Promising pacer Mushfik Hasan and middle-order batter Shahadat Hossain Dipu was named in the 15-member Bangladesh squad for the one-off Test against Afghanistan at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium starting on June 14, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced on Sunday.
Liton Das is set to captain the side for the very first time in the red-ball format in the absence of regular skipper Shakib Al Hasan.
Afghanistan will arrive on June 10.
Dipu, 21, made his first-class debut in 2021 and has scored 1265 runs in the 20 matches he has played, with two hundreds and 10 half-centuries.
Mushfik burst onto the scene after his debut in the 2022 first-class season. The 20-year-old fast bowler has taken 49 wickets from 13 matches with three five-wicket hauls.
Both the players were part of Bangladesh A side in the just concluded unofficial Test series against West Indies A:
SQUAD : Litton Kumer Das (Captain), Tamim Iqbal, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque Showrab, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain Chowdhury, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shahadat Hossain Dipu, Mushfik Hasan.
