Bangladesh Cricket Board called 27 cricketers for the upcoming High Performance Unit training camp, scheduled in Cox’s Bazaar, Sylhet and Chattogram from May 14.

Fitness & Bowling camp will be held in Cox’s Bazaar from May 15 to June 1 before the squad move to Sylhet where they will go through skill camp from June 2 to July 6. Later the HP unit will travel to Chattogram and Dhaka where they are expected to have skill camp and practice matches from July 16 to September 9.

HP units scheduled tour of Ireland had been pushed to next year due to the host board’s international commitments, while the ongoing financial crisis in Sri Lanka had seen the SLC unable to host Bangladesh HP this year as well.

The camp will begin at Cox’s Bazaar on May 14 with some of the promising younger stars of Bangladesh. A number of U-19 World Cup winners will be part of the camp.

Among the batters, national team’s Shamim Hossain Patwari will be accompanied by other U-19 World Cup winning stars Tanzid Hasan Tamim and Towhid Hridoy. Amite Hasan, who impressed in the domestic competitions with good numbers in NCL and DPL, was named while Aich Mollah, who has been the top run-getter in Youth ODIs last year have also been named.

Among the pacers, Mukidul Islam Mugdho, who is playing the BCB XI vs SL two-day match at BKSP, has been named alongside other pacers such as Ripon Mondol, Anamul Haque and Mohammad Musfik Hasan, who are also playing that game at BKSP.

Rejaur Rahman Raja, included in Bangladesh’s first Test squad, had been included in the HP squad and expected to join the camp if he is not selected in the playing Xi.

Batters

1.  Tanzid Hasan Tamim

2.  Mohammad Parvez Hossain Emon

3.  Shamim Hossain

4.  Shahadat Hossain

5.  Mohammed Sabbir Hossen Shikder

6.  Towhid Hridoy

7.  Amite Hasan

8.  Aich Mollah

Pace bowlers

9. Shafiqul Islam

10. Mukidul Islam

11. Tanzim Hasan Sakib

12. Anamul Hoque

13. Sumon Khan

14. Aks Swadhin

15. Rejaur Rahman Raja

16. Ripon Mondol

17. Asaduzzaman Payel

18. Mohiuddin Tarek

19. Mohammad Musfik Hasan

20. Sohel Rana

21. Mrittunjoy Chowdhury

22. Ashiqur Zaman

Spinners

23. Rakibul Hasan

24. Hasan Murad `

25. Mohammad Rishad Hossain

26. Aminul Islam Biplop

Wicketkeeper

27. Akbar Ali