Bangladesh squad for T20 World Cup 2022: Shakib to lead, Mahmudullah omitted

The
15-member
squad
will
be
led
by
Shakib
Al
Hasan.

A
lot
of
players
from
the
Asia
Cup
squad
like
Parvez
Hossain
Emon,
Anamul
Haque,
Mahedi
Hasan
and
Mohammad
Naim
will
not
travel
to
Australia
after
a
disastrous
Asia
Cup
campaign
that
saw
them
exit
from
the
tournament
in
Group
Stage
after
losing
both
their
matches
against
Sri
Lanka
and
Afghanistan.

Another
name
missing
from
the
squad
is
Mushfiqur
Rahim,
who
recently
announced
his
retirement
from
the
shortest
format
after
his
side’s
Asia
Cup
exit.

Litton
Das,
Yasir
Ali,
Nurul
Hasan,
Hasan
Mahmud
and
Najmul
Hossain
Shanto
have
been
recalled
to
the
side
after
they
could
not
make
it
to
the
Asia
Cup
squad.

Das
could
not
play
in
Asia
Cup
after
sustaining
a
hamstring
injury
during
the
tour
of
Zimbabwe
and
has
now
made
full
recovery.
Nurul,
who
faced
a
finger
injury
has
also
recovered
fully.

Soumya
Sarkar
and
Shoriful
Islam,
a
part
of
last
year’s
squad
during
the
2021
T20
World
Cup,
could
only
make
it
to
the
standby
list
along
with
Rishad
Hossain
and
Shak
Mahedi
Hasan.

The
same
team
will
be
travelling
to
New
Zealand
for
a
tri-series
between
October
7
to
15,
which
will
also
involve
Pakistan.
ICC
T20
World
Cup
2022
will
start
from
October
16
and
will
go
on
till
November
13

Bangladesh
had
a
disastrous
T20
World
Cup.
After
qualifying
for
the
Super
12
stage
after
Round
one,
they
lost
all
their
Super
12
matches
and
finished
last
in
Group
1
with
five
losses
in
five
matches.

Bangladesh
Squad
for
T20
World
Cup:
Shakib
Al
Hasan
(captain),
Sabbir
Rahman,
Mehidy
Hasan
Miraz,
Afif
Hossain,
Mossadek
Hossain,
Litton
Das,
Yasir
Ali,
Nurul
Hasan,
Mustafizur
Rahman,
Saifuddin,
Taskin
Ahmed,
Ebadot
Hossain,
Hasan
Mahmud,
Najmul
Hossain,
Nasum
Ahmed.

Standbys:
Soumya
Sarkar,
Shoriful
Islam,
Rishad
Hossain,
Shak
Mahedi
Hasan.