Mominul back in T20 fold

The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a 14-member squad for the two match T20I series against South Africa, yesterday.

After an absence of three years, Mominul Haque returned to the T20I fold, with his last match for the side being against Australia in 2014.

Earlier, following a two year gap, the left-hander was also included in the ODI squad for the tour's three match series. However, the 26-year-old is yet to prove his worth in the shortest format of the game as he played six matches in which his highest score was 26 runs.

All-rounder Nasir Hossain also made a comeback to the squad alongside wicket-keeper Litton Das, who replaced Nurul Hasan, while pacers Rubel Hossain and Shafiul Islam were also named in the side as replacements for Subashis Roy and left-arm spinner Sunzamul Islam, players' of the previous T20I squad that faced Sri Lanka in April this year.

The Tigers are dealing with multiple injuries on their visit to South Africa as Tamim Iqbal and Mustafizur Rahman have already been ruled out for the rest of the tour while Mosaddek Hossain, also a member of the Sri Lanka T20I squad, was discarded from the beginning due to an eye infection.

This will be Shakib Al Hasan's first assignment as captain of the T20I team since Mashrafe Bin Mortaza announced his retirement from T20s earlier this year in Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh will play the first T20I at the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein on October 26 while the second will take place at the Senwes Park in Potchefstroom on October 29.