Bangladesh squad announced for first two ODI's against Zimbabwe

Bangladesh squad announced for first two ODI’s against Zimbabwe: Rookie pace bowler Kamrul Islam Rabbi is the only fresh face in the 14-member Bangladesh squad for the first two ODIs against Zimbabwe on November 7 and 9, in Mirpur.

Mashrafe Mortaza will captain the side after recovering from dengue fever last month. Shakib Al Hasan was also available for the full series against Zimbabwe.

Al Amin-Hossain is back in the fold after staying the cold. During the recent short tour of South Africa with the A team, both Al-Amin and Rabbi were the standout performers. Al-Amin claimed figures of 5 for 45 against Northerns while Rabbi took four wickets against Gauteng.

The duo Anamul Haque and Rubel Hossain, who were part of Bangladesh’s last ODI squad, against South Africa in July. Anamul had not played a game during that series but he was in the 18-man preliminary squad that was announced in late October, while Rubel has not recovered from his calf muscle injury suffered during Bangladesh A’s tour to India in September.

Squad for the first two ODIs: Mashrafe Mortaza (captain), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Jubair Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain, Kamrul Islam Rabbi