Fizz, Rubel return to Test squad for series against Sri Lanka

Bangladesh Cricket Board on Tuesday announced the 16-member squad for the two Tests against Sri Lanka, naming the cutter master Mustafizur Rahman and paceman Rubel Hossen.

Minhazul Abedin Nannu, chief selector of Bangladesh cricket board announced the squad at 11am at the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) office.

Southpaw opener Imrul Kayes dropped out from the team due to injury as he didn’t play historic one-off Test against India in Hyderabad. He returned to home before the Test match. He was replaced by Mosaddek Hossain Saikat.

Tigers included five pacemn in the squad- Mustafizur Rahman, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Taskin Ahmed, Shubashish Roy and Rubel Hossen.

Squad: Mushfiqur Rahim (capt & wk), Tamim Iqbal, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Mehedi Hasan, Taijul Islam, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Soumya Sarkar, Taskin Ahmed, Subashis Roy, Liton Das (wk), Mominul Haque, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossen, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat.