Shakib Al Hasan in Bangladesh squad for 3-match ODI series against Afghanistan

Bangladesh have named their 15member squad for the threegame ODI series against Afghanistan with allrounder Shakib Al Hasan included in the rosterVeteran batter Tamim Iqbal will lead the side for the threematch series which is all set to begin on July 5 The series also marks the return of star allrounder Shakib Al HasanShakib missed the oneoff Test against Afghanistan due to a finger injury that he sustained during the ODI series against Ireland in May this yearThe Tigers will look to continue their fine limitedovers run in their next challenge They have managed to secure victories in the ODI format against the likes of India in December 2022 and IrelandThe threematch ODI encounter will be followed by a threematch T20I seriesBangladesh squad for ODI Tamim Iqbal c Litton Das Najmul Hossain Shanto Shakib Al Hasan Mushfiqur Rahim Towhid Hridoy Mehidy Hasan Miraz Taijul Islam Taskin Ahmed Ebadot Hossain Chowdhury Mustafizur Rahman Hasan Mahmud Shoriful Islam Afif Hossain Dhrubo Naim SheikhThe first match of the ODI series will be played on July 5 The second ODI will be played on July 8 and the third and final match of the ODI series will be played on July 11 All matches will be played at the same venue ChattogramAfghanistans tour of Bangladesh began with a oneoff Test Bangladesh did not put a foot wrong after being asked to bat first at Mirpur on day one of the Test by Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah ShahidiA remarkable century from Najmul Hossain Shanto 146 and Mahmudul Hasan Joys 76 halfcentury led their charge in the first innings as the Tigers posted a total of 382In response Afghanistan could muster merely 146 with Afsar Zazais 36 being the highest score Bangladesh pacers Ebadot Hossain 447 and Shoriful Islam 228 took crucial toporder wickets They trailed in the match by 236 runs at that pointBangladeshs aggressive batting in their second dig furthered the advantage of the 236run lead Shanto 124 Mominul Haque 121 unbeaten Zakir Hasan 71 and Litton Das 66 unbeaten helped their team declare at 4254 in merely 80 overs With this they set their opponents a mammoth target of 662 runsAfghanistan once again fell short with the bat and was bowled out for a score of 115 Bangladeshs charge was led by their pacers Taskin Ahmed 437 and Islam 328 once more Rahmat Shah 30 was the only batter who could cross the 20run mark Karim Janat 18 and skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi 13 were the two other batters who touched double digitsAlso Read Bangladesh vanquishes Afghanistan by 546 runs to register its biggestever Test victoryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever