Bangladesh all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz will be unavailable for the upcoming three-match T20I series against the Netherlands after being granted leave to attend to personal matters. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed on Tuesday that the 28-year-old will remain with his ailing wife during this period.
According to the board, Mehidy’s leave extends from August 20 to September 4, ruling him out of the series in Sylhet later this month.
𝑨 𝑩𝑪𝑩 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅, “𝑴𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑨𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕 20 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 4 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍. 𝑨𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕, 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒚𝒍𝒉𝒆𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑 𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔.”
Bangladesh’s Preparation for Asia Cup 2025
The T20I series against the Netherlands is considered an important part of Bangladesh’s Asia Cup 2025 preparations, scheduled to begin on September 9 in the UAE. With Miraz absent, the team will have to adjust their combinations and strategies quickly.
Mehidy was part of the national fitness camp in Dhaka that focused on both the Netherlands T20Is and the upcoming Asia Cup. His most recent international appearance came during Bangladesh’s T20I home series against Pakistan.
The Bangladesh squad shifted to Sylhet on Tuesday evening for a skill-based preparation camp, but the selectors have not yet confirmed his replacement.
Netherlands Squad Arrival and Match Schedule
The Netherlands team is expected to land in Bangladesh on August 26 and will undergo three training sessions in Sylhet before the series kicks off. All three matches will be played at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on the following dates:
- 1st T20I: August 30
- 2nd T20I: September 1
- 3rd T20I: September 3
“𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝑪𝒖𝒑,” 𝒂 𝑩𝑪𝑩 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅, 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒛’𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆.
Bangladesh Preliminary Squad for Asia Cup & Netherlands Series
Litton Das (Captain), Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Mohammad Naim Sheikh, Soumya Sarkar, Mohammad Parvez Hossain Emon, Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shamim Hossain Patwary, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Rishad Hossain, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Tanvir Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mohammad Saifuddin, Nahid Rana, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Mahidul Islam Bhuiyan Ankon, Saif Hassan.
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