Bangladesh- South Africa Series
Shakib in Bangladesh squad for his last Test match
|| CF DESK ||
Bangladesh Cricket Board announced the squad for the first Test on Wednesday against South Africa in the two-match World Test Championship series as Shakib Al Hasan named in the squad for his farewell red-ball game.
Shakib is set to arrive in Dhaka tomorrow after all the speculation regarding him.
BCB selection panel dropped pacer Khaled Ahmed, who was part of the two-match Test series in India, as they reduced the 16-member squad.
The first Test begins at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka on 21 October, while the second Test will start on 29th October in Chattogram.
Bangladesh are currently seventh on the World Test Championship points table, after a 2-0 win in Pakistan and a 2-0 defeat in India. South Africa are fifth on the WTC standings, having most recently won a two-Test series 1-0 in the West Indies in August.
First Test Squad:
Najmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Shadman Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Jakir Ali, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud and Nahid Rana