The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday named the 15-member squad for the upcoming Men's T20 World Cup in Oman and the UAE. The announcement was made a day after Bangladesh clinched their maiden T20I series victory against New Zealand with a six-wicket win in the fourth T20I at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. Bangladesh recently won the T20I series against Zimbabwe 2-1 and Australia 4-1.
The squad had no major surprises and features their main players barring opener Tamim Iqbal. Iqbal had opted out of the tournament, conveying the decision through a video on Facebook that he did not want to take place of youngsters playing consistently in the format than him. Iqbal was the top run-scorer in the 2016 T20 World Cup in India with 295 runs at an average of 73.75.
Pacer Rubel Hossain and leg-spin all-rounder Aminul Islam Biplob have been named as reserve players. Nurul Hasan is likely to take up wicketkeeping duties as senior keeper Mushfiqur Rahim expressed his wish to not keep wickets in the format anymore. The squad consists of eight batsmen, two all-rounders, four frontline pacers, and one specialist spinner.
