Taskin returns to Bangladesh Test squad for Pakistan series

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday remembered Taskin Ahmed for the 15-player crew for the impending two-match Test series against Pakistan, booked to start in Rawalpindi on August 21. Taskin, who had last played a Test in June 2023, had enjoyed some time off from red-ball cricket to focus on his recuperation following his shoulder injury, and as of late wanted to play red-ball cricket. The BCB demanded he can figure out how to play longer-rendition cricket. Talking on the choice of the pacer, Gazi Ashraf Hossain, administrator public determination board, said, "We have chosen five pacers, aware of the way that Taskin Ahmed will just play the subsequent Test. He hasn't bowled in that frame of mind since June last year and we have chosen to remember him for the 'A' group for the second four-dayer against Pakistan A to get him into the musicality for longer variant matches. "Likewise, several the pacers might join the A Group for the one-day matches, so we wanted reinforcements. Our assault has assortment with bowlers who can bowl quick and furthermore swing the ball and I'm truly anticipating seeing them perform against a-list hitters," he added. The Bangladesh A group is presently in Pakistan playing a series which incorporates two four-day games and three one-day matches. Cricbuzz had before revealed that Shahadat Hossain was probably not going to take care of business to the Test crew and in the end was barred from the crew alongside pacer Mushfiq Hasan. The determination board picked Shakib al Hasan and Shoriful Islam despite the fact that the two of them have been away from Test cricket for a long while. "The accentuation was on picking our best players for this variant. This is an even crew. Any semblance of Mushfiqur (Rahim), Mominul (Haque) and Shakib (Al Hasan) have played 216 matches consolidated and there is not a viable replacement for that sort of involvement," said Ashraf. "Taijul (Islam) and Miraz (Mehidy Hasan) have been driving the twist office for quite a while and have more than 350 wickets between them. We likewise anticipate Shanto (Najmul Hossain), Litton (Kumar Das) and different players to move forward on the grounds that to be cutthroat against Pakistan, we will require a collaboration. "Pakistan are exceptionally extreme rivals, particularly in their home front and it will be a difficult visit for us. It is great that we will get extra chance to plan in Lahore. "Likewise, a few players who are in Pakistan as of now with the Bangladesh A side, will enlist in the public group for the Test series. Their experience of the circumstances ought to prove to be useful." The Bangladesh group will leave for Pakistan on August 12 for the two ICC World Test Title matches, set to be played in Rawalpindi and Karachi. The main Test is set to start on August 21 while the subsequent match begins on August 30. The crew, voyaging sooner than booked because of a political emergency in the nation, will gather in Lahore and train at the Gaddafi Arena from August 14-16 preceding heading out to Islamabad on August 17 for the principal Test. Crew: Najmul Hossain Shanto (C), Mahmudul Hasan Delight, Zakir Hasan, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Kumer Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Nahid Rana, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Syed Khaled Ahmed