Mehidy Hasan Miraz will continue to lead Bangladesh in the absence of regular captain Najmul Hossain Shanto in the ODI series against the West Indies. Mehidy was named captain of the ongoing two-Test series in the Caribbean, in which the hosts lead 1-0, and Shanto missed out due to a groin strain. Shakib Al Hasan, who has not played for Bangladesh since the Tests in India, continues to miss out, with BCB president Faruque Ahmed claiming the senior player was not “mentally fit to play for the country”.
Middle-order batsman Towhid Hridoy will also miss out due to a groin injury he recently sustained while playing football. Mushfiqur Rahim is also missing while recovering from a finger injury, while Mustafizur Rahman opted out of the series due to personal reasons. Meanwhile, left-handed opener Zakir Hasan has been dropped. Litton Das, who missed the ODI against Afghanistan in November, returns to the team, while Parvez Hossain Emon, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Hasan Mahmud and Tanzim Hasan Sakib have also been included.
Shakib, who retired from Tests and T20Is in September, also missed the ODIs against Afghanistan last month. He was part of the Abu Dhabi T10 where he played seven matches for the Bangla Tigers. He had not traveled to Dhaka to play his farewell match, against South Africa, in October due to protests against him after being named in an FIR for an alleged murder during political unrest in the country.
BCB president Ahmed said Shakib was still competing for selection in ODIs and added that he needed enough preparation to return to the national team.
“Right now, he [Shakib] is still on the list,” Ahmed said. “We hope the issues are resolved the way he wants. He definitely still has the ability to play for the national team. Playing for a franchise is not the same as playing for the country. You need preparation and you also need to fit in with the team. Since he can’t do those things, I don’t think he is mentally fit to play for the country. “So we’ve left this to him.”
The players named for the ODIs will leave Dhaka on Monday to join the rest of the players in St Kitts to play the three ODIs on December 8, 10 and 12.
Bangladesh ODI team against West Indies
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (captain), Litton Das (wk), Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Parvez Hossain, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Afif Hossain, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan, Nahid Rana .
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