T20 series next week

National all-rounder Nasir Hossain will lead the A team in a three-match T20 Challenge Series against a Mushfiqur Rahim-led National team at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur next week.
The matches have been scheduled for December 10, 12 and 14 as head coach Shane Jurgensen feels more attention should be attached to this format ahead of next year's ICC Twenty20 World Cup at home.
In the series special focus will also be on Nasir with the fact that the board is searching for a deputy of skipper Mushfiqur.
Mushfiqur's tenure as captain has recently been extended until the 2015 World Cup, but the Bangladesh Cricket Board failed to take any decision regarding the long-term appointment of the vice-captain as Mahmudullah Riyad's inconsistent performance gave the BCB a cause for concern.
"Yes, this is a kind of opportunity for him [Nasir]. We will give our suggestion regarding the vice-captain issue to the board, so we have given him the job with some plans," said selector Habibul Bashar. Cricket operations committee chairman Akram Khan also favoured Bashar's plans.
Jurgensen demanded a quality competition and that is why the board retreated from their initial plan of a four-team tournament. Opener Tamim Iqbal has not been drafted as the left-hander is yet to fully recover from his abdominal problem that kept him out of the third ODI and only T20I against New Zealand.
"Tamim is not yet match fit. We tried our best to make two strong teams. We have picked some players like Imrul Kayes, Forhad Reza and Arafat Sunny based on their performance in the just-concluded Dhaka Premier League. There was Rokibul Hasan also but we are not considering him for T20 version like pacer Robiul Islam," said Bashar.
"We are yet to attune ourselves with the T20 format. Also we don't have enough options so that we could think differently with the T20 squad," added the former national skipper.
NATIONAL TEAM
Mushfiqur Rahim (captain), Anamul Hoque, Shamsur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Naeem Islam, Soumya Sarkar, Mahmudullah Riyad, Abdur Razzak, Shohag Gazi, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Ziaur Rahman, Rubel Hossain and Al-Amin.
A TEAM
Nasir Hossain (captain), Jahurul Islam, Mohammad Mithun, Imrul Kayes, Mominul Hoque, Marshal Ayub, Shabbir Rahman, Nazmul Hossain, Farhad Reza, Arafat Sunny, Elias Sunny, Muktar Ali and Alauddin Babu.