Nasum Ahmed, the talented left-arm spinner, has been selected for the Bangladesh Test squad for the upcoming second and final Test of their series against India starting on December 22nd in Dhaka. Nasmum’s call-up to the Test squad is a major milestone in his cricketing career, and he will no doubt be eager to make an impactful debut. Nasum has represented Bangladesh in both ODI and T20I matches. He has played 83 T20 matches, 61 List A matches, 4 ODIs and 28 T20Is so far. He has taken 105 wickets in First-class cricket at an average of 30.25, 32 wickets in T20I cricket at 20.03, 5 wickets in ODI cricket at 25.60, 80 wickets in List A cricket at 27.28 and 71 wickets in T20 cricket at 25.23. His best bowling figures are 7/43 in First-class cricket, 4/10 in T20I, and 5/49 in List-A cricket. Read more: Chattogram Test: India register a big win as Bangladesh’s batting woes continue Bangladesh has opted to leave out pace bowlers Ebadot Hossain and Shoriful Islam due to their respective injuries for this match. Nasum Ahmed has been called up as a substitute for Shakib Al Hasan in the next Test match as Shakib will likely be limited to batting only due to an injury he sustained from a bouncer bowled by Umran Malik in the ODI series. Shakib played the last ODI and first Test in Chattogram with that pain. Read more: Ctg Test: Zakir hits a ton on debut, but Bangladesh still in trouble Bangladesh were defeated by 188 runs in their opening Test match in Chattogram, largely due to a lacklustre batting display in the first innings. To save the match, Bangladesh needed to bat the entire fifth day, but they failed to do that. Bangladesh squad for Dhaka Test: Zakir Hasan, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque, Yasir Ali, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, Nurul Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Khaled Ahmed, Nasum Ahmed, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Rejaur Rahman Raja.

Four new faces have been called to the Bangladesh ODI squad that will face Afghanistan in the upcoming three-match series at home. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the team on Monday evening.  Among the new faces, Ebadot Hossain, Yasir Ali and Mahmudul Hasan Joy have played in Tests, but they are yet to get an ODI cap while Nasum Ahmed played T20Is before but he did not play any ODI.  Ebadot, the right-arm pacer, has played 11 List-A matches and bagged 10 wickets while left-arm spinner Nasum played 41 List-A matches to bag 49 wickets.  Also read: ICC Men's Best Cricketer Award January 2022: Ebadot Named in Final Three Right-handed batter Yasir played 77 List-A matches and scored 1878 runs with two centuries and 11 fifties while Mahmudul, another right-handed batter, played 13 List-A matches to score 510 with one hundred and four fifties.  Mohammad Naim, Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Mithun, Nurul Hasan, Taijul Islam, Mohammad Saifuddin and Rubel Hossain were overlooked from the last squad.  The ODIs of the Afghanistan series will take place on 23, 25 and 28 February in Chattogram. All the matches will begin at 11am.  After the ODI series, the teams will compete in a two-match T20I series in Dhaka on March 3 and 5.  Also read: Ashraful hits a fifty, Nasum, Mahedi take five each as BCL kicks off Bangladesh squad for Afghanistan series: Tamim Iqbal (Captain), Liton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Yasir Ali, Mahmudul Hasan Joy

Bangladesh included Nasum Ahmed in playing XI against Sri Lanka in their first Super 12s match of the ongoing T20 World Cup. It will be marked as his debut in the World Cup. The left-arm spinner played superbly well against Australia and New Zealand recently at home. He was player of the match when Bangladesh beat Australia for the first time in T20Is recently. Also read: T20 World Cup: Bangladesh to bat first vs Sri Lanka In those series, he bagged a total of 16 wickets— eight against Australia and eight came against New Zealand. To pave a way for Nasum, Bangladesh overlooked the right-arm pacer Taskin Ahmed. Nasum has played a total of 14 T20Is so far and bagged 18 wickets with the best figures of taking four wickets conceding 10 runs. Also read: ICC T20 World Cup 2021: How Bangladesh can qualify for the Semifinals Bangladesh are playing in Group 1 of the Super 12s stage, where they will take on England, West Indies, South Africa, and Australia as well on October 27, 29 and November 2 and 4.

