The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced 30-man preliminary squad for the tours of India and Sri Lanka this year today.

Preliminary Squad for Tours of India and Sri Lanka 2017:

Abdul Majid, Anamul Hoque Bijoy, Al Amin Hossain, Alauddin Babu, Ebadot Hossain, Imrul Kayes, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Litton Kumar Das, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Mehedi Hassan Miraz, Mominul Haque, Mehedi Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mustafizur Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain, Nasir Hossain, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Nurul Hasan, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Shakib Al Hasan, Subhashis Roy, Shuvagata Hom, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Tamim Iqbal and Tanbir Hayder.

The Bangladesh national team will return home from their New Zealand tour on 26 January.

After the New Zealand series the national players will probably get a week-long break at the most. They will need to get ready for the Hyderabad Test against India which is set to take place from February 9 to February 13.