Bangladesh have included Anamul Haque in the squad for the second Test against the West Indies after Yasir Ali was ruled out of the series due to a back injury. Anamul also will be a back-up option for the white-ball series. Yasir sustained a back injury during the lone three-day practice game against President’s XI at CCG on 10 June. The first Test of the series will commence on June 16 while the second Test starts on June 24.
Bangladesh chief selector Minhajul Abedin confirmed the development to Cricbuzz on Wednesday.
“We have decided to send Anamul as a back-up batsman considering Yasir has been ruled out from the (Test) series due to injury.
“Anamul is scoring runs consistently at domestic cricket and as a result we have included him in the white-ball series following the Test matches,” he added.
Anamul, who hasn't played for Bangladesh in any format since 2019, forced his way into the set-up on the back of creating a world record for aggregating most number of runs (1042 runs in the Dhaka Premier League) in a List A tournament. The previous record was held by Tom Moody, who had accumulated 971 runs in 1991
