Bangladesh right-handed opener Saif Hassan will miss the 2nd Test against Pakistan due to fever, confirmed the media department of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday.  The second and final Test against touring Pakistan is all set to begin on December 4 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.  In the first Test in Chattogram, Bangladesh lost by a big margin of eight wickets despite some wonderful efforts from Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim and Taijul Islam.  READ: Can Shakib inspire Bangladesh to draw the series against Pakistan? Pakistan’s Abid Ali, Shaheen Afridi and Hassan Ali performed superbly to humble the Tigers who have recently been struggling in all formats of the game.  Saif Hassan failed to impress with the bat in two T20Is he played, and in the Chattogram Test too he continued with his bad patch.  Bangladesh have announced a 20-member squad for the Dhaka Test including a new face- Mohammad Naim. The left-handed batter had done nothing remarkable in the First-class matches he has played. It was not clear what inspired Bangladesh selectors to call him to the Test squad.  With Saif’s omission, the size of the squad came down to 19.  Bangladesh now have three uncapped players in their Test arsenal— Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Shohidul Islam, and Mohammad Naim. READ: World Peace Conf: A friendly cricket match held in city  With this series, Bangladesh started the new cycle of the ICC World Test Championship. In the previous cycle, Bangladesh played seven Tests and lost six matches and drew one.

Right-handed top-order batsman Saif Hassan said he is eager to do well for the national team in Sri Lanka series if he gets the chance to play. The Bangladesh team are now in Sri Lanka to play a two-match Test series against the hosts starting from April 21 at Kandy. Also read:Saif Hasan steals the show as 2nd round NCL begins Bangladesh team reached Sri Lanka on April 12 and maintained a three-day quarantine before taking the field for the first practice session on Thursday. “We’re prepared well ahead of the West Indies series at home. We played well against the Ireland Wolves as well, and after that, we played in the first two rounds of the games in the National Cricket League. I think that preparation will help us in Sri Lanka,” Saif told the media in a video message on Thursday. In the first round of the National Cricket League, Saif hit a ton for the Dhaka Divison. He smashed a century against Ireland Wolves as well. “When you score runs you get more confidence to do well. I’m confident to replicate those performances for the national team. If I get selected in the playing XI, I’ll try to do well,” Saif added. Also read:National Cricket League: Saif Hassan hits double ton, Abu ... Ahead of the series, the Bangladesh team will play a two-day intra-squad game. The 22-year-old batsman said this match will be a good chance for the Tigers to adapt to the condition. “The practice match is very important for us. I think it’s a good chance for us to adapt to the condition and get some ideas about the wicket,” Saif said. After the practice match, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will announce the final squad for the Test series. It had earlier announced a 21-member preliminary squad. This series is part of the World Test Championship. Bangladesh played five matches of this event and failed to win any of them. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, played 10 matches and won only one with six defeats and three draws. In Sri Lanka, Bangladesh played a total of 12 Tests and won one of them, which was Bangladesh’s 100th Test match. They lost 10 matches and another one ended in a draw.

Saif Hassan struck the first ton of the 22nd Walton National Cricket League (NCL) on Monday at BKSP for Dhaka Division against Rangpur Division. 

On the first day of first two-day intra-squad of Bangladesh national team, Saif Hassan and Soumya Sarkar hit the fifties while Taskin Ahmed and Taijul Islam shone with the ball taking three wickets each. 

Bangladeshi right-handed opener Saif Hassan has finally tested negative for Covid-19.

Bangladesh opener Saif Hassan has tested positive again for Covid-19. He was found positive for Covid-19 seven days ago.