Bangladesh team announced for Asia Cup 2025, Mehdi Hasan leave, this player returns after three years

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced its 16 -member team for the Asia Cup 2025 on Friday, August 22. The team will captain the captaincy of Litton Das and this time ‘Tigers’ will come on the field with the intention of winning their first Asia Cup trophy.

The selectors have placed some new names in the team, but the biggest discussion was about the return of wicketkeeper batsman Nurul Hasan. Nurul Hasan last played in the 2022 T20 World Cup for Bangladesh. Apart from this, Saif Hasan is also returning to the team after two years, Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Soumya Sarkar have not been kept in the main squad and kept in the standby.

Before the Asia Cup, Bangladesh team will play three T20 matches against the Netherlands. These matches will be played at the Silhat International Cricket Stadium on 30 August, 1 September and 3 September. After this, the team’s focus will be completely on the Asia Cup, where Bangladesh is to face Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Hong Kong in Group B.

Bangladesh team (for Asia Cup 2025 and Netherlands T20I series):

Litan Das (Captain), Tanjid Hasan, Parvez Hussain Imon, Saif Hasan, Tauheed Hriday, Zakar Ali Anik, Shamim Hussain, Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hussain, Nasam Ahmed, Mustafizur Rehman, Tanzim Hasan Saqib, Taskin Ahmed, Shiful Islam, Shaiful Islam.

Standby (for Asia Cup):

Soumya Sarkar, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Tanveer Islam, Hasan Mahmood

Netherlands Squad against Bangladesh:

Scott Edwards (Captain, Wicketkeeper), Nooah Cross, Max O’Dude, Vikramjit Singh, Teja Nidamanuru, Saqib Zulfikar, Ryan Klein, Kail Klein, Aryan Dutt, Paul Van Meekran, Shariz Ahmed, Ben Fletcher, Daniel Dorma.