Bangladesh received a massive boost ahead of their upcoming T20I series against the West Indies, as regular skipper Litton Das has been declared fit to return. The right-handed opener, who missed the previous five T20Is due to a side strain suffered during the Asia Cup 2025, will lead the team in the first two T20Is scheduled to be held in Chattogram next week.
Litton was sidelined during Bangladesh’s 3-0 clean sweep of Afghanistan in Sharjah, where Jaker Ali took charge as the stand-in captain. Litton’s comeback means Mohammad Saifuddin has been left out of the squad despite his impressive 3/15 spell in the third T20I against Afghanistan.
“𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒏’𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒔, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅,” 𝒂 𝑩𝑪𝑩 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒅.
Bangladesh Name Balanced Squad for Chattogram T20Is
The selectors also decided to exclude Soumya Sarkar, who couldn’t play in the Afghanistan series due to visa issues. Parvez Hossain Emon, who scored a fluent 91 in the third ODI against the West Indies, has been brought in as his replacement.
The core group that helped Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the Netherlands, and Afghanistan earlier this year remains unchanged. Litton will have Tanzid Hasan, Saif Hassan, and Parvez Hossain Emon to support him at the top of the order, while the middle order features Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali, Shamim Hossain, and Nurul Hasan.
“𝑾𝒆’𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒖𝒏,” 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒋𝒖𝒍 𝑨𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.
The spin trio of Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, and Mahedi Hasan will lead the slow-bowling department, while the pace attack will be spearheaded by Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, and Shoriful Islam.
The three-match T20I series will be held on October 27, 29, and 31 in Chattogram. Bangladesh will look to continue their dominant form after a 2-1 win in the ODI series, which also featured a dramatic Super Over finish.
Bangladesh Squad for First Two T20Is vs West Indies
Litton Das (capt & wk), Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hassan, Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali, Shamim Hossain, Nurul Hasan (wk), Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam.
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