After South Africa, now Bangladesh announced squad for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. Basically, the bigger thing that everyone has their own is why there is no place for Jaker Ali, who also led Bangladesh as the standby captain in place of the main captain, who was injured. Litton Das is all set to lead the Bangladesh team in the 10th edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, and they hope to win it.
In the last edition, Bangladesh qualified for the super eights along with South Africa from their group, but failed to advance to the super eights as they lost all of their matches in that stage of the tournament. They would want to do it better this time around. The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 will mark the tournament’s 10th edition. The competition is scheduled to begin on 7 February 2026 and conclude on 8 March 2026, with India and Sri Lanka serving as the host nations.
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Bangladesh announced squad for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026: Taskin and Mustafizur Rahman IN, Jaker Ali OUT
Firstly, we are currently seeing a lot of things revolving around whatever is happening with Mustafizur Rahman after Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders purchased him in the 2026 Indian Premier League auction. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) would want to request ICC to shift their matches to Sri Lanka after their sports ministry advised due to player safety, and there is no confirmation of the shifting of the venues yet.
Litton Das will be the captain of the Bangladesh team in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, and he will have Saif Hassan as his vice-captain. Taskin Ahmed is back in the team after he missed the recent series against Ireland. Mahedi Hasan will be a power card for Bangladesh as he needs to step up when the team needs him in important matches. The team has a full mix of great spinners and pace bowlers. They would want to show a better performance than the last edition of the T20 World Cup.
Bangladesh is in Group C along with England, Italy, Nepal, and the West Indies in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. Their group does not look that tough, but playing England and the West Indies will be challenging. Bangladesh will play their first match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 against the West Indies in the 2nd match of the opening day. Eden Gardens in Kolkata will be the venue for the match.
Bangladesh’s full ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 squad
- Batters: Tanzid Hasan, Emon, Saif Hassan, and Hridoy
- All-rounders: Shamim Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, and Shaif Uddin
- Wicketkeepers: Litton Das and Nurul Hasan
- Bowlers: Rishad, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan, Taskin, and Shoriful Islam