The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday announced a 14-memebr squad for the third ODI against Afghanistan scheduled to be held on Saturday (October 1) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur.
The selectors have brought in left-arm spinner Mosharraf Hossain to replace of pacer Rubel Hossain for the third ODI against Afghanistan.
The decision came in on Wednesday night selection meeting, soon after the Bangladesh defeat to Afghanistan in the second ODI. Rubel had bowled only three overs in that two-wicket defeat, giving away 24 runs.
In a rocky career, Mosharraf, 34, has played three ODIs, all in March 2008, before joining the now-defunct, rebel Indian Cricket League.
He was last selected for the national squad more than three years ago, for the three-match ODI series in Sri Lanka, but did not get a game. Mosharraf was provisionally banned in connection with the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League fixing controversy, but cleared of any wrongdoing by the investigation tribunal.
He has performed with bat and ball for Legends of Rupganj this season, but, in June, was suspended for one match in the Dhaka Premier League for misconduct.
In August, he was added to Bangladesh’s 30-man preliminary squad ahead of the international season.
The ODIs between Bangladesh and Afghanistan currently stand at 1-1.
Bangladesh Squad
Masrafe Bin Mortaza (captain), Shakib Al Hasan (vice captain), Tamim Iqbal Khan, Soumya Sarker, Imrul Kayes, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shabbir Rahman, Mosadek Hossain Saikot, M Mahmud Ullah, Nasir Hossain, Taijul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Taskin Ahmed and Mosarraf Hossain
Source: Prothom Alo