Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) included left-arm uncapped pacer Shoriful Islam in the Test squad as they announced a 15-member squad on Tuesday for the first Test of the two-match series against Sri Lanka starting from April 21 at Kandy. BCB had earlier announced a 21-member preliminary squad for this series and the whole team is travelling to Sri Lanka. Also read: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka: Recap of the Key Test Records Shoriful played a total of eight First-class matches and bagged 22 wickets. He represented Bangladesh in three T20Is and scalped two wickets. Yasir Ali is also a part of this squad, who is yet to get his Test cap. He, however, was a part of the main squad during the West Indies series earlier this year at home. Right-arm pace-bowler Taskin Ahmed made a comeback to the Test squad after a gap of three years. He played his last Test back in 2017 against South Africa at Potchefstroom. The 26-year-old pace played five Test so far but failed to cement his place in the national team for the red-ball cricket. Allrounder Shakib Al Hasan and pace-bowler Mustafizur Rahman are missing from this squad as they are busy playing the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals respectively. Bangladesh captain Momimun Haque said they will rely more on the pace-bowling attack in this series. Also read:Tigers reach Kandy for Sri Lanka Tests “We will field a pacer-dominated bowling attack in this Test,” Mominul said in the pre-series virtual press conference. “I don’t think it will reduce our chance to win the match. We have reliable pace-bowling attack consisting of experienced and new guys.” Mominul Haque (Captain), Litton Das, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Shadman Islam, Abu Jayed Rahi, Taijul Islam, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mehidy Hassan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Saif Hassan, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Shoriful Islam

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has decided to skip the Test series against Sri Lanka to take part in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) broke out of the bio-secure bubble which was created for the cricketers to keep them safe from the deadly Covid-19 ahead of the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh team’s planned departure on Sept 27 for a three-match Test series against Sri Lanka next month will likely be delayed.

Bangladesh's left-arm seamer Mustafizur Rahman is eager to represent the Tigers in all three formats of international cricket. The pacer is now busy training ahead of the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka, which is scheduled to start from October 24.

Bangladesh national cricket team started a week-long residential camp on Sunday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium ahead of the Sri Lanka tour for a three-match Test series which is a part of the ongoing World Test Championship.

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is testing all the members of the national team several times for Covid-19 ahead of the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka. In the second round of tests, all 18 cricketers who gave their samples returned negative, BCB confirmed on Saturday.

Ahead of the proposed Sri Lanka tour for three Tests, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday evening announced a 27-member squad for a skill training camp starting on Sunday.

The Sri Lankan Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa asked Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to reconsider the Covid-19 directives for Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on cricketers quarantine terms as BCB President Nazmul Hasan virtually regrets to tour the Island nation with such tough terms and conditions

After the long hiatus forced by the Covid-19 pandemic, recently it was announced that the Bangladesh national team would return to the international stage with a 3-Test series against Sri Lanka, for which preparations are underway already.