|| CF Correspondent ||
The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday announced a 31-member preliminary squad for the upcoming Asia Cup that also includes injured Sakib al Hasan into it.
Sakib, who contemplated to skip the Asia Cup in order to operate his injured finger, was one of the few highlights of the squad that will start the camp from August 27.
Selectors formed the 31 member squad as per the insistence of head coach Steve Rhodes since he wanted to have a look at all his available options.
Pace bowler Shoriful along with Khaled and batsman Fazle Rabbi are the only new names in the squad. Meanwhile, Zakir Hasan is yet to feature in any ODI and just have T20 experience.
‘’Both the pace bowlers have done well to get our attention,’’ Minhajul told Cricfrenzy
‘’While we are also convinced about the potential of Fazle Rabbi as he is scoring consistently in the domestic arena,’’ he added.
The probable 31-man list:
Masrafe Bin Mortaza
Mominul Haque Showrab
Shakib Al Hasan
Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan
Tamim Iqbal Khan
Rubel Hossain
Imrul Kayes
Ariful Haque
Anamul Haque Bijoy
Abu Jayed Chowdhury Rahi
Mushfiqur Rahim
Najmul Hossain Shanto
Mahmud Ullah
Shoriful Islam
Soumya Sarkar
Taijul Islam
Shabbir Rahaman Roman
Nayeem Hasan
Shaif Uddin
Kamrul Islam Rabbi
Mustafizur Rahman
Syed Khaled Ahmed
Musaddek Hossain Saikat
Md. Zakir Hasan
Litton Kumer Das
Sunzamul Islam
Abu Hider Rony
Md. Mithun
Nazmul Islam Apu
Fazle Rabbi Mahmud
Mehidy Hassan Miraz
