For the first time in Bangladesh, a Hindu was made Test captain, reins against Afghanistan

New Delhi. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced a 15-member squad for the one-off Test match against Afghanistan. For the first time in the Test, a Hindu player will get a chance to captain the Bangladesh team. This test will be played in Mirpur from 14th June. Since Shakib-Al Hasan is out of the team due to an injury sustained in the ODI series against Ireland, wicket-keeper batsman Litton Das has been handed over the leadership.

Taskin Ahmed has returned to the team after recovering from injury, while Shahadat Hossain and Mushfiq Hasan have been named as new faces. Shahadat is a right-handed batsman and has scored 1265 runs in 20 first-class matches with two centuries. Scored runs. On the other hand, 20-year-old Mushfiq is a fast bowler. Both of them were recently included in Bangladesh-A team playing unofficial Test series against West Indies.

Former Bangladesh captain in ODIs, T20s
Liton Das is counted among the best batsmen of Bangladesh in all three formats. This is the first time that Liton will lead the Bangladesh team in Test, before that, he has taken over the captaincy of the Bangladeshi team in ODIs and T20s. Born on 16 February 1994 in Dinajpur, Litton belongs to a Bengali Hindu Kayasth family. His father’s name is Bachchu Chandra Drass and mother’s name is Anita Das.

Liton has so far played 38 Tests, 69 ODIs and 71 T20 matches for the Bangladesh team. He has scored 2319 runs (average 35.67) in Test cricket with three centuries and 15 half-centuries and 2121 runs in ODIs with an average of 33.66. Liton has scored five centuries in ODIs. In T20Is, he has scored 1617 runs at an average of 23.43, which includes 10 half-centuries.

Bangladesh Test Team: Liton Das (Captain), Tamim Iqbal, Zakir Hossain, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Taijul Islam, Syed Khalid Ahmed, Ibadat Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shariful Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shahadat Hossain and Mushfiq Hasan.

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