Bangla name squad for Twenty20 World Cup

Kandy:Veterans Habibul Bashar and Khaled Mashud have been left out of Bangladesh's preliminary 30-man pool for the inaugural Twenty20 world championships in South Africa in September.

The squad, announced on Thursday, will be captained by Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladesh Cricket Board said in a release today.

Promising young fast bowling prospect Dollar Mahmud, who is training in Brisbane cricket academy, makes the cut.

Probables:

Mohammad Ashraful (capt), Aftab Ahmed, Shahriar Nafees, Tamim Iqbal, Tushar Imran, Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza, Farhad Reza, Mohammad Sharif, Tapash Baisya, Alok Kapali, Mohammad Rafique, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mushfiqur Rahim, Abdur Razzak, Junaid Siddique, Jahurul Islam, Nazmus Sadat, Nazimuddin, Nadif Chowdhury, Suharwardi Shuvo, Syed Rasel, Nayeem Islam, Nazmul Hossain, Dhiman Ghosh, Shahadat Hossain, Dollar Mahmud, Mohammad Shahjada, Ziaur Rahman and Gazi Salahuddin.

AFP