Young Arafat called up to BD preliminary squad

DHAKA: The Bangladesh selectors have called up the 19-year-old pace bowler Yeasin Arafat to a 31-man preliminary squad for the senior team’s tour of the West Indies next month.

Arafat shot to attention when he took an eight-wicket haul in a domestic one-day game in March, and he followed it up with a strong showing in the first-class competition last month. Arafat is a tall fast bowler who has shown the potential to produce pace and bounce even on unhelpful pitches in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh’s 31-member preliminary squad: Tamim Iqbal, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Imrul Kayes, Rubel Hossain, Soumya Sarkar, Nurul Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mosaddek Hossain, Shakib Al Hasan, Anamul Haque, Sabbir Rahman, Abu Jayed Chowdhury, Mashrafe Mortaza, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Mahmudullah, Nazmul Islam, Liton Das, Mohammad Mithun, Mominul Haque, Ariful Haque, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shafiul Islam, Taijul Islam, Shadman Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Yeasin Arafat, Taskin Ahmed, Abul Hasan, Naeem Hasan, Abdur Razzak, Abu Hider.