Shafiul included for ODIs, Ebadat for Tests
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has named the replacements for injured paceman Taskin Ahmed in the ODI and Test squads for the Tour of New Zealand 2019. Shafiul Islam has been included in the ODI team while fellow pacer Ebadat Hossain will join the Test side. Taskin, who had been originally named in both squads, has been ruled out of the series due to a lateral ligament injury to his left ankle:
ODI SQUAD
Masrafe Bin Mortaza (Captain), Shakib Al Hasan (Vice Captain), Tamim Iqbal Khan, Litton Kumer Das, Soumya Sarker, Mushfiqur Rahim, Md Mithun, Mahmud Ullah, Shabbir Rahaman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Md Shaifuddin, Nayeem Hasan, Shafiul Islam
TEST SQUAD :
Shakib Al Hasan (Captain), Mahmud Ullah (Vice Captain), Tamim Iqbal Khan, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Md Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Kumer Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Jayed Rahi, Syed Khaled Ahmed, Nayeem Hasan, Ebadat Hossain
ITINERARY :
| Match | Dates | Venues |
| 1st ODI | 13 February 2019 | McLean Park, Napier |
| 2nd ODI | 16 February 2019 | Hagley Oval, Christchurch |
| 3rd ODI | 20 February 2019 | University of Otago Oval, Dunedin |
| 1st Test | 28 February – 04 March 2019 | Seddon Park, Hamilton |
| 2nd Test | 08-12 March 2019 | Basin Reserve, Wellington |
| 3rd Test | 16-20 March 2019 | Hagley Oval, Christchurch |
