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Bangladesh includes uncapped Nasum for Zimbabwe T20s
SYLEHT, March 5, 2020 (BSS)-Left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed made the cut in
the national fold for the first time as Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)
announced the squad for the two-match T20 International series against
Zimbabwe on Thursday.
The matches will be held on March 9 and 11 at the Sher-e-Bangla National
Cricket Stadium.
Mohammad Saifuddin returned to T20 side also after recovering from the
back injury that kept him away from the T20 series against India and
Pakistan.
Saifuddin earlier was back to the national team with ODI series against
Zimbabwe.
Bangladesh brought up two changes to the side for their shortest format
of cricket, which played their last T20 series against Pakistan.
Nazmul Hossain Shanto, who got injured during the second ODI against
Zimbabwe and pacer Rubel Hossain were dropped from the team to make the way
for Nasum and Saifuddin.
Nasum hogged the limelight during the last Bangabandhu Bangladesh
Premier League (BPL) T20 in which he played for Chattogram Challengers and
gave the side a regular breakthrough with the new ball.
Squad: Mahmudullah (Captain), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Naim Sheikh,
Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Saifuddin, Mahadi Hasan,
Aminul Islam Biplob, Mustafizur Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain, Hasan
Mahmud, Nasum Ahmed.
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