BD call-up Mushfiqur for Zimbabwe tie

Published December 7, 2006

DHAKA, Dec 6: Bangladesh have called up batsman and wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim for the remaining two matches of the one-day series against Zimbabwe.

Mushfiqur will replace batsman Tushar Imaran, who did not play in the first three matches, all of which Bangladesh won to take the series.

The 18-year-old's only one-day international appearance was in August against Zimbabwe in Harare, but did not bat.

The two matches will be played in Dhaka on Friday and Saturday.

Squad: Habibul Bashar (captain), Shahriar Nafees, Mohammad Ashraful, Khaled Mashud, Mohammad Rafique, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mashrafe Mortaza, Abdur Razzak, Aftab Ahmed, Syed Rasel, Shahadat Hossain, Farhad Reja, Saqibul Hasan, Mehrab Hossain.—Reuters

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