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Mehdi Hasan Miraj had captained the ODI against Sri Lanka in July this year. They could not make it to the T20 squad.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has released a team of 16 players for the Cricket Asia Cup. All -rounder Mehdi Hasan Miraj did not get a place. Wicketkeeper Batter Nurul Hasan and Batter Saif Hasan have got a chance. Litton Das will captain the team in the T20 tournament. He won the previous series to the team against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Both teams will also participate in the Asia Cup.
The Mains T20 Asia Cup will be played from 9 September at the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Bangladesh’s first match will be held on September 11 with Hong Kong. The team’s group also stars Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Team India is in Group-A.
Saif Hasan gets a chance after 2 years 31-year-old Nurul Hasan played the last T20 match for Bangladesh 3 years ago. Saif Hasan played the last international match from Bangladesh at the 2023 Asian Games. Both players got the benefit of good performance in domestic cricket.
Nurul Hasan played the last T20 match for Bangladesh against Australia in the 2022 World Cup.
Mehdi Hasan Miraj has no place All -rounder Mehdi Hasan Miraj did not get a place in the squad. He was sent to the list of Reserve Players. Apart from Mehdi, Soumya Sarkar, Tanveer Islam and Hasan Mahmood were also kept in Reserve Players. The previous T20 captain Najmul Hussain Shanto also did not get a place in the stand by list. The team selected for the Asia Cup will also play 3 T20 series against the Netherlands. The series will begin in Silhat from 30 September.
Bangladesh gets a difficult group Bangladesh’s first match in the Asia Cup starting on 9 September will be with Hong Kong. The team will then take on Sri Lanka on 13 September. Bangladesh’s last group stage match will be from Afghanistan on 16 September.
Only 2 teams from a group will reach the Super-4 stage. Apart from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are also contenders to reach Super-4. These teams are part of Group B. Group-A stars India, Pakistan, UAE and Oman. India’s first match will be from UAE on 10 September. The team will take on Pakistan on 14 and Oman on 19.
Bangladesh’s previous T20 captain Najmul Hussain Shantio also did not get a place in the Asia Cup team.
Asia Cup final on 28 September The Super-4 stage of the Asia Cup will start from September 20 and run till 26 September. The final will be played in Dubai on 28 September. India is the defending champion of the tournament, the team won the title in 2023 by defeating the home team Sri Lanka. In the last T20 Asia Cup 2022, Sri Lanka won the finals by Sri Lanka.
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