Bangladesh batter Afif Hossain revealed he was suffering from a lack of confidence under previous head coach Chandika Hathurusingha, a period which he feels had held him back from performing consistently.
Afif Hossain has been one of the most fortuitous cricketers in the national fold since his debut in February 2018.
After Bangladesh took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match Twenty20 International series against Zimbabwe, opener Parvez Hossain Emon and batter Afif Hossain were eventually left out of the Tigers’ squad for the last two T20Is, to be played in Dhaka, without having played a game.
Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar and Mustafizur Rahman were called up for the last two Twenty20 Internationals against Zimbabwe, which will be played in Mirpur on May 10 and 12.
“We have included Afif Hossain. As Shakib is not in the squad for the first three matches, we have picked Afif in his place,”
Soumya Sarker and Afif Hossain were roped in as the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced a 15-member squads for the upcoming tour of New Zealand where the Tigers will play three ODIs and as many T20Is starting on December 17.
Chattogram's Hasan Murad had already had a four-for before Day Four began and had scalped three wickets in four deliveries on the previous day before stumps at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in the NCL's tier 2 game.
Bangladesh are slated to play New Zealand at home right after the ongoing World Cup but despite some of the national prospects managed to get some runs in the ongoing National Cricket League (NCL), more is expected.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) made further changes to the squad for the third and final ODI against New Zealand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday as they retained pacer Khaled Ahmed following the second ODI and roped in out-of-form Afif Hossain.
Chasing 159 runs, Chattogram had no problem whatsoever and reached the target with 14 balls to spare courtesy of an unbeaten 103-run third-wicket stand between Afif and Rasooli.
Having beaten the Netherlands by nine runs in their first Super 12 match, Bangladesh cricket team are preparing for their next challenge, against South Africa on Thursday.
The Bangladesh think-tank is considering changes to the batting order for the Asia Cup, slated to start on August 27, with the intention of changing the Tigers' dwindling fortunes in the shortest format of the game.
Slow scoring rate, lack of firepower and inability to convert fifties into centuries once again cost Bangladesh as the Tigers posted a below-par total in the final and third ODI against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club today.
Mahmudullah Riyad scored his 26th ODI half-century as Bangladesh posted a challenging total of 290 for nine against Zimbabwe in the second ODI at the Harare Sports Club on Tuesday.
19-year-old Afif Hossain was recruited by St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) players’ draft, which was held yesterday. Afif will be the only player from Bangladesh to feature in this edition of the league. Afif impressed in the last Bangladesh Premier League season
