Eight Test players in training squad for Indian tournament
Bangladesh have picked eight players with Test experience in a 28-member A squad that will attend a training camp on June 25 to prepare for the Shafi Dharshah Trophy
ESPNcricinfo staff
22-Jun-2012
Shahriar Nafees is part of the training squad for the Shafi Dharshah Trophy • Associated Press
Bangladesh's selectors have picked eight players with Test experience in a 28-member A squad that will attend a training camp on June 25 to prepare for the Shafi Dharshah Trophy in India next month.
Shahriar Nafees, Imrul Kayes, Nazimuddin, Naeem Islam, Raqibul Hasan, Enamul Haque jr, Shahadat Hossain and Robiul Islam will join the non-Test players at the camp at the Shere Bangla Stadium in Mirpur.
Bangladesh A and Sri Lanka A are the two foreign sides in the tournament that will be staged in Bangalore and Mysore. They will compete against top teams from India's domestic first-class competition, the Ranji Trophy, including the champions Rajasthan. The final will be held on August 16.
Stuart Barnes, the former Gloucestershire fast bowler, will accompany Bangladesh A as head coach for the tournament. Bangladesh A lost the unofficial Test and one-day series against West Indies A in November last year. However, they beat England Lions 3-2 in a one-day series and drew the Twenty20 series in January.
Preliminary Squad: Shahriar Nafees, Nasiruddin Faruque, Imrul Kayes, Nazimuddin, Mominul Haque, Naeem Islam, Shamsur Rahman, Farhad Hossain, Marshall Ayub, Rokibul Hasan, Mahmudul Hasan, Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury, Mohammad Mithun, Dhiman Ghosh, Saqlain Sajeeb, Arafat Sunny, Enamul Haque, Mosharraf Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Shahadat Hossain, Robiul Islam, Mukhtar Ali, Alauddin Babu, Al Amin, Shabbir Rahman, Dollar Mahmud, Kazi Kamrul Islam, Tasamul Hoque.