The player of the series winner in the BAN vs. NZ series, Nasum Ahmed is the favourite to win the ICC Player of the Month for September. The ICC has nominated the left-arm spinner for the award. Nasum Ahmed was brilliant with the ball in Bangladesh's recent T20I series against New Zealand, which they won 3-2. The other two nominees are Jaskaran Malhotra of the United States and Nepal's leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane. Why Nasum Ahmed is the favourite to win the coveted award for the month of September is discussed in this article.     Read: Tamim’s EPL stint comes to an abrupt end ICC Player of the Month for September: The Nominees Nasum Ahmed, Jaskaran Malhotra, and Sandeep Lamichhane have been selected for the September edition of the ICC Men's best player award. They all performed well for their respective nations last month. Therefore, they are worthy of this honour. Let's take a closer look at how they performed during September.   Nasum Ahmed (Bangladesh) M: 5 | Wkts: 8 | BBI: 4/10 | Econ: 4.78 | Ave: 8.37 | SR: 10.5  Left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed put a lot of pressure on the New Zealand batting order during the bilateral T20I series in September.  Because of the slow nature of the wicket, Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah Riyad chose him mostly to open the innings. Nasum can bowl wicket to wicket to prevent batsmen from freeing their arms for big shots. With this quality, Nasum did an excellent job and helped Bangladesh with regular breakthroughs.   Overall, Nasum Ahmed bagged 8 wickets in the 5-match T20I contest, guiding Bangladesh to their first-ever bilateral T20I series victory over New Zealand. Nasum's best bowling figure (4/10) came in the crucial fourth match of the series. Bangladesh clinched the series with a game to spare thanks to his outstanding bowling. The left-arm spinner was awarded player of the series for his outstanding performance in the bilateral contest. He is a strong contender for the ICC's best player of the month award.       Read: Unofficial result: Nazmul set to become BCB president again Jaskaran Malhotra (USA)  M: 6 | Runs: 261 | HS: 173* | Ave: 87.00 | SR: 104.40 | 100: 01   USA's hard-hitting batsman Jaskaran Malhotra impressed the crowd with a mesmerizing performance in a One-Day International match against Papua New Guinea. He hit an undefeated 173* off 124 balls, including six sixes in a single over. He became the fourth player in history to accomplish the feat after Herschelle Gibbs, Yuvraj Singh, and Kieran Pollard. This wicket-keeper batsman scored 261 runs at an average of 87 in six ODI matches for the USA in September. ICC has honoured Malhotra by nominating him for the best player of the month award. Earning a spot among the candidates is a huge accomplishment for Jaskaran Malhotra.    Read BCB Election 2021: all set for Wednesday's polling

It was only the fifth T20I for the left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed, a left-arm orthodox spinner in the classical mode - the kind increasingly rare in the shortest version of cricket. But using his guile and venom to perfection, he proved that he has the ability to win games for the Tigers - even in a 4-over spell.   Nasum bagged four wickets conceding 19 runs in four overs— his career-best—  against Australia in the first match of the five-match T20I series and guided the team to their maiden win against Australia in the format.  The left-arm spinner conceded a seven off his second ball of the match. Right after that, Shakib Al Hasan came to him and counseled him, from all his experience. READ: Tigers create history winning first T20I v mighty Australia “When we started to defend a moderate total of 131 runs, we wanted to contain the runs,” Nasum said in a video message after the match. “Shakib and Mahmudullah guided me well. I tried to contain the runs and follow their instructions which eventually helped me a lot.” Before this match, Bangladesh played a total of four T20Is against Australia and lost all of them. After the first innings of this match, only a few had the belief that Bangladesh could defend a total of 131 runs against a team like Australia. But Nasum said the Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah Riyad said they still have a good chance if they can bowl well.  “At the start of Australia’s innings, Mahmudullah told us that 131 can be a good total if we bowl according to a good plan. So we have tried to follow the team plan. We wanted not to concede many runs,” Nasum added.  Australia won the toss and sent Bangladesh in to bat first. The hosts ended up scoring 131 for seven in 20 overs, with Shakib scoring the highest— 36 off 33 balls.  In reply, Australia lost three wickets in the first three overs, and all were taken by the spinners. Bangladeshi spinners bowled 13 overs in this match and bagged six wickets conceding 71 runs.  Mitchell Marsh scored 45 off 45 balls with four fours and one six, and he was the highest run-getter for the visitors.  “I thought the bowlers did a terrific job to restrict them to 130. But having lost 3 for 10, I and Marsh tried to resurrect the innings but unfortunately, we couldn't do that. We have to find ways to score runs on such pitches,” Matthew Wade, the stand-in captain of Australia, told the broadcaster after the match.  READ: Bangladesh post 131 in first T20I vs Australia While it was most certainly the spinners who rattled Australia's inexperienced batting line-up, Mustafizur Rahman was in fine rhythm as well, ending up with 2/16 off his 4 overs, the most economical of the Tigers' bowlers.  While the batting exposed some chinks, today's win rode on one of the finest all-round performances by Bangladesh on the field - all the bowlers did their job, and hardly any fielding error comes to mind. The outfielders held some good catches, while Mustafizur, the tall fast bowler, outdid himself with the catch to get rid of opposition captain Wade.  All in all, it was an inspired performance from Bangladesh, carrying on in the vein of form they found in Zimbabwe. READ: Australia opt to bowl in first T20I It has the hosts excited now about the prospect of a first bilateral series win over Australia, across any of the three versions of the game.  Who can blame them?