BCB announces squad for one-off Test for Afghanistan’s Tour of Bangladesh 2023

Afghanistan’s Tour of Bangladesh 2023: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) today announced the squad for the only Test against Afghanistan in Dhaka.

The Afghanistan Test side will arrive on 10 June :-

The Afghanistan Test side will arrive on 10 June to play the match which starts on 14 June at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. The side led by Litton Kumer Das includes two uncapped players, Chattogram Division batsman Shahadat Hossain Dipu and Rangpur Division paceman Mushfik Hasan.

Both Shahadat and Mushfik were part of the Bangladesh A :-

The 21-year-old Shahadat is a right-handed middle-order batter who made his first-class debut in 2021. He has scored 1265 runs from 20 first-class games with two hundreds and 10 half-centuries. Mushfik burst onto the scene after his debut in the 2022 first-class season. The 20-year-old fast bowler has taken 49 wickets from 13 matches with three five-wicket hauls. Both were part of the Bangladesh A side in the just concluded unofficial Test series against West Indies A:

Afghanistan’s Tour of Bangladesh 2023: Bangladesh Squad :-

Litton Kumer Das (Captain), Tamim Iqbal, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque Showrab, Mushfiqur Rahim; Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain Chowdhury, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shahadat Hossain Dipu, Mushfik Hasan.

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