ASIA CUP 2022: Shakib Al Hassan to lead Bangladesh in Asia CUP Cricket: Follow LIVE UPDATES

ASIA CUP 2022 LIVE – Bangladesh Squad Asia Cup: Bangladesh has finally announced their squad for the Asia Cup 2022. Shakib Al Hassan has been appointed as captain of the Bangladesh T20 team till 2022. Shakib will also lead Bangladesh in the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia later this year. Follow All Asia Cup T20 LIVE Updates and Scores on InsideSport.IN.

”Shakib al Hasan is the captain till the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup,” BCB cricket operation chairman Jalal Yunus told reporters after the meeting.

”He admitted that he made a mistake (signing the deal with Betwinner News) and he said that won’t make any further mistake and we are hopeful,” he said.

Shakib has been in the role before, having filled in as the stand-in T20I skipper in 2009-10.
He was later suspended by ICC for failing to report corrupt approaches.
He again was made captain from 2017 to 2019, He led the team on 17 occasions, and Bangladesh won seven matches out of 21 games under his leadership.
India and Pakistan have announced their squads for the Asia Cup 2022
The original deadline for the squad announcement was August 8
Bangladesh are placed in Group B, which includes Sri Lanka and Afghanistan.

Bangladesh’s squad for the Asia Cup: Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Anamul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Mohammad Saifuddin, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Sabbir Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Ebadot Hossain, Parvez Hossain Emon, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Taskin Ahmed

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India and Pakistan gear-up for contest

Both India and Pakistan have announced their squad and met the deadline for the tournament. While Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami were the big misses from the Indian side Pakistan have also made a surprise exclusion. Hasan Ali has been dropped form the Pakistan squad as they want an inform team for the big tournament.

Shaheen Afridi who is nursing an injury at the moment has made the cut for the Pakistan side. KL Rahul has also returned for India and will be making his first appearance after the IPL 2022.

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Squads for Asia Cup

India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan. Standby: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Deepak Chahar.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir.

Alongside Bangladesh, both Sri Lanka and Afghanistan are also yet to announce their squad for the Asia Cup T20

Schedule

27 August: Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan (Group B) in Dubai

28 August: India vs Pakistan (Group A) in Dubai

30 August: Bangladesh vs Afghanistan (Group B) in Sharjah

31 August: India vs TBA (Group A) in Dubai

1 September: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh (Group B) in Dubai

2 September: Pakistan vs TBA (Group A) in Sharjah

3 September: B1 vs B2 (Super 4) in Sharjah

4 September: A1 vs A2 (Super 4) in Dubai

6 September: A1 vs B1 (Super 4) in Dubai

7 September: A2 vs B2 (Super 4) in Dubai

8 September: A1 vs B2 (Super 4) in Dubai

9 September: B1 vs A2 (Super 4) in Dubai

11 September: 1st Super 4 vs 2nd Super 4 (Final) in Dubai

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