Cricket News, 14 February: Bangladesh announce ODI squad for Afghanistan series, more

Feb 14, 2022

Cricket News, 14 February: Bangladesh announce ODI squad for Afghanistan series, more Image

Sundar ruled out of West Indies T20Is

Washington Sundar will miss the upcoming T20I series against West Indies due to a Grade 1 hamstring injury. He did not travel with the Indian squad to Kolkata, where all matches of the series will be held. Sundar will report to the NCA in Bengaluru, on 15 February. He has been replaced by Kuldeep Yadav.

India's T20I squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shreyas Iyer, Deepak Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Deepak Hooda, Kuldeep Yadav.

Bangladesh announce squad for Afghanistan ODIs

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) named a 15-member squad for the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan. Tamim Iqbal and Nazmul Hossain are back, but there was no place for Mohammad Saifuddin, Mohammad Naim, Nurul Hasan, or Mosaddek Hossain. Ebadot Hossain, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Yasir Ali, Nasum Ahmed earned maiden ODI call-ups.

Bangladesh ODI squad: Tamim Iqbal (c), Liton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Mahmudul Hasan Joy

Afghanistan announce squads for Bangladesh series

Afghanistan announced their squads for the ODI and T20I series against Bangladesh. Mohammad Nabi returned to the ODI squad, and also lead the side in T20Is. Hashmatullah Shahidi will lead them in ODIs, with Rahmat Shah as his deputy. 

ODI squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmat Shah (vc), Azmatullah Omarzai, Farid Malik, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Gulbadin Naib, Ibrahim Zadran, Ikram Alikhail, Riaz Hassan, Shahidullah Kamal, Yamin Ahmadzai, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

T20I squad: Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Nijat Masood, Qais Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hazratullah Zazai, Karim Janat, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Rashid Khan, Sharafuddin Ashraf and Usman Ghani, Afsar Zazai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Fortune Barishal reach BPL final

Fortune Barishal became the first finalist of the Bangladesh Premier League after defeating Comilla Victorians by 10 runs. They scored 143/8 before restricting the Victorians to 133/7.

Munim Shahriar top-scored with 44, and Chris Gayle scored 22, to take the Barishal to a decent total. Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Shafiqul Islam, and Mehedi Hasan Rana then claimed two wickets each to restrict the Victorians 10 short of the target.