Shakib, Shafiul Return for Ireland T20s

Dhaka: All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and paceman Shafiul Islam returned to the Bangladesh side on Monday in a 15-man squad for a tour of Ireland and the Netherlands.

Batsman Anamul Haque and all-rounder Farhad Reza, who were in the squad for the recent Zimbabwe tour, have been dropped.

Bangladesh will play three Twenty20 internationals against Ireland on July 18, 20 and 21 in Belfast before making a brief visit to the Netherlands. They will then play two T20 internationals against the Dutch and Scotland respectively on July 24 and 25 in The Hague.

Bangladesh squad for Bangladesh Tour of Ireland & Netherlands

Mushfiqur Rahim (capt)
Mahmudullah
Tamim Iqbal
Mohammad Ashraful
Junaid Siddique
Jahurul Islam
Shakib Al Hasan
Nasir Hossain
Ziaur Rahman
Elias Sunny
Abdur Razzak
Mashrafe Mortaza
Shafiul Islam
Nazmul Hossain
Abul Hasan

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