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Mahmud dumped by Bangladesh
Sunday, January 25 2004Khaled Mahmud has been stripped of the Bangladeshi captaincy and dropped from the squad for February's Two-Test Series against Zimbabwe.
Faruq Ahmed, the chief selector, said, "We chose the best player for the captain's job."
Uncapped left-arm spinner Manjural Islam Rana is called up alongside fellow uncapped bowler Tareq Aziz, a right-arm seamer. whilst Shariar Hossain is recalled for the first time since Bangladesh's inaugural Test against India, when he made 19 and 7.
Full Squad
*Habibul Bashar
Rajin Saleh
+Khaled Mashud
Tapash Baisya
Hannan Sarkar
Shariar Hossain
Mohammad Ashraful
Tareq Aziz
Manjurul Islam Rana
Anwar Hossain Monir
Mushfiqur Rahman
Alok Kapali
Mohammad Rafique
Alamgir Kabir
Monjurul Islam
Al Shahriar
Posted by Neil