Mahmudullah to lead Tigers again
Confusion reigned till yesterday over who would lead the Tigers in the two-match T20I series against Sri Lanka from Thursday until the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced Mahmudullah Riyad as the skipper in stead of the injured Shakib Al Hasan.
Mahmudullah, the vice-captain of the Test side, was also Shakib's stand-in during the two-match Test series after Shakib had injured the little finger on his left hand during the final match of the tri-series.
Interestingly, Tamim Iqbal, who is the vice-captain for the Tigers in T20Is, was overlooked for captaincy yet again.
Meanwhile, the selectors have also drafted in left-arm spinner Nazmul Islam Apu as a replacement for Shakib for the first T20I.
The 26-year-old has been a consistent performer on the domestic scene but it was his performance in the fifth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League -- where he scalped 12 wickets at an economy of 6.53 -- that helped him get a maiden call-up to the national side.
Nazmul's inclusion raises number of uncapped players in the 15-member squad for the first game to six.
Squad: Mahmudullah , Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Md Saifuddin, Abu Hider, Abu Jayed, Ariful Haque, Mahedi Hasan, Zakir Hasan, Afif Hossain, Nazmul Islam.
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