Nurul, Saif recalled to Bangladesh squad for Asia Cup

Wicketkeeper-batter Nurul Hasan has received a call-up to the Bangladesh 16-player squad, announced by the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday. He last played a T20I three years ago.

Apart from Nurul, Saif Hasan also makes a return to the national T20I set-up after a gap of one and a half-year. The batter last played for Bangladesh in the Asian Games 2023 before being left out.

Nurul was knocking the door of the selection panel for quite some time through his performance in domestic cricket. He even featured for the Bangladesh A team recently.

Nurul, the 31-year-old had last appeared in T20Is in November 2022 during the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia.

Mehidy Hassan Miraz, who was part of the last T20I squad, could not retain his place in the 16-member squad, and were placed in the reserve list. Apart from Mehidy, Soumya Sarkar along Tanvir Islam and Hasan Mahmud were picked as stand-by for Asia Cup. Interestingly there was no place for former T20I skipper Najmul Hossain in the stand-by list.

This squad will also represent Bangladesh in the upcoming three-match T20 international series against the Netherlands in Sylhet starting on August 30.

SQUAD:Litton Kumer Das (Captain), Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hassan, Tawhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali Anik, Shamim Hossain, Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Shaif Uddin

STANDBY (For Asia Cup Only):Soumya Sarkar, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Tanvir Islam, Hasan Mahmud