Sports Reporter :
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced on Thursday the 16-member Bangladesh National Cricket squad for the two-match Test series against India National Cricket team.
Wicketkeeper-batter Jaker Ali has been included in the 16-member Test squad, while left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam has been ruled out from the squad due to injury.
Najmul Hossain Shanto has retained his captaincy. Shakib Al Hasan, who is now staying in England to take part in the County Cricket Championship, will join the squad from England to India. Jaker Ali took part for Bangladesh Cricket team in the 17 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.
But this is for the first time he has been called in the Bangladesh Test squad. Jaker Ali played 49 First Class matches. He scored 2862 runs with an average of 41.47. He hit four centuries and 19 half-centuries in his First Class cricket matches campaign.
It may be mentioned that almost all the cricketers, who were included for the two-match Test series against Pakistan, have been included in the squad. Jaker Ali is the only new face and pacer Shoriful Islam has been pulled off due to injury. Bangladesh won the two-match Test series 2-0.
It was a historic series victory for Bangladesh. Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by 10 wickets in the first Test by 10 wickets at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Pakistan on August 25. The Tigers beat Pakistan by six wickets in the second Test at the same venue on September 3.
The 16-member Bangladesh Test Cricket squad are scheduled to leave the capital for India on September 15.
The first Test cricket match between Bangladesh and India will be held at Chennai from September 19 to September 23.
The second Test cricket match between the Tigers and India will take place at Kanpur from September 27 to October 1. The two-match Test series between Bangladesh and India is part of ICC World Test Championship.
The cricketers, who have been chosen, are: Najmul Hossain Shanto (Captain), Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Zakir Hasan, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Nahid Rana, Jaker Ali, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed and Khaled Ahmed.
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