|| CF Correspondent ||

Bangladesh Cricket Board today announced a 15-man squad for the one-off Test series against Afghanistan excluding Mustafizur Rahman, as the selectors wanted to rest the pacer.

Skipper Sakib al Hasan returned to the Test side while pacer Taskin Ahmed and all-rounder Mosaddek made a comeback.

Other than Mustafiz, opener Tamim Iqbal, who had previously asked for a rest in the Afghan series, and injured pacer Khalid Ahmed were also excluded from the squad.

Squad for Afghanistan Test:

Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Soumya Sarkar, Sakib al Hasan (C), Mahmudullah, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das, Taijul Islam, Mosaddek Hossain, Nayeem Hasan, Mehedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadat Hossain and Abu Jayed