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Mominul added to Bangladesh ODI squad

Dependable batsman Mominul Haque has been added to Bangladesh One Day International (ODI) side ahead of Tigers’ ODI series against South Africa, three hours after 15-member squad were announced.

Now the total member of the squad is 16.

Mominul last played an ODI for Bangladesh in 2015 against Sri Lanka.

The southpaw scored 543 runs in 26 ODI matches at an average of 23.60 with three half centuries.

The first ODI will be held on October 15 at the De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley and the second ODI will be played on October 18 at held at Boland Park, Paarl while the third and final ODI is slated on October 22 at Buffalo Park, East London.

Squad: Masrafe Bin Mortaza (captain), Tamim Iqbal Khan, Mominul Haque, Litton Kumar Das, Soumya Sarker, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan (vice-captain), Shabbir Rahaman, Nasir Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Rubel Hossain and Saif Uddin.