Dhaka: Bangladesh have included two uncapped players, Shamsur Rahman and Mithun Ali, in their 15-man squad, led by Mohammad Ashraful, for the World Twenty20 beginning on June 5 in England. Bangladesh also included Abdur Razzak in the squad. Razzak had been suspended in December 2008 for a suspect bowling action and was cleared only in March.
Rahman is a 20-year-old batsman who has represented Bangladesh at the Under-19 level. He averages nearly 29 and has one century and ten fifties from 28 first-class matches. Mithun, a wicketkeeper, is 19 and has played only 13 first-class games, averaging 22 with a hundred and two half-centuries. His List A record is more impressive, an average of 35 and a strike-rate of 104.
Bangladesh have been placed in Group A along with India and Scotland and will play their group matches at Trent Bridge on June 6 and 8.
Squad: Mohammad Ashraful (c), Junaid Siddique, Tamim Iqbal, Raqibul Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel, Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza (vc), Rubel Hossain, Shamsur Rahman, Mithun Ali, Mahmudullah.