Bangladesh National Cricket Team and Sri Lanka National Cricket Team are all set to lock horns with each other in a three-match T20I series in July.
Shanto, who is one of the best batters in Bangladesh cricket currently, has been in the headlines for quite some time now.
Shanto said that he decided to relinquish the captaincy for the betterment of the team because three different captains across formats is not the right way to go forward. Notably, Bangladesh had three different captains - Shanto in Tests, Mehidy Hasan Miraz in ODIs, and Litton Das in T20Is - across three formats.
Meanwhile, the selectors have decided to drop Najmul Hossain Shanto from the T20I team altogether. Shanto played just one out of the six T20I matches for Bangladesh despite being part of the squad for the previous series against UAE and Pakistan, and overall in 2024, he averaged just 18.84 in 21 T20Is.
Khaled Ahmed, Tanvir Islam, Hasan Mahmud, and Soumya Sarkar dropped
To replace the aforementioned axed players, the selectors have added Mohammad Naim, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, and Mohammad Saifuddin to the squad.
Naim, who has played 35 T20Is, has made his return to the squad on the back of a good performance in the 2024-25 domestic season, where he was the highest run-getter in both the BPL and NCL T20s.
Bangladesh T20I squad for Sri Lanka series
Squad: Litton Das (capt, wk), Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Mohammad Naim, Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali, Shamim Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mohammad Saifuddin.
Out: Khaled Ahmed, Tanvir Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto
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