Taskin Ahmed will miss Bangladesh’s upcoming ODI series against Ireland

Bangladesh’s quick pace bowler Taskin Ahmed is set to miss out on Bangladesh’s upcoming ODI series against Ireland which will begin on May 9 at County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford.

The quick bowler missed Bangladesh’s sole Test match against Ireland with a side strain, the same injury that will side-line him for the three 50-over matches in Chelmsford from May 9.

As per ESPNCricinfo left-armer Mrittunjoy Chowdhury has replaced Taskin, while spinner Taijul Islam also comes in, as a like-for-like replacement for Nasum Ahmed.

A usual sight in Bangladesh home training camps as a net bowler, Mrittunjoy’s selection comes off the back of an impressive run in domestic crickets across both white-ball formats over the last two seasons. He has claimed a dozen wickets in this year’s ongoing List A competition at home, matching 17 scalps in last year’s competition, and 23 wickets across the last two editions of the Bangladesh Premier League.

While the series is a good chance for Bangladesh to fine-tune ahead of the Cricket World Cup having already qualified via their strong Super League campaign, the matches are make-or-break for Ireland, who need to win all three encounters to keep automatic qualification for India 2023 alive.

Bangladesh ODI squad: Tamim Iqbal (c), Litton Das, Rony Talukdar, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Yasir Ali, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury.