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Bangladesh, the rapidly advancing cricket nation in all formats of the game, is all set to take part in their seventh ICC ODI World Cup in India later this year. The Tigers qualified for the quadrennial tournament after a brilliant ICC ODI Super League campaign, which saw them finish in top 8.
The first-ever appearance for Bangladesh in the ODI World Cup happened in 1999, where they defeated Scotland and Pakistan to make their presence known to the cricketing world. Over the next few CWC campaigns, they have won against the likes of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England, and South Africa, among others.
During the upcoming ODI World Cup in India, the Bangladesh cricket team will be looking to better their best finish in the tournament, a quarter final appearance in 2015. With that in mind, SportsTiger looks at the probable squad for Afghanistan in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023:
Batters: Tamim Iqbal (c), Yasir Ali, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Ronny Talukdar
Tamim Iqbal, the captain of the Bangladesh cricket team in the ODI format, is arguably the most accomplished batter in the country. He became the leader of the side in 2020 after the departure of Mashrafe Mortaza, and since then, the Tigers have won 21 out of 36 one day international matches.
Najmul Hossain Shanto, Yasir Ali, and Ronny Talukdar have showcased some resemblance of quality as batters for the Bangladesh team in their brief limited-overs careers to warrant a spot in the ODI World Cup squad. Towhid Hridoy, the young 22-year-old top order batter has played six matches in the format, while scoring 249 runs at an average of 49.80 and strike-rate of 111.16, to stake a claim for CWC appearance.
