Bangladesh have added batsman Shamim Hossain to their squad for Friday’s second ODI against England as injury cover for several players, an official said. “We have some players carrying a few niggles. Shamim was added as their cover. Decision on playing him in the match will be taken later,” a spokesperson of the Bangladesh Cricket Board said. The 22-year-old left-hander has featured in 10 T20 Internationals for Bangladesh but is yet to make his ODI debut. He was earlier recalled for the T20 series against England after an impressive show during the recently concluded Bangladesh Premier League tournament in the short format. England, who lead the three-match ODI series 1-0 after winning the first game by three wickets, will play three T20s against the hosts between March 9 and 14. On Wednesday, Bangladesh called up three uncapped cricketers in their massively-overhauled T20 squad for the first two matches of their series against England.

Batsman Towhid Hridoy, pace bowler Rejaur Rahman Raja and left-arm spinner Tanvir Islam were included following some impressive performances in the recently held Bangladesh Premier League T20 tournament. Shamim Hossain and Rony Talukdar were also recalled to the T20 side after doing well in the BPL. Shamim played the last of his 10 T20 internationals against Pakistan in 2021 while 32-year-old Rony’s only T20 international was against South Africa eight years ago in 2015. Batsmen Yasir Ali, Soumya Sarkar, all-rounder Mosaddek Hossain and pace bowlers Ebadot Hossain and Shoriful Islam, who were all part of the Bangladesh squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia in November, have been excluded.

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