Bangladeshi selectors included a rookie pacer in a 14-member squad for the second and final cricket Test match against India, while retaining the rest of the team that lost by an innings and 140 runs in the first Test, a Bangladesh Cricket Board news release said on Tuesday.
Nazmul Hossain, 17, who has been in the one-day squad since September, was added as selectors are hoping to play three specialist seamers in a Chittagong wicket that is likely to favour batsmen.
"It will be a scoring pitch," said curator Nurul Abedin. No changes were announced from the Indian side. Both sides were likely to name their final lineups ahead of the second Test starting December 17 at Chittagong's MA Aziz stadium.
Bangladesh Squad:
Habibul Bashar (captain), Khaled Mashud, Nafis Iqbal, Javed Omar, Mohammed Ashraful, Rajin Saleh, Aftab Ahmed, Mushfiqur Rahman, Mohammed Rafique, Tapash Baishya, Mashrafee Bin Murtaza, Talha Zubair, Manjurul Islam Rana and Nazmul Hossain
India squad:
Sourav Ganguly (captain), Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Gautam Gambhir, Mohammad Kaif, Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Kartik, Zaheer Khan, Gagandeep Singh and Shib Shankar Paul