T20 team announced without Shakib, what Tamim said
September 30, 20242 Mins Read
Sports Desk: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) selectors have announced the T20 team for three matches against India. Spin all-rounder Mehdi Miraj has returned to the 15-member team. He was last in the T20 team 14 months ago. The selectors chose him to fill the vacancy of Shakib Al Hasan.
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Shakib Al Hasan played in their last match against Afghanistan in the Super Eight of the last T20 World Cup in West Indies and USA. He suddenly announced his retirement from Tests and T20 last Thursday (September 26). On that day, Shakib said that his last T20 game has already been played. The match against Afghanistan was his last match in the World Cup.
Tamim's discussion began after the announcement of the third day of the ongoing Test in Kanpur. At one stage the Test talk started with the T20 series. While India announced the squad on Saturday night, Bangladesh announced it later on Sunday (September 29) evening. Where there is no name of Shakib Al Hasan. Therefore, at one stage of the discussion, Tamim said that without Shakib, it will be difficult for the team management of Bangladesh to build a T20 team. Tamim also gave that explanation.
The former captain of Bangladesh said, 'Shakib used to do both batting and bowling. As he retires, it will be difficult to build a Bangladesh team. He was the only proper batter and proper bowler.'
However, after overcoming all obstacles, BCB has finally announced the team without Shakib in Bangladesh T20 cricket.
Bangladesh team for T20 series against India: Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Liton Kumar Das, Parvez Hossain Imon, Tanjid Hasan Tamim, Tawheed Hriday, Zaker Ali, Mahmudullah Riyad, Sheikh Mehdi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shariful Islam, Tanjim Hasan Shakib, Rakibul Hasan, Mehdi Hasan Miraj.