Muktar Ali, Mosaddek Hossain earn Bangladesh call-up for last 2 T20Is against Zimbabwe

Khulna (Bangladesh): The Bangladeshi selectors have handed Muktar Ali and Mosaddek Hossain their first national team call-ups while leaving out injured Mushfiqur Rahim. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) named a 14-man squad for the last two Twenty20 Internationals of the four matches against Zimbabwe. The hosts lead the series 2-0 while the third match will be played on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com. The selectors decided to rest seamers Mustafizur Rahman and Al-Amin Hossain. Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury has been left out of the fold for failing to live up to billing. Taskin Ahmed is in to replace Mushfiqur while Mohammad Shahid has made the squad too. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe 2016, 3rd T20I at Khulna

Mushfiqur limped off the field in the second match on Sunday. “Mushfiqur has strained his right hamstring while batting. He will undergo a scan in Dhaka. Usually it takes two to three weeks to recover from such injuries. However, we will be able to assess his condition better once we have the scan report,” team physio Bayjedul Islam Khan said.

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Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza sees room for improvement in his team’s batting. Bangladesh convincingly beat Zimbabwe by 42 runs in the second Twenty20 International to take a 2-0 lead in the four-match series at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium on Sunday. They next play the African team on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com. Although Mashrafe was pleased with his team’s improvement from the last match, he was far from satisfied by the manner of the victory.

The squad: Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (c), Shakib Al Hasan (vc), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Mahmudullah, Arafat Sunny, Nurul Hasan, Mohammad Shahid, Abu Haider Rony, Mosaddek Hossain, Muktar Ali.