The Bangladesh team for the ICC Champions Trophy was announced today, Sunday, with Nazmul Hossain Shanto as the captain.

Shakib Al Hasan is not in this 15-member team. It was already rumored that he would not be in the Champions Trophy team. The star cricketer was found to have a defect in his bowling action last December. Since then, he has been banned from bowling. He took the bowling action test for the second time in Chennai, India. He could not pass it there. That is why the BCB had to think without him because the BCB was not only interested in playing batter Shakib.

The ICC, the highest cricket body, had set a deadline of January 12 to submit the Champions Trophy squad. That is why the BCB announced Bangladesh's squad for the mega event at a press conference this afternoon.

Shariful Islam has been dropped from this squad along with Liton Das.

As usual, Nazmul Hossain Shanto will lead Bangladesh in this 8-team competition. The Champions Trophy will begin on February 19. The final will be held on March 9. The tournament will be held in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.

Bangladesh will start the tournament with a match against India on February 20. Bangladesh will play New Zealand on February 25 and Pakistan on February 27 at Rawalpindi Stadium.

Bangladesh team-

Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Soumya Sarkar, Tanjim Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Zaker Ali Anik, Mehedi Hasan Miraj, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Parvez Hossain Emon, Nasum Ahmed, Tanjim Hasan Shakib and Nahid Rana.

This is like a death blow! He was barred from entering the country due to political affiliations. Due to which there were doubts about his playing in international cricket. After this, an international ban was imposed on Shakib Al Hasan. As an anomaly was found in the bowling test for the second time, the international bowling career of Shakib, the poster boy of the country's cricket, is currently in question.

Shakib will not be able to bowl for a year. He will be able to continue playing as a batsman.

Shakib Al Hasan's bowling action was not valid in the test held in Chennai. According to ICC rules, Shakib will not be able to bowl in international cricket due to failure in two consecutive bowling tests. However, he is not prevented from taking the field with a bat in the red-green jersey.

This information was given in a notification sent to the media by the Bangladesh Cricket Board. It said that national team all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan remains banned from bowling in competitions under the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The decision was taken after a re-evaluation at the Sri Ramachandra Sports Science Centre in Chennai, India last month.

The bowling ban in international cricket also remains in place for Shakib. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has confirmed that the ban will be lifted if he passes the next bowling action test.

Two decades after his debut, Shakib was accused of bowling with a questionable action while playing in English county cricket. That caused a big loss!

Tamim Iqbal Khan has officially said goodbye to international cricket.

In a post on social media, Bangladesh's all-time best opener announced the end of his international cricket career tonight.

He made this information known through a post on his verified Facebook account on Friday (January 10).

In that post, he wrote, "I have been away from international cricket for a long time. That distance will never be bridged. My chapter in international cricket is over. I have been thinking about it for a long time. Now that a big event like the Champions Trophy is ahead, I do not want to be criticized again and the team's attention to be disrupted."

He also wrote, "Of course, I did not want this before. I removed myself from the BCB's central contract a long time ago because I did not want it. Although many have said, it has been in the media many times, that I am the one who has left the matter hanging." But there is no BCB contract, there is no plan or discussion about him who stepped down more than a year ago. Even then, there was unnecessary discussion. The decision to retire or continue playing is the right of a cricketer or any professional athlete. I gave myself time. Now I feel that the time has come. Captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto sincerely asked me to return. Discussions were also held with the selection committee. I am grateful to them for still considering me suitable. However, I listened to my own mind.

At the end of the post, Tamim wrote, what happened before the 2023 World Cup was a big shock for me, since I did not leave the team for cricketing reasons. Even after that, wherever I went, many cricket fans told me that they want to see me in the national team again. I thought of their love. I also have a fan at home. My son never told me directly, but he repeatedly told his mother that he wants to see his father play in the national jersey again.

I am sorry for disappointing the fans. I tell my son, "The day you grow up, you will understand your father."

Pakistani legendary cricketer Younis Khan is now joining the Afghanistan team. He will work as a consultant for the Afghan national team in the ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) confirmed this information today.

Younis also worked as the batting coach of the Afghanistan team in 2022. The Champions Trophy, a one-day format that will start from February 19, will be jointly organized by Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.

ACB spokesperson Syed Nasim Sadat told the media, "The ACB has appointed former experienced Pakistani top-order player Younis Khan as a consultant for the 2025 Champions Trophy. He will join the team before the event starts in Pakistan."

Younis has scored 10,099 runs in 118 Test matches in his career, including a career-best 313 runs. He also became the world number one batsman in the ICC rankings. Younis also led Pakistan to its first T20 World Cup victory in 2009.

After retiring from playing, Younis focused on his coaching career. He briefly served as the batting coach of the Pakistan team. He worked with Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Younis Khan was also the head coach of the Bengal Tigers in the recently concluded Abu Dhabi T10 League.