BCB announces 18-man squad for West Indies Tests

On Saturday afternoon, Bangladesh named an 18-member squad for the upcoming two-match Test series against West Indies.

Two uncapped players have been included in the squad for West Indies Tests. Pacer Hasan Mahmud and his Chittagong teammate Yasir Ali Chowdhury, a batsman from the middle order, are the newcomers.

Apparently, the outstanding success of Hasan Mahmud in the ODIs against West Indies led to his maiden call-up to the Test squad.

The three-match ODI series was swept 3-0 by Bangladesh, with Mahmud making his international debut. Of the three matches, he played two, returning 3/28 and 1/54.

Yasir Ali Chowdhury, 24, has played 51 first-class matches, scoring 51.33 for 3542 runs.

Shakib Al Hasan, their ace all-rounder, recovered from a groin injury suffered in the final ODI to make the Test team, in a boost for Bangladesh.

This will be the first test for Bangladesh since February 2020, when Zimbabwe was hosted in Dhaka. From 3 February, the first game will be played in Chattogram, before the teams travel to Dhaka for the final test, starting on 11 February.

Squad: Mominul Haque (c), Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mithun, Liton Das, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Saif Hassan, Mustafizur Rahman, Mehidy Hassan, Taijul Islam, Shadman Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Abu Jayed, Ebadat Hossain, Hasan Mahmud