No Nahid Rana And Mehidy Hasan Miraz In Bangladesh’s Squad For Asian Games 2026

Nahid, who missed the Australia series last month due to injury, has still not recovered. However, Mehidy, despite impressing in Australia, has failed to make the cut.

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No Nahid Rana and Mehidy Hasan Miraz in Bangladesh’s Asian Games 2026 squad. (Picture Credit: AFP)

Fast bowler Nahid Rana and spin-bowling all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz will not feature for Bangladesh in the 2026 edition of the Asian Games in Nagoya and Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced Bangladesh’s squad for the Asian Games on Wednesday (September 2), but there was no place for Nahid or Mehidy Hasan.

Nahid, who missed the Australia series last month due to injury, has still not recovered. But Mehidy despite impressing with his all-round performance in Australia has failed to make the cut. The former ODI captain had played a big role in Bangladesh’s nine-wicket win over the Baggy Greens in the series opener in Darwin.

Pacers Taskin Ahmed and Abdul Gaffar Saqlain are among the other players missing from the squad along with wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan.

In Nahid’s absence, Mustafizur Rahman will lead Banglaesh’s fast bowling attack in Asian Games 2026. Mustafizur is Bangladesh’s highest wicket-taker in T20Is and he will have Hasan Mahmud and Shoriful Islam for support in pace department.

Hasan and Shoriful impressed with their bowling in the Test series against Australia.

In the first innings of the first Test, Hasan accounted for the dismissals of six Australian batters, while Shoriful picked up seven wickets in the first innings of the second Test in Mackay.

In addition to them, Tanzid Hasan has also been picked for the Asian Games, along with Towhid Hridoy. Hridoy is currently representing Bangladesh A against South Africa A and, on Wednesday, scored a triple century for the visitors in the first innings of the second unofficial Test at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom.

Test captain Najmul Hossain Shanto is also part of the Asian Games squad, which will be led by wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das.

Like India and Pakistan, Bangladesh have also named a full-strength squad for the Asian Games.

Bangladesh squad for Asian Games 2026: Litton Das (C & WK), Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Saif Hassan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy (VC), Mosaddek Hossain, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Rishad Hossain, Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Mohammad Saifuddin, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud.

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Nahid Rana was excluded because he has not yet recovered from an injury that previously kept him out of the series against Australia. However, no specific reason has been provided for Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s exclusion, as he simply failed to make the selection cut despite performing well in Australia.

Mustafizur Rahman will lead Bangladesh’s fast bowling attack at the 2026 Asian Games. He will be supported in the pace department by Hasan Mahmud and Shoriful Islam.

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