That is why Shakib-Mustafiz is not in the primary team of Bangladesh

The ninth edition of T20 World Cup will be held in June this year. This season will be held in West Indies and America. Players of Australia and India are preparing for the World Cup by playing IPL, but Bangladesh is using the time to play international cricket. Bangladesh will play a five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe next month. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the team for the preparation camp for the home series.

The 17-member Bangladesh team was announced on Tuesday (April 23) with Nazmul Hossain Shanto as the captain. Mustafizur Rahman and Shakib Al Hasan are not in this initial team of the preparation camp. Mustafiz is currently busy playing in IPL for Chennai Super Kings. On the other hand, Shakib is staying in the US on leave after the Test series against Sri Lanka.

Chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu said that the final team will be announced on April 28 from the initial team announced for the preparation camp on the occasion of the Zimbabwe series. Not only that, the squad and backup for the upcoming T20 World Cup will also be formed from here, said Lipu.

So will Bangladesh play in the World Cup without Shakib and Mustafiz? – No, for now there is no such possibility. They were not included in the initial squad as they were mainly on leave. BCB has given leave to Mustafiz till May 1 to play in IPL. Mustafiz will return home after playing the Chennai match against Punjab on May 1. After that he will be included in the team through the screening of the medical team.

Although Shakib Al Hasan did not play in the ODI and T20 series against Sri Lanka, he played three matches for the Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi club in the DPL. Where the star all-rounder scored 106 runs with the bat. Shakib’s 6 wickets in bowling. After that, Shakib played the second Test of the series against Sri Lanka. After the whitewash against the Lankans, he went to the United States for a vacation.

There were rumors that Shakib will not play the DPL Super League. Amid such rumors, Shakib is returning to the country at the end of this month. Lipu said that he will join the national team after playing a Super League match. When the team announces on the 28th, it will be known exactly how many matches Shakib will be available in the Zimbabwe series.

The first three T20s of the series will be played at Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on May 3, 5 and 7 respectively. Then the last two matches will be played at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on May 10 and 12.

(Dhaka Times/April 23/NBW)