Bangladesh-India series
Shoriful excluded, Jaker Ali joins Bangladesh Test squad for India series
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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 16-member Test squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against India.
The Bangladesh team will depart on 15 September for two ICC World Test Championship matches in Chennai and Kanpur.
Bangladesh completed a historic sweep over Pakistan 2-0 in the recent WTC series in Rawalpindi.
The 16-man squad has one made change as left-arm paceman Shoriful Islam is still recovering from a groin injury and was unavailable for the series.
Wicket-keeper batsman Jaker Ali Anik has been drafted in the side who is the only uncapped player in the squad.
The 26-year-old right-hander has an average of 41.47 in the first class cricket. He hit his highest first-class score of 172 in the recent A Team series in Pakistan.
The first Test starts on 19 September while the second match begins on 27 September.
Squad:
Najmul Hossain Shanto (Captain), Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Kumer Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Nahid Rana, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Jaker Ali Anik