Bangladesh team management has included batsman Soumya Sarkar in the Test squad for the upcoming three-match series against New Zealand.
Soumya played the recently concluded three-ODI series against the Kiwis, and will now join the side for the Tests.
ODI captain Mashrafe bin Mortaza, all-rounder Saifuddin, batsman Sabbir Rahman and pacemen Rubel Hossain and Shafiul Islam will return home following the conclusion of the 50-over leg of the tour.
Regular Test skipper Shakib al Hasan got injured during the BPL final earlier this month and later sat out the three-ODI series.
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It seems Soumya is his like-for-like replacement for the New Zealand Tests.
The Tigers were swept 3-0 in the ODIs, with Soumya scoring nought, 22 and 30 in the three games.
Soumya last played a Test against the West Indies last year in November-December, and made 19 in the first innings.
The first of three Tests between the Tigers and the Kiwis begins next Thursday at Seddon Park in Hamilton.
Squad
Mahmudullah (C), Tamim Iqbal, Shadman Islam, Mohammad Mithun, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Taijul Islam, Nayeem Hasan, Abu Jayed Rahi, Khaled Ahmed, Ebadat Hossain and Soumya Sarkar
