DHAKA, Feb 21, 2020 (BSS) – Tanzid Hasan Tamim, the player of the Bangladesh’s ICC Under-19 World Cup winning side, has been included into the Islami Bank East Zone to play the Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) final against South Zone at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Saturday.
The final of the BCL, the country’s premier first class tournament will be a five-day affair.
If Tanzid, who struck a century in two-day warm up game for BCB XI against visiting Zimbabwe side, plays the final, he would make his first class debut.
He has played 13 List A and two T20 matches so far in senior level cricket
in domestic circuit.
The kind of talent he got, it is highly likely that he would make his
debut. Alongside him, Bangladesh’s senior player Mahmudullah Riyad, who was
dropped from the Test squad, would also play the BCL final as he was included
in the South Zone team.
Islami Bank East Zone came to the final after toping the group phase with
23.47 points. They had won two matches and lost one in three matches in group
phase.
South Zone had one victory and two draws in three games and earned 19.89
points to finish as second.
Squad:
Islami Bank East Zone: Mohammad Ashraful, Pinak Ghosh, Tanzid Hasan Tamim,
Imrul Kayes, Nasir Hossain, Afif Hossain, Zakir Hasan, Mahmudul Hasan Limon,
Amit Hasan, Nazmul Islam Apu, Ruyel Mia, Hasan Mahmud, Rubel Hossain, Saqlain
Sajib, Rony Chowdhury.
South Zone: Abdur Razzak, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Al-Amin Hossain Junior, Anamul
Haque Bijoy, Fazle Mahmud, Mahmudullah Riyad, Shamsur Rahman, Mahedi Hasan,
Irfan Shukkur, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Al-Amin Hossain, Farhad Reza, Shafiul
Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Tasamul Haque.