DHAKA, Bangladesh —
Bangladesh on Tuesday included uncapped opening batsman Munim Shahriar in their
14-man Twenty20 squad for a two-match series against Afghanistan next month.
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Shahriar, 23, made 178
runs in six matches at a strike rate of 152 for Barishal in the
recently-concluded Bangladesh
Premier League T20 tournament.
Test batsman Yasir Ali,
yet to make his white-ball debut, has been included.
Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim
and Shakib Al Hasan all return after missing Bangladesh's last Twenty20 series
against Pakistan in November.
Opener Najmaul Hossain
and wicketkeeper-batsman Nurul Hasan were dropped.
Afghanistan will play
three one-day internationals against Bangladesh starting on Wednesday in
Chattogram before the
Twenty20 in Mirpur on March 3 and 5.
Bangladesh:
Mahmudullah Riyad (capt), Liton Das, Munim Shahriar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif
Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Yasir Ali, Mustafizur Rahman,
Taskin Ahmed,
Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Shohidul Islam, Mohammad Naim.
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