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Naim Sheikh added to squad for 3rd ODI against Sri Lanka
DHAKA, May 26, 2021 (BSS) – The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)
announced the team for third and final one-day International game
against Sri Lanka adding only opener Naim Sheikh to the previous
15-member squad for the first two matches.
Bangladesh had already wrapped up the series, winning the first game
by 33 runs and second one by 103 runs through DLS method. The third
match is on Friday.
Even though the match is dead-rubber now, the Bangladesh will be
keen to attain the 10 points, the match offers, with qualification to
the 2023 World Cup in mind.
Naim Sheikh was amongst the four players who were kept stand by.
Sheikh made his ODI against Zimbabwe last year in a match in which
Liton Das hammered 176, the highest individual knock by a Bangladeshi
batsman in ODI format.
Although he was a regular member in T20 squad, couldn’t make way in
the ODI team thereafter.
But his inclusion raised a speculation of the axe of Liton Das, who
couldn’t make any significant contribution to the side since his epic
176. After that innings, Liton scored just 91 runs in eight matches
with the highest of just 25 that came in the last match. In between he
couldn’t open the account in three matches.
Squad: Tamim Iqbal (Captain), Liton Das, Shakib al Hasan, Mushfiqur
Rahim, Mohammad Mithun, Mahmudullah Riyad, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan
Miraz, Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Soumya Sarkar,
Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Sheikh Mahedi Hasan, Shoriful Islam, Naim
Sheikh.
Stand by: Taijul Islam, Shohidul Islam, Aminul Islam Biplob
BSS/SMP/MRU/1828hrs