Wicketkeeper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim is set to skip the upcoming West Indies tour of Bangladesh national team. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said the cricketer is on leave to perform hajj. The development put Bangladesh team management into further trouble as they will now have to rethink the batting order. “Mushfiuqr had applied for a leave a month ago to perform hajj. We have accepted it,” Jalal Yunus, chairman of cricket operation of BCB, told the media. Also read: Mushfiqur is first Bangladeshi to score 5,000 Test runs Earlier, allrounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz was ruled out from the ongoing series against Sri Lanka due to a finger injury. Right-arm pacer Taskin Ahmed was also out of the team due to an injury. Both of them are uncertain for the West Indies tour. Along with them, left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam and right-arm spinner Nayeem Hasan have also sustained blows during the first Test against Sri Lanka in Chattogram. While Shoriful is doubtful for West Indies Tests, Nayeem has already been ruled out from this series. Also read: Mushfiqur, Liton grind Sri Lanka after Tamim’s ton The second Test of the two-match against Sri Lanka will commence on May 23 in Dhaka. Bangladesh team is scheduled to leave for the West Indies on June 5. They will play a two-match Test, three-match ODIs and three-match T20Is against the hosts.

Right-handed allrounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz smashed his maiden Test ton on Thursday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. 

When Bangladesh national cricket team will take on West Indies on Wednesday in the first match of a three-match ODI series, it will be the Tigers’ first international fixture in 10 months. In comparison, the West Indies have played plenty of cricket in 2020 after the Covid-19 breakout including tours of England and New Zealand.

Left-handed top-order batsman Najmul Hossain Shanto might be placed at number three in the batting order in the ODIs against the West Indies which will start on January 20.

Bangladesh spin bowling allrounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz says he is eager to get back to his old shape, and he believes that he has a good chance to shine against his familiar foe West Indies.

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 right-arm pacer Taskin Ahmed, who injured his left hand during the practice session on Monday, will be able to participate in the One-Day Internationals against visiting West Indies.

Bangladesh fielding coach Ryan Cook has insisted that the Tigers will have to work more on their catching and ground fielding ahead of the home series against the West Indies starting from January 20.

Left-handed top-order batsman Najmul Hossain Shanto is excited after getting back into the national team practice session ahead of the home series against the West Indies. 

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has appointed Jon Lewis of England as the batting coach of the national team for the home series against West indies and the tour of New Zealand.