Afif, Ebadot again in Bangladesh’s T20I squad for Afghanistan sequence
Bangladesh have introduced again Afif Hossain and Ebadot Hossain into their T20I squad for the two-match sequence in opposition to Afghanistan. There was no place for wicketkeeper-batter Jaker Ali who was within the squad for the Ireland sequence in March.
Afif, who was additionally named in the ODI squad for the sequence in opposition to Afghanistan, final performed T20Is in opposition to England in March. In 62 T20Is, he has scored 1020 runs at a strike charge of 120.28.
Ebadot, in the meantime, wasn’t within the T20I facet in opposition to England or Ireland, and he final performed within the T20 World Cup in November final yr. Having made his debut within the format in the course of the Asia Cup in 2022, he has seven wickets in 4 T20Is. He took 4-47 within the one-off Test in opposition to Afghanistan earlier this week.
Bangladesh’s subsequent scheduled T20Is are in opposition to New Zealand in December this yr following this sequence. The T20Is in opposition to Afghanistan will probably be performed in Sylhet on July 14 and 16 following the three ODIs. The solely different time Bangladesh performed T20Is at dwelling in July was in opposition to South Africa in 2015.
Bangladesh T20I squad: Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Litton Das, Rony Talukdar, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Rishad Hossain, Afif Hossain