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DHAKA, Oct 22 (Reuters) - All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has
retained the Bangladesh captaincy for the one-day series
against Zimbabwe starting later this month, the Bangladesh
Cricket Board said on Thursday.
Shakib led Bangladesh to their maiden test series victory
against West Indies in July after replacing an injured Mashrafe
Mortaza midway through the first match.
Under Shakib's leadership, Bangladesh also won the
subsequent limited-overs series 3-0 and beat Zimbabwe 4-1 in a
one-day series in August.
Mortaza underwent surgery on both knees in Australia and
would not be able to start bowling again until the second week
of November, chief selector Rafiqul Alam said.
"He (Mortaza) is not definitely playing against Zimbabwe in
this series," Alam told reporters.
In the 14-member squad, named for the first three contests
of the five-match series, left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak earns a
recall having recovered from an ankle injury while paceman Syed
Rasel has been dropped and replaced by Shahadat Hossain.
The first three matches will be held in Dhaka on Oct. 27,
29 and 31 before the teams play twice in Chittagong in early
November.
Squad: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim
Iqbal, Zunaed Siddique, Mohammad Ashraful, Roqibul Hassan,
Mahmud Ullah, Naeem Islam, Enamul Haque Jr, Rubel Hossain,
Dollar Mahmud, Shahadat Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Nazmul Hossain.
(Reporting by Azad Majumder; Editing by John O'Brien; To query
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