Mahmudullah returns to Bangladesh Test squad after Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal accidents earlier than Zimbabwe tour
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Bangladesh’s T20I captain Mahmudullah has not performed a Test match since February 2020. Mahmudullah final performed a Test for Bangladesh in February 2020. (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSMahmudullah has not performed a Test since February 2020The Zimababwe tour additionally marks the return of Shakib Al Hasan to Tests and T20IsInjuries to senior gamers Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal led to the BCB turning to MahmudullahMahmudullah has been recalled to the Bangladesh Test squad after an absence of over a yr. The 35-year-old, who’s the captain of the Bangladesh T20 workforce, final performed a Test in February 2020.
According to ESPNCricinfo, accidents to senior gamers Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal led to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) turning to Mahmudullah.”During an emergency meeting yesterday that included the selectors, the board president (Nazmul Hassan) and myself, we decided that we can’t take a chance with the injuries,” BCB cricket operations chairman Akram Khan is quoted as saying. “Because of the situation, we decided to make the squad bigger. We are 80 per cent sure that he (Rahim) can play, but we don’t want to take a chance. We want to have a back-up batsman in the squad.”The Zimbabwe tour additionally marks the return of all-rounder and former captain Shakib Al Hasan to the Bangladesh Test and T20I squads. Shakib final performed a Test match towards West Indies in February. He missed the three Tests towards Sri Lanka as he was enjoying for the Kolkata Knight Riders within the 2021 Indian Premier League earlier than the event was postponed.His final T20I got here in September 2019, after which a thigh harm pressured him out of Bangladesh’s tour of New Zealand. Tamim Iqbal additionally returns to the T20I squad after taking depart from the New Zealand tour.Bangladesh play Zimbabwe in a single Test, three ODIs and as many T20Is in a tour that may final from July 7 to July 27.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.
