Bangladesh have added Shamim Hossain to the squad for the third T20I against Ireland, to be played on Tuesday.

The move came after captain Litton Das had criticised the selectors for leaving Shamim out of the squad for the series, saying that neither he nor coach Phil Simmons had been informed about it. Chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain said last Friday that Shamim was being dropped to give Mahidul Islam Ankon a run in the middle order.

"I think it would have been better if [Shamim] was in the team. But this is not my call, [it is] totally the selectors' call," Litton, known to be a mild-mannered man, had said before the first T20I . "I don't know why, but the selector dropped Shamim without giving us notice. I have known that a captain would know which player would be in the tea

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