Bangladesh recalled wicketkeeper-batter Jaker Ali Anik to its squad for the upcoming three-match Twenty20 collection towards Sri Lanka, changing injured uncapped spinner Aliss Al Islam.
Off-spinner Aliss sustained a finger harm whereas taking part in for Comilla Victorians within the just lately completed Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 20-over match.
“His restoration is estimated to take two to 3 weeks, thus ruling him out of the collection,” crew physiotherapist Bayjedul Islam Khan stated in an announcement.
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Jaker, 26, carried out properly in his appearances for Comilla this yr, making 199 runs in two matches with a strike charge of 141.
“We now have three different frontline spinners,” stated choice panel chairman Gazi Ashraf Hossain.
“We imagine that as a substitute of including one other spinner to switch Aliss, the crew’s steadiness could be higher served by together with somebody like Jaker Ali, who can bolster the center or lower-middle order and function a finisher.”
The three-match collection begins on Monday in Sylhet.
Sri Lanka, which arrived in Bangladesh on Thursday, may even play three One-Day Internationals and two Assessments throughout the month-long tour.
BANGLADESH SQUAD FOR T20Is
Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Liton Das, Anamul Haque, Mohammad Naim, Towhid Hridoy, Soumya Sarkar, Mahedi Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad, Taijul Islam, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Jaker Ali Anik.