Unfortunately, the Bangladesh bowling-allrounder, Mohammad Saifuddin has been ruled out of the T20 World Cup 2021 as he has suffered a back injury. Saifuddin has been successfully replaced in the squad by Rubel Hossain. The all-rounder played all of the fixtures for Bangladesh so far and scalped five wickets across four matches in the T20 World Cup. He also played a decent knock against Papua New Guinea scoring an unbeaten 19 off six balls.
Bangladesh, had a disappointing start to their Super 12 opening fixture as they were hammered by Sri Lanka in a five-wicket win. In that game, Mohammad Saifuddin had conceded as many as 38 runs and clinched one wicket in the match.
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In a statement confirming the same, ICC said, “Bangladesh has officially replaced the injured Mohammad Saifuddin with Rubel Hossain in their squad for the remainder of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021. The Event Technical Committee made up of Chris Tetley (Head of Events, Chair), Clive Hitchcock (ICC Senior Cricket Operations Manager), Rahul Dravid and Dhiraj Malhotra (BCCI Representatives), Simon Doull, and Ian Bishop (Independent Members) approved the request on Tuesday.”
Bangladesh player ruled of the #T20WorldCup 2021.
More details on his replacement 👇 https://t.co/GEHMKtthag
— ICC (@ICC) October 26, 2021
Rubel Hossain was initially named as a traveling reserve in the Bangladesh squad but has been moved into the main squad to replace injured Saifuddin, and was available for selection in the ongoing fixture against England. Rubel has so far featured in 28 T20Is for Bangladesh and has scalped 28 wickets with an economy rate of 9.45.
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The match against England on Wednesday is very crucial for the Mahmadullah-led team to stay alive in the competition. Bangladesh is pooled in Group 1 alongside England, West Indies, Australia, South Africa, and Sri Lanka. Another loss here will almost finish teh chances of Bangladesh to qualify for the next stage of the tournament.
