Bangladesh all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin’s T20 World Cup tour came to an abrupt end as he has been ruled out following a back injury. To replace Saifuddin, Bangladesh included right-arm pacer Rubel Hossain who was part of the team as a standby player.  The Event Technical Committee of the ongoing T20 World Cup has approved the change, confirmed ICC on Tuesday night.  READ: Asif powers Pakistan to semis doorstep after Rauf’s 4-for It's not clear how many days are required for Saifuddin to make a comeback to competitive cricket. He is due to be back home soon.  Saifuddin played four matches in this World Cup. He scored 24 runs and scalped five wickets. His omission from the World Cup squad came as a shock for the Bangladesh team who are eager to find a win in the Super 12s.  On Wednesday, Bangladesh will take on England— the first T20I between these two countries.  Bangladesh will have to make at least one change to their playing XI of the last match.  READ: Team management resembles rehab centre for South African coaches: Mashrafe Bangladesh won two matches in Round 1 against Oman and Papua New Guinea. But they suffered a defeat against Sri Lanka despite posting a big total of 171 in their first match of the Super 12s.  After England, Bangladesh will take on West Indies, South Africa and Australia. The Tigers will have to win at least three of these matches to qualify for the semi-finals for the first time. 

Coming to bowl at number three over, allrounder Mohammad Saifuddin bagged Bangladesh’s first wicket in the T20 World Cup 2021. Bangladesh are taking on Scotland in their first Round 1 match on Sunday at Muscat Oman. It was Kyle Coetzer, the Scotland captain, who was removed by Saifuddin. The right-handed pacer bowled a terrific delivery right in the blockhole. The batter tried to drive it away through the off side but missed the ball which has shattered his off stump. Read: T20 World Cup 2021: Five Bangladesh players to watch out for in the tournament Scotland were at five when they lost the first wicket of the match. Earlier, Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bowl first. Taskin Ahmed started the innings giving only four runs in the first over while Mustafizur Rahman came at number two and gave away only one. Read: Tigers to put onus on skill over power: Mahmudullah on eve of T20 WC At the end of the fifth over, Scotland were batting at 26 for one with George Munsey was unbeaten for 19 off 16.

Bangladesh allrounder Mohammad Saifuddin has said that he is looking forward to doing well in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka starting from May 23 in Dhaka. Bangladesh’s last ODI series was in New Zealand against the hosts where they lost 3-0. They failed to pose any challenge to the Kiwis. But Saifuddin believes they can overcome that failure at home. “It was very disappointing to lose all the games in New Zealand. We failed to play according to our ability,” Saifuddin told the media on Friday during a training session at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium ahead of the series. Also read: Bangladesh-Sri Lanka ODI series: Tigers start practising “Now we are set to play a series against Sri Lanka at home. I hope we can do better in this series. We have been working very hard during Ramadan, and many of us are fasting as well. We lost a Test series against them recently, so it’s a good chance to do well against them in ODIs. And at the same time, there are World Cup Super League points to grab from this series. So we have to do well,” Saifuddin added. Bangladesh are currently placed at number six at the World Cup Super League points table with six wins and as many as defeats from six games. The top seven teams of this event will qualify to the World Cup 2023 with the hosts India. Also read: Saifuddin eying a spot in Test team “The first ten overs are crucial to set a good foundation. So if we want to do well against the islanders, we have to take some quick wickets when we bowl first and we have to bat well when we bat first. We failed to do this in New Zealand. Now we are going to play at the familiar wicket and condition, so we have a good chance to do well,” Saifuddin added. The 24-year-old allrounder played a total of 24 ODIs so far and bagged 34 wickets with the best of taking four conceding 41 runs and amassed 302 runs with two fifties. The allrounder played only two ODIs against Sri Lanka and failed to shine as he scored only 14 runs in two scalped a wicket.

In the last ODI of Bangabandhu Bangladesh vs West Indies cricket series, the tourists won the toss in Chattogram and sent the hosts to bat first. Bangladesh made to changes in this match replacing Rubel Hossain and Hasan Mahmud with Mohammad Saifuddin and Taskin Ahmed. 

Bangladesh allrounder Mohammad Saifuddin said that he is keen to show his best effort in the forthcoming series against West Indies which is all set to begin from January 20 with the maiden ODI of the three-match series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

Bangladesh pace-bowling allrounder Mohammad Saifuddin hurt his left ankle on Sunday during a practice session of his Bangabandhut T20 Cup team Minister Group Rajshahi, which has ruled him out of the action for at least two weeks.

Bangladesh all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin has said he is looking forward to becoming a member of the Test team.

Bangladesh all rounder Mohammad Saifuddin insisted that he will be glad if he gets close to what Masrhafe Bin Mortaza and Shakib Al Hasan did for Bangladesh cricket.

Bangladesh ace all-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad believes Mohammad Saifuddin and Afif Hossain, two of the up-and-coming Tigers, are capable of becoming the next big stars of Bangladesh team. 

After a long break due to injury, all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin and Mehidy Hasan Miraz are set to back to action with the third round of the ongoing First-class event- Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) starting from Friday.