The squads for the newly-designed franchise-based 4-day cricket league named Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) were announced yesterday by the respective franchisees.
Tigers skipper Mushfiqur Rahim will lead the BCB North Zone, his deputy Mahmudullah Riyad will lead the Walton Central Zone, former national all-rounder Alok Kapali has been named captain for the Islami Bank East Zone while experienced left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak has been named captain of the Prime Bank South Zone.
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, opener Tamim Iqbal and pacer Mashrafe Bin Mortaza were the notable absentees from the teams. Shakib is nursing his shin bone injury, Tamim is now playing in a domestic competition in New Zealand while Mashrafe is currently unavailable for longer-version cricket.
The first edition of the country's second four-day cricket league will begin from December 27 at two venues, the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium (SBNS) in Mirpur and the Shaheed Chandu Stadium (SCS) in Bogra.
Four zonal teams -- Walton Central Zone (Dhaka and Dhaka Metro), Prime Bank South Zone (Khulna and Barisal), Islami Bank East Zone (Sylhet and Chittagong) and BCB North Zone (Rangpur and Rajshahi) -- will take part in the franchisee-based competition.
SQUADS
WALTON CENTRAL ZONE: Mahmud-ullah Riyad (captain), Rokibul Hassan, Mosharraf Hossain, Mohammad Ashraful, Shuvagoto Hom, Shamsur Rahman, Marshal Ayub, Mehrab Hossain, Elias Sunny, Nurul Hasan, Shahadat Hossain, Asif Ahmed, Mohammad Sharif, Arafat Sunny and Talha Jubaer
RESERVES: Mahbubul Alam, Rony Talukder, Sahagir Hossain, Tarek Aziz, Mohammad Sharifullah.
ISLAMI BANK EAST ZONE: Alok Kapali (captain), Shabbir Ahmed, Aftab Ahmed, Mominul Hoque, Nafis Iqbal, Faisal Hossain, Dhiman Ghosh, Abul Hasan, Tapash Baisya, Enamul Haque, Yasin Arafat, Nabil Samad, Kazi Kamrul Islam, Mahbubul Karim and Rajin Saleh.
PRIME BANK SOUTH ZONE: Abdur Razzak (captain), Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Mithun, Soumya Sarker, Tushar Imran, Ziaur Rahman, Fazle Rabbi, Anamul Haque, Rubel Hossain, Al Amin, Shohag Gazi, Robiul Islam, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Salman Hossain and Murad Khan
RESERVES: Monir Hossain, Shahriar Nafees, Nasiruddin Faruque, Taposh Ghosh and Dollar Mahmud
BCB NORTH ZONE: Mushfiqur Rahim (captain), Junaed Siddiqui, Jahurul Islam, Naeem Islam, Farhad Hossain, Myshukur Rahman, Saqlain Sajib, Sohrawardi Shuvo, Sajedul Islam, Shafiul Islam, Mahamudul Hasan, Sanjamul Islam, Farhad Reza and Liton Kumer Das
RESERVES: Mukter Ali, Delwar Hossain, Taijul Islam, Hamidul Islam, Jubair Ahmed, Mizanur Rahman, Alauddin Babu, Ariful Haq, Shuvashish Roy, Tanvir Haider.
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