A Strong looking Bangladesh side for penultimate test match at Dhaka against Pakistan

Bangladesh's Test loss in Chattogram was followed by good news inclusion of Shakib Al Hasan for the second Test against Pakistan starting December 4. This is to confirm, that Shakib missed the first Test, as well as the T20I series against Pakistan and the last couple of matches in the T20 World Cup due to ongoing hamstring injury. Shakib passed a fitness test in Dhaka on Monday (yesterday), which brought him back into a team that badly needing his contribution. Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed has also returned to the side, while Mohammad Naim, the T20 specialist, makes his first appearance in the Test squad. Taskin had hurt his finger during the third T20I against Pakistan on November 22, which had ruled him out of the first Test. Naim is the standout call-up in the squad. The 22-year-old has played 32 T20Is and two ODIs. He played the last of his six first-class matches in February 2020. Naim averages 16.63 in the format, and has scored only one half-century. The team management had already picked fast bowlers Khaled Ahmed and Shohidul Islam for the Chattogram Test. The new inclusions make it a 20-man squad for the Dhaka Test, which is unusual for a home game. Squad for second Test: 

• Mominul Haque (capt), 
• Shadman Islam, 
• Saif Hassan, 
• Najmul Hossain Shanto, 
• Mushfiqur Rahim, 
• Shakib Al Hasan, 
• Liton Das, 
• Yasir Ali, 
• Nurul Hasan, 
• Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 
• Taijul Islam, 
• Taskin Ahmed, 
• Ebadot Hossain, 
• Abu Jayed, 
• Nayeem Hasan, 
• Mahmudul Hasan Joy, 
• Rejaur Rahman Raja, 
• Khaled Ahmed, 
• Shohidul Islam, 
• Mohammad Naim

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This day in History - NZ win vs Pakistan 2014 in lights of Phil Hughes incident

November 30th - in history

Now that exactly 30 days remain while we would be bidding goodbye to 2021 and welcoming 2022, which is supposed to be a muted celebration due to on-going pandemic, because of which we are expecting lockdowns in time to come in a few month, and furthermore newer booster doses of immunity vaccines, which in current scenarios I recalled that under the shadows of Phil Hughes sudden death on cricket field, below mentioned cricket game was played under the death of Hughes' death, so I thought to quote this article on ESPNcricinfo,

2014 

A massive innings win by New Zealand helped them square the series 1-1 against Pakistan in Sharjah. News of Phillip Hughes' death after he was struck by a cricket ball came through early on day two, which led to play being abandoned and the match being extended by a day. Mark Craig's seven-for kept Pakistan to 351, and captain Brendon McCullum and Kane Williamson scored 202 and 192 respectively, as New Zealand asserted themselves on the third day. Trent Boult's spell on the penultimate morning sent Pakistan reeling. Asad Shafiq's 137 turned out to be a one-man-show for Pakistan, who failed to take the game into the final day. It was an emotional victory for New Zealand, ­only their third away win against Pakistan, and their first since 1996, but one for which the celebrations were muted, out of respect for Hughes. In keeping, New Zealand also did not bowl any bouncers in the match.

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