Nasum Ahmed and Nahid Rana could not leave the country even the day before the match due to visa complications. By doing that, Bangladesh will have to select the XI from 13 players for the first one-dayer against Afghanistan. The three-match ODI series begins on Wednesday at the Sharjah Cricket Ground.
Bangladesh Cricket Board's in-charge of cricket operations Shahriar Nafis confirmed the news to a national daily on Tuesday. He said that Nasum and Nahid may leave for the United Arab Emirates tomorrow after getting the visa.
Nafis said, 'Even today they have not received the visa. Hopefully they will go tomorrow, maybe tomorrow they will get the visa. Unfortunately they are not in the first match.'
Earlier a group of 9 left the country on Saturday, four left the next day.
Nasum gets his first call-up after the 2023 ODI World Cup. And this is Nahid's first ODI team.
The remaining two matches of the series are on November 9 and 11.
Bangladesh Team (First Match 13): Soumya Sarkar, Tanjid Hasan Tamim, Zakir Hasan, Nazmul Hossain Shanto (Captain), Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Tawheed Hriday, Zaker Ali Anik, Mehdi Hasan Miraj (Vice-Captain), Rishad Hossain , Taskin Ahmed, Mostafizur Rahman, Shariful Islam.
