After being absent from the site for over a year, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, an off-spin all-rounder, has been included in the Bangladesh men’s T20I squad to play against India from October 6 in Gwalior. Similarly, left-handed opening batter Parvez Hossain Emon and left-arm spinner Rakibul Hasan are called to the squad but Soumya Sarkar is omitted. Being that Mehidy has been on a dominant form playing Test and ODIs of more than a year for Bangladesh, it aids his inclusion into T20I that has skipped for the last fourteen months.
Earlier some uninterupted cricketing records in Bangladesh were also broken due south of course, idyllic Kanpur with the absence of thalassophilic ace including star recoiling batting all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan who retired from this format rather gracefully preceding Agra’s second Test against India in Kanpur.
The T20I bilateral series between the two nations will comprise of three matches to be played in Gwalior, Delhi and Hyderabad on the 6th, 9th and 12th of October respectively. The other day’s T20I match opening the series will also see Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Gwalior, hosting an international match for the very first time.
It will also mean Gwalior returning to host international cricket after the game between India and South Africa in 2010, which saw Sachin Tendulkar become the first ever man to score a double century in one day internationals.
The last time Bangladesh played T20I matches in India, it was in the year 2019, where they played three match T20I series and lost 2-1. The last time teams faced each other in this format was during the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup, when Indian side led by Hardik Pandya won against Bangladesh by 50 runs as Yadav nabbed 3 wickets for 19 runs.
Bangladesh squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto (Captain), Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Parvez Hossain Emon, Tawhid Hridoy, Mahmud Ullah, Litton Kumer Das, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib and Rakibul Hasan.
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