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Bangladesh call up Liton, Mustafiz for one-off T20 against Pakistan
Selectors have called up Liton Kumar Das and Mustafizur Rahman for Bangladesh’s only Twenty20 match against Pakistan.
Published : 22 April 2015, 06:29 PM
Updated : 22 April 2015, 06:29 PM
The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a 14-man squad on Wednesday leaving out Mominul Haque and Rubel Hossain.
“We have decided to rest Rubel in order to keep him fresh for the Test series as he is our main strike bowler,” said Chairman of the BCB selection panel Faruque Ahmed.
The panel had been keeping an eye on left-arm pacer Mustafiz and opener Liton, said Faruque.
“He (Mustafiz) has impressed during his time with the under 19s and the A team.”
“Liton has been under our radar for a while now… He is one for the future.”
T20 squad: Tamim Iqbal, Rony Talukdar, Soumya Sarkar, Liton Kumar Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Taskin Ahmed, Abul Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Arafat Sunny.
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