Bangladesh name 30-man squad for World Twenty20

Bangladesh have announced a 30-man squad for the World Twenty20, which will be their first dose of international cricket since playing Sri Lanka at home in December. The known faces that have played for Bangladesh in the recent past are present, but the squad features many new names. Some of them include Shamsur Rahman, the batsman from Dhaka Division, the two spinners from Barisal Division, Marshall Ayub and Nasir Hossain, and fast bowler Ziaur Rahman.

Bangladesh were due to host Pakistan for two Twenty20 internationals and five ODIs from March 10-22, but the tour had to be scrapped as a result of the Bangladesh government's decision to halt all foreign tours following an armed mutiny from rank-and-file border guards in which more than 70 people were killed. The Bangladesh coach, Jamie Siddons, had expressed concern over the lack of cricket for his team, due to the tour suspension, as he felt it would affect his team's chances in the World Twenty20.

Bangladesh have been grouped with Ireland and India for the qualifying stage of the tournament.

Bangladesh Squad:

Mohammad Ashraful (capt), Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Siddique, Raqibul Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Naeem Islam, Abdur Razzak, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel, Mehrab Hossain jnr, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Nazmul Hossain, Mahbubul Alam, Rubel Hossain, Dolar Mahmud, Ziaur Rahman, Tareq Aziz, Hanan Sarkar, Shamsur Rahman, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Sahgir Hossain, Marshall Ayub, Mohammad Mithun, Rony Talukder, Nasir Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Robiul Islam