.

Left-handed
batter
Zakir
Hasan
has
been
handed
a
maiden
call-up
after
his
impressive
knock
of
173
for
Bangladesh
A
in
their
first
match
against
India
A
at
Cox’s
Bazar.

Hossain,
Rahman
rested

Notable
omissions
include
Mossadek
Hossain
and
Mustafizur
Rahman,
with
the
17-member
squad
being
led
by
talismanic
skipper
Shakib
Al
Hasan.

Bangladesh
are
riding
high
after
taking
an
unassailable
2-0
ODI
series
lead
against
the
visitors,
with
the
final
match
to
be
played
in
Chattogram.
They
will
aim
to
replicate
these
performances
during
the
Test
series,
with
Bangladesh
yet
to
win
a
Test
match
against
India
in
11
attempts.

Bangladesh
squad:

Mahmudul
Hasan
Joy,
Najmul
Hossain
Shanto,
Mominul
Haque,
Yasir
Ali,
Mushfiqur
Rahim,
Shakib
Al
Hasan
(c),
Litton
Das,
Nurul
Hasan,
Mehidy
Hasan
Miraz,
Taijul
Islam,
Taskin
Ahmed,
Khaled
Ahmed,
Ebadot
Hossain,
Shoriful
Islam,
Zakir
Hasan,
Rejaur
Rahman
Raja,
Anamul
Haque

Schedule:

December
14-18:
First
Test,
Chattogram

December
22-26:
Second
Test,
Dhaka