Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone stay unavailable attributable to harm. Bairstow, talking on the MCC’s Cowdrey Lecture on Wednesday night time, mentioned “issues are monitoring in the proper path” after his freakish {golfing} harm in September, which dominated him out of England’s winter. He is because of see a surgeon later this month and has no set return date. Like Livingstone, his Punjab Kings team-mate, he’ll hope to be match sufficient to play in IPL 2023.
Rehan’s inclusion offers him the chance to verify his standing as England’s long-term alternative for Adil Rashid, and to press his case for inclusion in squads for the ODI and T20 World Cups in 2023 and 2024. He has solely performed seven Record A video games however has performed 50-over cricket for England Beneath-19s and England Lions, and already has in depth short-form expertise with Leicestershire (within the Blast), Southern Courageous (the Hundred) and Gulf Giants (ILT20).
The ODI leg of the tour is a part of the ICC’s Tremendous League, the qualification course of for the 2023 World Cup, although each groups have already confirmed their spots. Extra pertinently, it’s England’s remaining away sequence earlier than the World Cup, and gives preparation in subcontinental circumstances in opposition to a Bangladesh aspect who’re unbeaten of their final seven house ODI sequence.
ODI squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Tom Abell, Rehan Ahmed, Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran, Saqib Mahmood, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, James Vince, Chris Woakes, Mark Wooden
T20I squad: Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan substitute Saqib Mahmood, Jason Roy and James Vince
Fixtures: 1st ODI – March 1 (Dhaka), 2nd ODI – March 3 (Dhaka), third ODI – March 6 (Chattogram), 1st T20I – March 9 (Chattogram), 2nd T20I – March 12 (Dhaka), third T20I – March 14 (Dhaka).
