The selectors finally excluded the veteran stumper from the squad, bringing in hard-hitting young batsman Nadif Chow-dhury, who gets his first call for the Tigers.

"It is not a difficult series, so we have decided to rest him for these two matches. It would also give us a chance to test the young players," said chief selector Faruque Ahmed adding that he has conveyed the message to Mashud by phone.

The Tigers, fresh from a 5-0 triumph over Zimbabwe, will leave for Chittagong today while Scotland arrive in Dhaka this morning to play the two matches as part of their preparation for next year's World Cup in the West Indies.

After a warm-up match on December 13 in Chittagong, the ICC associate members will play the first ODI in the port city on December 15 and return for the last match in the capital to be held on December 17.

The two teams have faced each other only once in an ODI -- in the 1999 World Cup -- with Bangladesh winning in Edinburgh.

The Scots squad, who will play their first ODI on foreign soil is led by Craig McIntyre and include Dougie Brown and Gavin Hamilton, both of whom have played for England.

Squads
Bangladesh: Habibul Bashar (captain), Shahriar Nafees, Mohammad Rafique, Mohammad Ashraful, Mashrafee Bin Mortuza, Abdur Razzak, Aftab Ahmed, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel, Farhad Reza, Sakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehrab Hossain Jr and Nadif Chowdhury.
Scotland: Craig McIntyre Wright (captain), Rana Omer Hussain, Hajid Haq, Douglas Robert Brown, Johan Dewald Nel, David Fraser Watts, Ross Thomas Lyons, Navdeep Singh Poonia, Neil Francis Ian McCallum, Colin John Ogilvie Smith, Gavin Mark Hamilton, Douglas Ross Lockhart, Paul Hoffmann, Ryan Robert Watson, John Angus Rae Blain; Officials: Peter Drinnen (coach), Euan James McIntyre (manager), Andrew Lawson (physio), Roderick Charles Smith (CEO), Stuart Alexander Cox (fitness trainer).