Bangladesh include uncapped Munim Shahriar for Afghanistan T20Is

Bangladesh have included uncapped Munim Shahriar and Yasir Ali in their 14-part crew for the forthcoming two-match T20I series against Afghanistan. The series additionally denotes the arrival of Shakib al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim alongside Liton Kumar Das to the most brief configuration.

Shakib didn't play in the last T20I series against Pakistan at home because of injury while selectors said Liton Kumar Das and Mushfiqur were refreshed because of air pocket weakness; the administration needed the team new in the two-match Test series against New Zealand.

Nazmul Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Aminul Islam, Saif Hasan, and Akbar Ali neglected to make a cut in the crew for the two-match series planned to be played at Dhaka individually on March 3 and 5.

The 23-year-old Shahriar made 178 runs in six counterparts for Fortune Barishal, making them at a strike pace of 152 in the as of late closed Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League T20 2022.

''We have watched out for Munim for a long while. We had additionally kept him in the High Performance Unit prior and presently we need to perceive how he performs at worldwide level,'' BCB boss selector Minhajul Abedin told Cricbuzz on Friday.

''Yasir additionally did well in BPL and we know about his hitting capacity, so we are attempting to see whether or not he fits in some place in the center request,'' he added.

Yasir Ali additionally had a great trip in the BPL for Khulna Tigers and scored 219 runs from 11 matches at a 139.49 strike rate.

The series against Afghanistan will occur at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur

Squad: Mahmudullah (Captain), Liton Kumar Das, Munim Shahriar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Shohidul Islam, Md Naim Sheikh.