Saifuddin was announced as the primary team of Bangladesh

Mohammad Saifuddin played the last T20 on the tour of New Zealand in October 2022. That was the star pace all-rounder’s last international match. Saifuddin is close to making a comeback after being out of the national team for two years due to injury. He has been named in the initial 17-man squad for the five-match T20 series at home against Zimbabwe.

Shakib Al Hasan will not be in the three-day (April 26-28) preparation camp in Mirpur. Mostafizur Rahman was not kept in the list due to playing in the Indian Premier League. However, both stars will be in the original series.

Opener Parvez Hossain Imon, a member of the Youth World Cup winning team, has been kept in the initial team due to his good performance in the Dhaka Premier League. Afif Hossain Dhrub is back. Left-arm spinner Tanvir Islam, who has played two T20 matches for Bangladesh, also got a place in the initial team.

Naeem Sheikh, Enamul Haque Vijay, Taijul Islam and Alis Al Islam have been dropped from the squad for the last Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka.

Zimbabwe will come to Bangladesh on April 28. The first T20 of the series will be played at Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on May 3. The last two matches will be held at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla Stadium.

Primary team: Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanjid Hasan Tamim, Tawheed Hriday, Mahmudullah Riyad, Zaker Ali Anik, Sheikh Mehdi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shariful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Shakib, Parvez Hossain Imon, Tanveer Islam , Afif Hossain Dhrub, Hasan Mahmud, Mohammad Saifuddin.