Shanto to lead Bangladesh in both series

Najmul Hossain Shanto will lead Bangladesh in both white-ball series during their upcoming New Zealand tour as the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday named two separate squads for one-day and T20I series.

Despite the return of Liton Das in both series, the BCB kept their trust in Najmul for the away series while all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz was named as his deputy.

11 members of the recently-concluded World Cup squad retained their place in the ODI squad while Afif Hossain and Soumya Sarkar were called back to the ODI fold, and Rishad Hossain, Rakibul Hasan got their maiden call.

Regular skipper Shakib Al Hasan will miss the tour due to his national election engagement while Mahmudullah (injury), Taskin Ahmed (injury), Mahedi Hasan (drop), and Nasum Ahmed (drop) were unpicked due to different reasons.

Meanwhile, Soumya also made a return to the T20I fold after the last year’s T20 World Cup in Australia while Tanvir Islam and Tanzim Hasan Sakib were also picked for the shortest format.

Nasum, who played both T20Is against Afghanistan in Sylhet in July, was surprisingly dropped from the 15-member T20I side as well.

The ODIs are scheduled on December 17, 20, and 23 respectively while the T20Is will be held on December 27, 29, and 31 respectively.

Bangladesh squad (ODI Series): Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Anamul Haque Bijoy, Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das, Afif Hossain, Soumya Sarkar, Mehidy Hasan Miraz (vice-capt), Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Hasan Mahmud, Rishad Hossain and Rakibul Hasan

Bangladesh squad (T20I Series): Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Liton Das, Rony Talukdar, Tawhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Soumya Sarkar, Mehidy Hasan Miraz (vice-capt), Mahedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Rishad Hossain, Tanvir Islam, and Tanzim Hasan Sakib.