Bangladesh A squad for 3-match 50-over series against Pakistan Shaheens announced

The 14-member Bangladesh A squad has been announced for the upcoming 50-over series against Pakistan Shaheens. Talented middle-order batter Towhid Hridoy has been named Bangladesh A's captain for the series.

The matches will be played in Pakistan's capital Islamabad. The series will be played from August 26-30. The first match of the series will be played on August 26, the second on August 28, and the final match will be played on August 30.

Both the teams also played two four-day matches against each other recently. The series was hampered by rain and both the matches ended in a draw. The 50-over series is going to be interesting given the amount of talent on both sides.

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Bangladesh A squad announced for the three-match 50-over series against Pakistan Shaheens

The squad consists of a no. of international players as well. The skipper of the team Towhid Hridoy is a rising talent and has already been seen as the future match-winner for his team.

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Hridoy has impressive numbers for Bangladesh in both the ODIs and the T20Is. But he failed to create an impact in the T20 World Cup 2024. The youngster will look to score runs here which will be crucial for his confidence.

On the eve of the 1st match against Pakistan Shaheens, Bangladesh A skipper Towhid Hridoy expressed his pleasure in leading his team and was confident of putting up a good show since they have acclimatized to the conditions.

“I’m honored to lead Bangladesh ‘A’ and look forward to inspire the team to notable performances during this series. Most of our players have experienced the local conditions and have trained well in the previous two weeks,"Hridoy stated.

Hridoy also expected the opposition to be strong and come hard at them since they are playing in their backyard but he hopes to take confidence from the four-day series where Bangladesh A put in a good performance with the bat.

“The Shaheens are going to come hard at us in their backyard but we will take inspiration from our batting heroics in the second four-day match where we dominated with the bat and the players will be eager to emulate the performance,” he added.

Bangladesh A squad for three-match 50-over series vs Pakistan Shaheens

Towhid Hridoy (C), Anamul Haque (wk), Hasan Murad, Jaker Ali, Mahedi Hasan, Mahidul Islam (wk), Mohammad Naim, Mosaddek Hossain, Rejaur Rehman Raja, Rishad Hossain, Ruyel Miah, Saif Hassan, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.

The series will begin just after the end of the first Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh in Rawalpindi where Bangladesh stunned Pakistan by 10 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series.