Rony rewarded for BPL heroics, named in prelim squad

Bangladesh Cricket Board is still unsure over whether the remainder of the bilateral home series against Zimbabwe will go ahead next January. The BCB is currently in talks with Zimbabwe Cricket and it was learned that a final decision on the series will be announced within the next few days.

Even then, the BCB is not sitting idle as it named the Tigers’ 27-member preliminary squad for the probable Zimbabwe series.

Young left-arm paceman Abu Haider Rony is at the centre of all the attention after taking 21 wickets in 12 Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 matches recently. It was therefore, no surprise when he was named in the preliminary squad.

Prolific young batsman Mosaddek Hossain and wicketkeeper-batsman Quazi Nurul Hasan also received their first ever call-ups to the national side.