Published on 03:47 PM, March 23, 2017

Mehedi Hasan Miraz drafted in Bangladesh ODI Squad

Off-spinner replaced by Naeem Hasan in Emerging Teams Asia Cup team

Bangladesh cricketer Mehedi Hasan celebrates after dismissing Sri Lankan cricketer Dinesh Chandimal during the second day of the second and final Test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at the P. Sara Oval Cricket Stadium in Colombo on March 16,2017. File Photo: AFP

Off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz has been included in the Bangladesh ODI Squad for the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. Mehedi will reach Colombo later today.

Meanwhile, off break bowler Naeem Hasan, who made his first class debut for Chittagong Division in the National Cricket League this season and also represented Islami Bank East Zone in the Bangladesh Cricket League and Bangladesh Under 19 Team in the Under 19 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, has replaced Mehedi in the Bangladesh squad for the Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2017.

ODI Squad

Tamim Iqbal Khan, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Subashis Roy, Sanjamul Islam, Shuvagata Hom, Nurul Hasan and Mehedi Hasan Miraz.