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BD pick five uncapped players

By Agencies
February 11, 2018

DHAKA: Bangladesh have picked five uncapped players in the squad for the first T20I against Sri Lanka on February 15. The inclusions of Abu Jayed, Ariful Haque, Mahedi Hasan, Zakir Hasan and Afif Hossain are among the seven changes in the side, which also sees the return of Abu Hider after two years.

Seamer Jayed was the second highest wicket-taker in the 2017 BPL, while Mahedi took 10 wickets at 25.70. Ariful was the highest run-scorer among the uncapped Bangladeshi batsmen, having played match-winning knocks for Khulna Titans, while Zakir is a wicketkeeper-batsman who was impressive in this year’s BPL.